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The 2019 Arizona budget proposed $4.5 billion to be spent on Arizona's K-12 education. Arizona consistently ranks low in both teacher pay and overall quality of education. [citation needed] In 2018, Arizona was ranked 43rd in overall quality of education [7] and 48th in teachers’ salaries. [8]
The State Board of Education sets curricular and academic standards. [1] The superintendent serves ex officio as one member of the State Board of Education and State Board for Charter Schools, but the other board members are appointed by the governor to staggered terms. [1] Thus, the extent of the state superintendent's influence over state ...
For the 2022-23 school year, the majority of schools received A's or B's. About 34% received A's, while 15 schools — less than 1% — received F's.
Arizona is one of five states that do not have a specified lieutenant governor, so the Secretary of State is the first in line to succeed the Governor in the event of death, disability, resignation, or removal from office. The line of succession also includes the attorney general, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction.
Along with state attorney generals in many other states, Horne's office represented Arizona in multi-state settlements with the nation's five largest mortgage servicers (Arizona's share was $1.6 billion of a $25 billion nationwide deal involving 49 AGs); [30] [31] [32] with Sirius XM (Arizona's share was $230,000 of the $3.8 million settlement ...
"Arizona has seen an enrollment decline of 80,000 students in the state's public schools, relative to the pre-pandemic projections," Jason Gaulden of the education-oriented Oak Rose Group and ...
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, Kathy Hoffman shared in February 2019 that she is seeking more transparency of Arizona Charter Schools: "Any charter expenditure must be in the best interest of the schools and the students they serve. I appreciate the Governor’s recommendation to increase staff at the charter school board."
Following a Feb. 9 meeting, the legal director for Secular AZ, a nonprofit group "that protects the constitutional separation of church and state," allegedly submitted a complaint to the board ...