Paradise Valley Unified School District schools and departments may spend up to $20 per employee on food or refreshments at qualifying official events under a new resolution adopted Aug. 20.
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Staff struggle to keep up with purchases in Arizona’s ESA program as a record 101,000 students join, leaving a limited DOE staff to process thousands of pending applications and millions of annual purchase orders.
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PVSchools approved a three-year website platform contract, renewed temporary staffing for its Nutrition and Wellness Department and authorized three purchases totaling $687,341.22
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A campaign speech by Republican superintendent of public instruction nominee Kimberly Yee prompted a sharp response from Democratic opponent Terry Leyba Ruiz, highlighting the candidates’ competing views on academics, school choice, teacher support and culture-war issues.
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Nearly 1.900 Paradise Valley Unified School District students took part in federally funded before-school, after-school or summer programs last year, bringing more than $1.2 million into 10 district campuses serving economically disadvantaged communities.
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The District Additional Assistance, or DAA, override would continue the district's existing voter-approved capital funding while increasing the authorized amount from $6.41 million to $6.73 million annually.
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Arizona families using Empowerment Scholarship Accounts now have a new way to pay for approved educational expenses without waiting for reimbursement or covering the costs upfront.
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During its Aug. 12 meeting, the Agua Fria Union High School District Governing Board approved a $90,000 contract to provide students with fire, rescue and emergency medical training that can lead to industry credentials and college credit.
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More than $1.2 billion is expected to flow into Arizona's ESA program this fiscal year, but following where that money comes from — and where it ultimately goes — reveals a more complicated picture.
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Arizona has two fundamentally different ideas of accountability and because the testing systems aren't equivalent, we can't currently use the available scores to settle the argument about which system produces better academic results.
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