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New data shows Native American students miss more school days than their classmates.

Flagstaff's student population has dropped by nearly 5% since 2021, which has implications for the school system's budget.

Most students in the Bullhead City School District will be banned from using cell phones and backpacks during the new school year.

Students and faculty members have harshly criticized University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins over a $240 million budget shortfalls during an Arizona Board of Regents meeting.

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne wants schools to keep Amnesty International and UNICEF off their campuses after the organizations distributed materials critical of Israel at a student club meeting.

These new officers will receive less training than traditional school resource officers, who typically get 40 hours of training. Instead, they will take eight hours of asynchronous training on things unique to the school environment.

The report from the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association says the number of open jobs is up more than 26% from the same time last year and more than half of teachers in the classroom don’t meet the state’s standard certification requirements.

Most states allow exemptions for religious reasons, but Arizona is one of only 15 that also allows parents to make a claim based on personal beliefs.

All public schools will receive $300 million in one-time funding as a supplement to their basic aid payments. However, the money can’t be used to raise teacher pay.

Republican state lawmakers have advanced legislation to forbid teachers from honoring requests by students to be addressed by a pronoun different from their biological sex without parental consent.