Education
Dunleavy has killed the BSA
A precedent-breaking veto means the state's baseline public school funding is no longer a reliable baseline for schools to depend upon.
Dunleavy prepares to slash public school funding in fight for half-baked policies
But leave it to Dunleavy to kill a unicorn.
Legislators salvage an education bill as the clock ticks down on the session
As the final days of the session approach, hopes give way to what's doable.
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Just when things looked doomed in the wake of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s school veto standing, the Senate reached and passed a breakthrough deal that ostensibly addresses the two main complaints around funding schools: It has policy and a way to pay for it.
As everything falls apart, school funding advances and much-delayed salary study is released
Oh how things can change in 80 days.
House GOP pushes expanded use of force in the classroom, because of course
Because of course.
Deep Dive: The flaws in Dunleavy's two-tier education system
The governor's proposals would leave most students out in the cold in educational environments that are both figuratively — and literally — condemned.
Deep dive: Let's be honest about Dunleavy's two-tier education system.
Behind all the rhetoric that neighborhood schools must do the impossible with less, what Dunleavy is proposing is a system that funnels what little funding he will support to the few — while leaving everyone else to fight over the scraps.
