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The Bills that Could Help Arizonan Children and Families That Did Not Get a Hearing at the Arizona State Legislature

February 24, 2021 by David Gordon

Yesterday, the Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) released a statement highlighting the many fine legislative proposals designed to help Arizona’s children and families that did not get a hearing at the Arizona State Legislature this year. Among those proposals were: HB2416 from Legislative District (LD) 17 Representative Jennifer Pawlik to increase funds to the Arizona Child … Read more

There They Go Again: the Arizona State Senate Passes Another Voucher Expansion Bill

February 21, 2021February 15, 2021 by David Gordon

The Governor and Arizona State Legislature should be: Spending education dollars on helping traditional and charter public schools bring all of their ventilation systems up to standards that could help combat the spread of the Coronavirus. Funding an increase of the staff of the Arizona School Facilities Board so proper inspections can be made of … Read more

It is Alive: School Voucher Bill Advances in the Arizona State Senate

February 4, 2021 by David Gordon

Here they go again. Like monsters from B Movie franchises that never die ( like Jason, Freddy Kruger, and Candy Man) School Voucher measures are brought back to life year after year by Republican Legislators in the Arizona State Legislature. The latest incarnation of voucher expansion is Senate Education Committee Chairperson Paul Boyer’s Senate Bill … Read more

Save Our Schools Arizona Launches the Save Our Schools Act Ballot Initiative

August 27, 2020March 4, 2020 by David Gordon

Since the passage of the Anti Voucher expansion Proposition 305 Ballot Measure in 2018, the reactionary members of the Arizona State Legislature have continued to push the envelope on proposed measures to allow families to spend state taxpayer money, through Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA’s) on private (mostly religious) schools. These fringe legislators have: Pushed bills … Read more

Kathy Hoffman calls for a United Front to Solve the “State of Emergency in Arizona’s Education System”

August 27, 2020February 4, 2020 by David Gordon

Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman came to the House Committee on Education to tell the story about the state of Arizona’s schools in her State of Education Address. Superintendent Hoffman started her speech celebrating the many heroes that work to make education a rewarding experience for Arizona’s children. These included the bus drivers, the … Read more