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Arizona Senate committee approves voucher expansion

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to approve what would be the largest-ever increase in who can get a voucher of state funds to attend private and parochial …

Arizona schools chief: Cap is ‘ticking time bomb’

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Calling it a “ticking time bomb,” state schools chief Kathy Hoffman called out Republican lawmakers Tuesday for failing so far to ensure that Arizona schools across the …

House panel approves anti-hazing measure

2/3/2022
PHOENIX — Saying it’s more than just good fun, a House panel voted Wednesday to make some — but not all — forms of hazing a crime. HB 2322 would spell out, in the …

House committee advances racial history ban

1/19/2022
PHOENIX — A House panel voted 6-4 Tuesday along party lines to make teaching about racism illegal if it is done in certain ways. Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, said her proposal is not an …

Governor’s aide elaborates on K-12 ‘summer camp’ …

1/12/2022
AVONDALE — There will be certified teachers. But the newly announced plan for what Gov. Doug Ducey calls an academic “summer camp” won’t look anything like traditional …

Arizona governor: Choices and infrastructure

1/10/2022
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey wants a major cash investment to get students who have fallen behind due to COVID back on track. In his final State of the State speech, the governor also …

Arizona governor offers cash to parents if schools …

1/4/2022
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey is doubling down in his fight with public schools over their virus policies, offering cash to parents to send their kids to private or parochial schools if a school …

Arizona governor doesn’t like candidate’s camera …

12/7/2021
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey took a verbal swat Tuesday at a proposal by a GOP gubernatorial contender to put video cameras in every classroom in the state, saying it could lead to …

Arizona lawmaker wants to penalize school boards that …

12/6/2021
PHOENIX — A Phoenix GOP lawmaker is looking for a new — and quicker — way to penalize school boards that ignore state laws. Rep. Steve Kaiser wants to allow lawmakers to file …

Anti-communist legislation not new for Arizona

11/24/2021
PHOENIX — A bid by a Prescott Valley lawmaker to mandate that Arizona students be taught about communism isn’t the state’s first foray into the issue. One state statute goes back …

Arizona lawmaker: ‘brutality of communism’ should …

11/24/2021
PHOENIX — A first-term Arizona lawmaker wants to require that students have to study what he says is the “brutality” of communism before they can graduate. Rep. Quang Nguyen, …

Ducey to feds: Withholding funds for mask-mandate …

11/4/2021
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey is telling federal officials that there’s nothing illegal about his using COVID grant dollars in a way that financially penalizes schools that impose mask …