Office of Communications Blog

Horne calls out AG Mayes for misleading attack on ESA program

  • Fri, Aug 29 2025

PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne says Attorney General Kris Mayes is misleading the public with claims she has leveled at the management of the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program.

Horne calls on school board members who disrupted Maryvale H.S. to resign

  • Thu, Aug 28 2025

PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne says Cartwright Elementary School District Board members Lydia and Cassandra Hernandez should immediately resign their positions after deliberately causing a security disruption at Maryvale High School on Tuesday.

ESA fraud case discovered by Supt. Horne’s office results in conviction

  • Wed, Aug 27 2025

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says the only way today’s conviction of two people on charges of fraud using Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) dollars could happen was because the Department of Education discovered the activity in 2024 and referred it for prosecution.

Supt. Horne statement on Maryvale High School stabbing

  • Tue, Aug 19 2025

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following statement in response to the fatal stabbing of a student at Maryvale High School today.

Horne critical of light sentence for armed Tucson school intruder

  • Mon, Aug 18 2025

TUCSON – State schools chief Tom Horne says the armed Tucson man who broke into school grounds vowing to kill children at an east Tucson campus earlier this year deserves more punishment than today’s sentence of 18 months in prison followed by probation.

Boon to schools: Horne urges Governor to include Arizona federal tax credit

  • Mon, Aug 11 2025

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne has urged Governor Katie Hobbs to include Arizona in a new federal school tax credit opportunity that would add more money to the classroom for students in public district, charter and other school settings.

Horne urges parents to be aware of inappropriate lessons in schools

  • Mon, Aug 4 2025

PHOENIX – With many Arizona schools now starting the new school year, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that parents can withdraw students from offensive classes is prompting schools chief Tom Horne to remind parents of their right to ensure schools are concentrating on academics and avoiding inappropriate lessons.

Horne straightens out AG Mayes from taking credit for release of federal funds

  • Fri, Aug 1 2025  •
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PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne issued the following statement rebutting an effort by Attorney General Kris Mayes to take credit for the end of a federal review of grant funding.

Horne: Governor’s spokesman recklessly insults state employees with “wasteful” comments

  • Tue, Jul 29 2025

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says recent comments made by Governor Hobbs’ spokesman that Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) staff are a “wasteful bureaucracy” are a reckless insult to state employees who are understaffed, under tremendous pressure and working hard to serve parents who choose the education that is best for their child. 

Feds lift pause to review grant funds

  • Fri, Jul 25 2025

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne has issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement that the federal government will release grant funding that was paused for review.