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Several towns and cities in northern Arizona will receive new electric and propane-fueled school buses as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Arizona lawmakers say they’ll unveil a plan to raise the salaries of the state’s K–12 public school teachers by about $4,000 a year.
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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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The Arizona School Boards Association has for the first time appointed an Indigenous president to its board of directors.
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Arizona Democrats worry that the expanded universal school voucher system could be on track to bankrupt the state. A new memo released by Governor Katie Hobbs’ office this week says it could cost Arizona nearly $1 billion.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants New Mexico to provide school lunches without charge to all K-12 students across the state.
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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman says the state’s schools are facing a potential funding cut of almost $1.4 billion. Arizona’s four-decade-old education spending cap would prevent schools from spending money already allocated by the state Legislature.
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A conservative think tank says a massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system will likely go into effect, after public school advocates failed to gather enough signatures to block the law.
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The Arizona Department of Education has allocated $5 million to the DonorsChoose program to help teachers in the state with classroom expenses they often pay for out of their own pockets.
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More than 20 Republican attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.