Arizona legislators are considering a bill that would make vaping at school illegal and raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21 years old and another bill that would…
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 3:04 a.m. House lawmakers worked into the morning Saturday to discuss, propose floor amendments and pass several budget bills. .@Jennifer_Pawlik introduces #AZBudget amendments to fully restore district & charter funds cut from our #publicschools. Another would
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On Tax Day, Legislators vote to reduce corporate tax credits that fund private school scholarships
On Tax Day, the Arizona House of Representatives Committee of the Whole voted to reduce corporate tax credits for donations that fund private school scholarships. More than $250.028 million in…
Legislators, Gov. repeal HIV/AIDS instruction law
The Arizona Legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey repealed Thursday a 28-year-old law that prohibited discussing homosexuality during public schools' HIV/AIDS instruction. This comes after Equality Arizona filed a lawsuit in…
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The Poston Butte High School Lady Bronco Basketball Team was recently chosen as the Adopt-A-Team for the Phoenix Mercury. “The 2019 season will mark the 12th year of the Mercury’s Adopt-A-Team program. It’s a season-long mentoring program in which a local Title I High School Girls’ Varsity basketball team is…
Queen Creek Unified School District fifth grade ELP gifted students presented their capstone projects on May 16 to a panel of judges, including district leaders, board members and parents. For the project, students had to create a business plan for a pizza company. The plan had to include a menu,…
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Study of the Title I, Part A Grant Program Mathematical Formulas examines the distribution of Title I funds to understand how the current formulas affect various types of districts, such as large or small districts, those in poor or rich areas, and those in urban or rural areas. The report…
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