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Program Area: Assessments
Please read the One-Year Waiver Request Document and Superintendent Hoffman's Letter to USDOE.
Program Area: School Finance
Governor Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman have announced the closure of all schools from Monday, March 16, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX - Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has released the following statement in reaction to a governor’s memo regarding the Empowerment Scholarship Program
Program Area: Special Education
Final FY23 Special Education Data certification begins today, July 24th, and is due by August 3rd.
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne’s office approves nearly 25,000 overdue ESA requests from parents More than $22 million in delayed payments made to schools and educators
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne has sent the State Board of Education four proposals for changes to the handbook regarding the administration of the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program. This is with an eye toward improving service for parents and students and to comply with updates to state law.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State superintendent of schools Tom Horne today released a Department of Education study that demonstrates statistically that school districts that put a higher percentage of their budget into the classroom, primarily teacher salaries, do much better academically, compared to districts that have a higher percentage of their budget in other categories.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – Arizona schools chief Tom Horne has announced that funding for Project Momentum Arizona will now be provided by the Arizona Department of Education after the recent decision by the Governor’s Office to reevaluate its role in that program. The department has signed a $10 million contract with Project Momentum to ensure the program continues and expands to more Arizona schools.
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne: Proposed Title IX change would decimate women’s sports
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX - Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following statement today in response to the recent dismissal of the superintendent of the Apache Jct. Unified District and resignation of the Liberty Elementary District superintendent:
Program Area: Office of Communications
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
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne is urging public schools that use “equitable grading” for students to abolish the practice.
Program Area: Office of Communications
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.
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne meets with Principals of high-performing Arizona schools
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne submits filings to defend state law prohibiting biological boys from playing on girls’ teams
Program Area: Office of Communications
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.
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne: Phoenix Union schools to get safety grants individually
Program Area: Office of Communications
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.
Program Area: Office of Communications
English immersion opponents make false claims
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne: AG Opinion on dual language is politically charged Vows court challenge
