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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’s school safety recommendations approved by State Board

Number of schools with officers jumps from 190 to 301, Horne and Phoenix Council member call for added safety data

Horne meets with Principals of high-performing Arizona schools

Department of Education to recommend school safety grants for Phoenix Union schools despite district board opposition

Six schools applied for grants to pay for officers 

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

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: