Education Funding

Yuma voters rejected an override to extend school safety, tech and transportation funds for Crane Schools. CFO Dale Ponder considers why that might've been and what comes next.

The Crane Elementary School District is asking voters to renew a seven-year capital funding override, which would provide an extra $1.5 million each year for safety, tech and transportation needs.

AWC has been awarded a new Perkins Innovation and Modernization grant, which will help boost its Career and Technical Ed offerings.

The Arizona attorney general announced two convictions of Arizona ESA program fraud. Tom Horne’s response focused on criticizing recent comments from the attorney general about ESAs instead.

Arizona Western College's CAMP program is continuing to operate entirely out of college funding this year, but without news on its federal grant renewal, CAMP's future remains up in the air.

Classes for some schools in Yuma and La Paz counties begin this week. Hear the latest on school funding. Also, the Regional Center for Border Health will continue services at a time of uncertainty.

Arizona Department of Education will disburse federal funds to schools as soon as possible, but conversations with Yuma and La Paz schools highlights the precarious nature of public school funding. (Source: ADE)

Local, state and federal experts weigh in on the implications and legality of the Trump admin's $6.8B federal K-12 funding freeze.

The Trump administration's move to withhold over $6B in federal education funding affects Yuma and La Paz, too. Yuma Superintendent of Schools Tom Hurt and districts from both counties respond.

More than an estimated $118 million in federal K-12 funding has been withheld from Arizona schools. Arizona's Mark Kelly and Greg Stanton are demanding the funds be released.