Arizona Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli (R-Lake Havasu City), the vice-chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, said he is “deeply concerned about the lack of compliance” with school district financial reporting to the auditor general.
The Arizona Senate Republicans said Senate Democrats "showed their acceptance for males and females being forced to shower together' following a vote to pass a bill requiring public schools to provide private showers to crossdressing students.
The Department of Education has witnessed a surge in expense requests for non-educational purposes through the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program. The State Board has maintained its stance on rejecting these requests.
Jenny Clark, a member of the Arizona Board of Education, has voiced her disapproval over Governor Katie Hobbs' 2024 budget proposal, which was unveiled last Friday. The proposal features cuts across several sectors, including school choice.
The Arizona State Senate has disclosed that Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) lead to taxpayer savings. This announcement comes in the wake of Governor Katie Hobbs' (D-Ariz.) pledge to propose regulations for the ESA program in her State of the State Address.
Tom Horne, the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Arizona Department of Education, has responded to Governor Hobbs' proposal to alter the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program. He asserts that his role is to manage the Education Savings Accounts program in accordance with state law.
Ahead of their Day of Resistance rallies across the country, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) issued a "toolkit" document that refers to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack in Israel that left over 1200 dead, as "the resistance," and it further stated that student activities are part of the movement and not just in solidarity. While the document has led some schools to deactivate the group, the SJP currently operates on the campuses of Arizona State University and has been regularly holding rallies and walkouts.
Dr. Owen Anderson, professor at Arizona State University (ASU) said that the faculty's labeling of conservative speaker Dennis Prager, who is Jewish, a "white nationalist" is "low insult."
Dr. Owen Anderson, professor at Arizona State University (ASU), joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss free speech and inquiry on Arizona college campuses.
Arizona congressional candidate Blake Masters (R) said that a $38 million federal fine against Grand Canyon University is an example of “Biden’s weaponization of the government against Christians.”
Arizona State Senate President Warren Peterson (R-Gilbert) announced a new “Teacher Pay Fund” proposal that would allow Arizona voters in a November 2024 ballot initiative to renew Proposition 123.
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne (R) joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss several issues central to the state of education in Arizona, including 'critical race theory', school "bathroom policies," sexualized content in schools, and Arizona school choice.
Heritage Foundation education researcher Jason Bedrick said the public district school system is “racially segregated” in a response to the head of Arizona Save our Schools (SOS), who said that school "vouchers are segregation coupons."
The Arizona Department of Education announced this week that 70,062 Arizona students "benefit from an Empowerment Scholarship Account" as of November 6, 2023.
Arizona State Senator Anthony Kern criticized Arizona State University (ASU) for hosting a pro-Palestinian rally in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel over the weekend, which resulted in significant casualties.