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  Republican-Sponsored Education Sales-Tax Hike Moves Forward in Legislature

  January 23 at 6:30 a.m.

  The proposal to take Arizona's education sales tax from 0.6 cents to a penny still faces significant hurdles.

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  Governor's Budget Puts More Cops in Schools, Which New Schools Chief Opposes

  January 18 at 4:15 p.m.

  Governor Doug Ducey pledged that his budget would include "enough dollars to put a cop on every campus that needs one."

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  Legislation Seeks to Relax Arizona’s Restrictive English-Only Teaching Mandate

  January 16 at 12:18 p.m.

  "Arizona's current law has limited us to a model that is based on very little research."

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  Teachers' Union to Bring Back Plan to Tax the Rich If State Doesn't Fund Schools

  January 11 at 1:53 p.m.

  "Our students and our schools need funding now. We cannot wait and kick the can down the road once again," Joe Thomas said.

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  Arizona High School Drops 'Scarlet Badge' Policy After ACLU Inquiry

  January 9 at 4:40 p.m.

  The district is ending a policy that the ACLU of Arizona said "publicly identifies and shames underperforming students."

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  Arizona Lawmaker Proposes 'Charter-izing' Procurement Rules for School Districts

  January 9 at 7 a.m.

  "We know all this abuse is going on in the charter [sector], now we’re going to turn around and give the same thing to the school districts."