Ducey directs state education board to study how much students learned in pandemic 12news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 12news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Superintendent Hoffman announced that the Arizona Department of Education would provide $5 million in CARES Act funding for compensatory services to help schools meet these needs.
Despite the pandemic, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said students in special education have continued learning. During her State of Special Education address to the House Education Committee on Tuesday, Hoffman cited Buckeye Elementary School District, the Foundation for Blind Children and Patagonia Public Schools as examples of organizations that have adapted to the challenges of COVID-19 and found new, innovative ways to support students through things like hybrid instruction, overly descriptive and verbal online lessons and a resource room reimagined as an online support center.
But she also acknowledged the challenges some families and students have faced during this time when in-person learning opportunities have been limited because of high COVID-19 spread or families opting for distance learning for safety reasons.
Video: SB 1452 expands vouchers, diverts money for teacher pay
The
Senate Education Committee gave a due pass recommendation Tuesday evening along party lines on revisions to Arizona’s
vouchers that would expand eligibility to students who attend
Title I schools and take part in the
federal free- or reduced-price lunch program, which is about 70% of Arizona students.
This move to expand vouchers that
use public tax dollars to fund students’ private school costs, comes just two years after Arizona voters rejected expansion of Arizona’s
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts by voting against
Prop. 305.
Classroom Site Fund money from
teachers’ pay and local funding for schools to students’
Arizona superintendent of schools pushes for more funding in 2021 State of Education address File photo of an empty classroom. (Source: Maranda Whittington) By Lauren Renteria | February 2, 2021 at 4:12 PM MST - Updated February 2 at 4:12 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - As some students continue their studies from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said schools are projected to lose $500 million in formula funding.
That’s because the state funds distanced learning 5 percent less than it does in-person instruction. Though the state implemented the Enrollment Stability Grant to help solve that problem, in her 2021 State of Education address Hoffman said it’s fallen short by about $247 million.