Arizona Superintendent of Public Education Tom Horne and the State Board of Education have rejected a move to enact a new ESA Voucher Handbook. Proposed by the Arizona Department of Education, the handbook would have set safeguards to ensure responsible spending of taxpayer funds for what are known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. Instead, they stuck with last year s book. .
By Laura Aka for Working Nation.Broadcast version by Danielle Smith for Tennessee News Service reporting for the Working Nation-Public News Service Collaboration We all witnessed the significant impact the pandemic had on frontline health care workers. One in five health care workers has left their job since 2020, according to one industry report. And the exodus is not over. .
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and one Nevada organization says about 70% of people with disabilities who would like to be employed - are not. Employers often assume they won t be able to accommodate a worker with a disability - but that is usually incorrect. Mary Evilsizer, executive director with the Southern Nevada Center for Independent Living, acknowledges there may be challenges in finding just the right job fit, but said employers are missing out on a special group of people when they don t make the effort. .
The State Historical Society of Iowa has opened a new exhibit in its Des Moines museum. "Civics in Action" focuses on Iowans who ve made significant contributions to the state and highlights people with disabilities. It s the historical society s first exhibit after a five-year museum restoration, and focuses on people who have shaped the state s history. .
A recent report found New York State can do more to bolster health care for people with complex needs. The Rockefeller Institute report detailed how to fill the gaps of care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, serious mental illness, extensive medical needs and more. The Healthcare Association of New York State reported hospitals are facing serious delays in treating groups with additional needs. .