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Navajo Nation Council Rejects School Voucher Executive Order, Citing Threats to Sovereignty and Tribal Education Systems
26 Apr 2025 10:52 GMT
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By Native News Online Staff
April 26, 2025
On April 21, the 25th Navajo Nation Council passed legislation opposing Executive Order 14191, a federal directive issued by former President Donald Trump that encourages the use of federal education funds …
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Debate intensifies over OH school vouchers as Trump advocates expansion
03 Feb 2025 08:23 GMT
As Ohio's private school voucher program nears $1 billion in … , Hispanic, and Native American, and Alaska Native adults having seen improvements …
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Alaska Supreme Court weighs whether correspondence education lawsuit wrongly targeted state
28 Jun 2024 03:58 GMT
… appeal is State of Alaska, Department of Education and … argued that since the Alaska statute that governs homeschool … . Dunleavy also proposed enacting school vouchers, which like the amendment, … Bishop, the commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Education and …
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Alaska Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in challenge to correspondence programs
24 Jun 2024 17:23 GMT
… ruled this year that Alaska’s correspondence programs, … violation of the Alaska Constitution.
The Alaska Constitution states that … on the use of school vouchers to pay for religious … Anchorage attorney representing the Alaska parents and teachers challenging …
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Anchorage judge draws heated discussion from Alaska Judicial Council
24 May 2024 16:32 GMT
… state public dollars on correspondence school vouchers, or allotments, was unconstitutional.
… attorneys selected by the Alaska Bar Association. Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice … Higher Education Investment Fund to Alaska’s Constitutional Budget Reserve.
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Alaska judge rules homeschool families cannot spend state money on private or religious education
16 Apr 2024 18:58 GMT
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Lon Garrison, director of the Alaska Association of School Boards, said … a shadow school voucher program,” he said. “So that shadow school voucher program that … cannot make laws that prevent school vouchers (allotments) from being spent at …
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Alaska judge strikes down state’s cash payments to families using correspondence programs
13 Apr 2024 06:17 GMT
… school voucher program,” he said. “So that shadow school voucher … was Dunleavy brainchild
Alaska has operated correspondence programs … public education in Alaska,” NEA-Alaska President Tom Klaameyer … uphold the Alaska Constitution.”
The Alaska Department of …
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Alaska House Republicans advance education bill over strong opposition from teachers and parents
21 Jan 2024 04:09 GMT
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JUNEAU — Alaska House Republicans on Saturday advanced … of charter schools in Alaska — both measures proposed … strong demand from parents.
Alaska Education Commissioner Deena Bishop, … has been a “shadow school vouchers program” and that the …
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How the anti-Trump backlash is growing
04 Apr 2025 10:42 GMT
… GOP-backed challenger who supported school vouchers. Wisconsin Democrats also dislodged an … ), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Rand Paul (Kentucky) — defied …
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Letter: Alaskans don't need an Arkansas extremist
01 Dec 2023 13:31 GMT
… bill and private school voucher plan, which would violate the Alaska Constitution.
Legislators … House Judiciary Committee should follow “Alaska hire” rather than Arkansas hire … knows Alaska state laws and supports our Alaska Constitution. Hire an Alaskan for …