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English immersion opponents make false claims

PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne has announced that public schools that are not teaching English Language Learners in English as required by state law risk losing funds for this legal violation.

PHOENIX – Complaints submitted to the Arizona Department of Education through the Empower Hotline have revealed potential violations to state law and demonstrate that elements of Critical Race Theory are present in the public school system.

Horne: Phoenix Union schools to get safety grants individually

Cutting red tape and unnecessary administrative burdens on educators is one of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s primary goals so that they can spend more time on teaching academics to the students. Today Horne is announcing a major initiative in that effort.

Horne submits filings to defend state law prohibiting biological boys from playing on girls’ teams

Horne meets with Principals of high-performing Arizona schools

PHOENIX – Attorneys for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne have filed a motion for a change of venue in the lawsuit brought against the State of Arizona by parents of biological boys who want to play on girls’ sports teams.

PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne is urging public schools that use “equitable grading” for students to abolish the practice.

State schools chief Tom Horne, responding to inquiries made to him about a recent National Education Association (NEA) study on teacher pay, says the national organization and Arizona Education Association (AEA) are surprisingly at odds with each other on this issue