From Progress Now Arizona… The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has spent at least $41,000 over the past three years hosting Arizona legislators on lavish out-of-state policy retreats – including $3,800 for House Speaker Andy Tobin alone — according to records obtained by ProgressNow Arizona. An analysis of public financial disclosure statements found 36 Arizona lawmakers – … Read more
by David Safier Anybody see potential problems with this voucher payment system? Arizona's "empowerment scholarships" legislation is a fast shuffle to get around the constitutional problems with vouchers by moving state money, which can't be used to fund religious education, into "savings accounts" for parents so they can spend it on their children's education at … Read more
by David Safier This doesn't qualify as good news/bad news. It's status quo/bad news. The status quo part is, Brewer didn't make things worse on the online education front. She vetoed a bill that would force school districts to accept online courses and boost the amount of money paid to the online corporations. This is … Read more
by David Safier A judge has given her OK to Arizona's "Education Empowerment Scholarships," which is the state's vouchers-on-steroids bill. She accepted the dual arguments that (1) creating "savings accounts" somehow launders the money of its government connection and it can therefore be used for religious education; and (2) because the parents can use the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Dr. Gilbert D. Shapiro had a guest opinion in the Arizona Daily Star the other day that merits your attention. Is theocracy encroaching on government priorities in Arizona?: As an organization dedicated to reason, science, free inquiry and respect for basic human rights, the Center for Inquiry of Southern Arizona (CFI-SAZ) is … Read more