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The recommendations include dropping requirements to allow retired law enforcement to work as school resource officers and adding mental health professionals.
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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.
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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.
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Governor Katie Hobbs has called Arizona’s school voucher system “unsustainable and unaccountable” after it exceeded its budgeted number of students.
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Arizona is channeling $40 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding toward tutoring students falling behind in school.
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Arizona is channeling $40 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding toward tutoring students falling behind in school.
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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced the state will now deny requests for new counselors from schools that don’t already have armed officers.
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Arizona schools chief Kathy Hoffman says the state’s Department of Education will allocate $6.75 million to school lunch programs, waiving fees for all children who qualify for reduced-price meals.
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A new report from the Arizona Department of Education shows the majority of students are falling behind.
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Arizona teachers can get up to $600 for classroom materials thanks to a new grant.