K-12 Public Schools

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is urging local school districts and charter schools to implement stricter attendance policies in response to rising rates of chronic absenteeism among public school students.

Nearly 6,500 Arizona children have applied for the new universal vouchers to attend private and parochial schools at taxpayer expense.And it appears the vast majority are youngsters whose parents already are paying for them to go there.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Marco Lopez on Tuesday unveiled his plan for strengthening Arizona’s public education program.

State senators voted Tuesday to forever bar the state Department of Health Services from requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to be able to attend school.

Groups that killed a voter-approved tax to fund education in court now want nearly $1 million in legal fees from initiative organizers and the state.

Arizona schools won't have to immediately cut their budgets -- and possibly lay off teachers and close schools. On a 23-6 margin Monday the Senate gave final approval to waiving the voter-approved constitutional cap on K-12 spending.

Calling it a matter of parental rights, a House panel voted Wednesday to override mask mandates that exist in some public schools around the state.

KAWC’s Lou Gum speaks with Rebecca Gau, Executive Director of Stand for Children Arizona on Arizona Edition.Following the passage last November of…