Arizona Senate Approves Expanded Vouchers
Reprinted from the Arizona Daily Star The Arizona Senate has reversed course and approved an expansion of a school voucher program that allows students to use public funds to attend a private school. SB1363 failed on a 15-14 vote Thursday …
MI House Votes to Dissolve Broke Districts
Reprinted from The Detroit News Lansing — The Michigan House voted late Thursday to grant state officials emergency powers to dissolve the financially troubled school districts in Inkster and Buena Vista and merge them with neighboring districts. The 58-49 vote …
OH Considers Tax Credit for Home Schooling
Reprinted from Ohio Watchdog Since the beginning of the home-schooling trend, parents have noted that they pay double to educate their children — once for the education they’re providing at home and again in the property and other taxes they pay …
NC House Passes Budget with School Vouchers
Reprinted from the News & Observer House lawmakers pushed forward their $20.6 billion budget after more than seven hours of debate Wednesday that was punctuated by a back-and-forth on private-school vouchers where the House speaker took the unusual step of …
DE Houses Passes Charter Overhaul Bill
Reprinted from News Works It's going to be tougher to start future Charter Schools in Delaware. A bill to reform Delaware’s nearly 20-year-old charter school laws passed the house 31-9. House Bill 165 is designed to improve charter school accountability, …
New Jersey May Create Separate Charter Board
Reprinted from NJ Spotlight A proposed change in the way New Jersey handles applications for new charter schools would set up a quasi-independent review board within the state Department of Education. However, while legislation proposed yesterday by state Assemblyman Patrick …
California Gov Sells School Funding Plan
Reprinted from the Mercury News Seven months after his tax initiative refueled funding for California's beleaguered public schools, Gov. Jerry Brown has orchestrated what's being billed as a major overhaul of how the state funds K-12 education. The deal, scheduled …
Michigan May Loosen Graduation Requirements
Reprinted from The Detroit News Lansing — The state House passed a legislative package Thursday that proponents say would loosen Michigan's Merit Curriculum requirements to allow some high school students more flexibility to pursue technical or arts careers. The legislation, …
WI Budget Affects Ed in Ways Beyond Vouchers
Reprinted from the Journal Sentinel School funding and the long and rollicking debate over whether — and how — to offer private school vouchers to children in cities beyond Milwaukee and Racine took top billing on the education stage during …
SC House OKs Private School Tax Credits
Reprinted from The State House lawmakers sent the state budget back to the Senate on Wednesday, drawing battle lines over public vs. private education in next year’s $22.7 billion spending plan. The House amended the budget to give tax credits …