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’
âTime to get our children back in classroomâ: Gov. Cooper, NC Superintendent urge reopening of schools
Schools urged to have in-person learning By WBTV Web Staff | February 2, 2021 at 1:05 PM EST - Updated February 2 at 6:47 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Superintendent Catherine Truitt joined Gov. Cooper and other state leaders on Tuesday to urge school districts across the state to reopen for in-person instruction.
Some schools, including private and elementary schools, have already been permitted to return to school full-time.
The call from the governor and state education leaders is to recommend that all K-12 school districts across the state to allow in-person instruction for all students.