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House Bill 20-35 would prohibit sex education without a parent or guardian’s written consent; it also bars sex education before the fifth grade. A previous version of the bill passed the state legislature this spring but was vetoed by Governor Doug Ducey, who said the policy could prevent children from learning about sexual abuse prevention. The new legislation allows students under grade five to learn about abuse and safety. The bill will now head to the house of representatives for further review. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman encouraged Ducey to once again veto the legislation.
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A year after the government response shutdown schools statewide, things are slowly returning to normal as adults get vaccinated against COVID-19, though vaccine hesitancy has slowed our nationwide crawl toward herd immunity.
Arizona schools were closed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman on March 16, 2020, initially declared temporary, but made permanent March 30, for the rest of the school year. That declaration and House Bill 2910 effectively ended the 2019-20 school year two months ahead of schedule, but made sure students and teachers would not be penalized for leaders’ emergency decisions.
Students at all grades were cut loose two months early with a slapdash online teaching structure implemented at varying success levels mainly varying between “mediocre” and “useless” depending on how tech savvy teachers and districts were.
Opposition to equity plans leads to recall threats, legislation
For several years, schools in Arizona and nationwide have been analyzing student achievement, discipline data and demographics to develop
equity plans to increase student and family engagement, reduce discipline disparities and close the achievement gap. With input from their communities they’ve put those plans into action and adjusted as needed along the way.
“I’ve been hearing from board members across Arizona that there’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what equity actually means,” said Monica Trejo, a
Tempe Elementary School District Governing Board member and vice president of
Equity allows students to have fair access to resources, looks different for every district, and allows all students to begin their education at the same starting line, Trejo said.
TUCSON (KVOA) - Arizonans will soon vote on whether undocumented students living in the Grand Canyon State can be eligible for in-state tuition after the Arizona House approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 1044 on Monday.
Up in Phoenix today as the #AZleg passes SCR-1044. The resolution will go to Arizona voters in November 2022 who will decide whether all AZ high school grads including #Dreamers can get in-state tuition at our public colleges and universities. @KVOApic.twitter.com/wRzaSpgXMs Eric Fink (@EricMillerFink) May 11, 2021
Back in 2006, Arizona passed Prop 300, which requires students who wish to receive public services, including in-state tuition and taxpayer-funded financial aid, to verify their immigration status.
Quo Warranto Filed in the Arizona Supreme Court
Posted on by We the people of Arizona potentially unseating all state elected officials As average citizens of Arizona, from all walks of life. we have discovered that our past elections in 2018 thru 2020 arc out of compliance per the U.S. Election Assistance Commission [EAC]. The Help America Vote Act [I IAVA] of 2002 established the EAC and our State of Arizona takes a strict view on this Federal Election Law. Our State of Arizona went out of compliance in February of 2017 (or possibly sooner) and was only recently purported to be rc-ccrtificd in January 2021 There are multiple problems with the documentation regarding contractor laboratories that invalidate any machine certification. A certification can only last for a maximum of two years, and there are very important reasons for this. This will either unseat every state level politician in Arizona or declare every Federal Law applied to Arizona as unlawful