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An outdoor courtyard is shown at an Arizona school. Photo by Brendon Derr | AZCIR

Arizona could become latest state to ban attendance-related suspensions

by Maria Polletta February 13, 2024February 14, 2024

A school resource officer is shown in the foreground with students playing in the background. Arizona school safety program. photo by Brendon Derr | AZCIR

GOP-led push to fund police over counselors leaves some schools ‘in the lurch’

by Maria Polletta December 14, 2023December 15, 2023

images and flyers of missing indigenous people fill poster boards outside a grassroots organization that is working to help indigenous people affected by the arizona's response to medicaid fraud

Patients, advocates describe ‘pure chaos’ in state response to AHCCCS fraud

by Hannah Bassett and Maria Polletta November 2, 2023December 15, 2023

A student at El Dorado High School in Chandler, Ariz., uses a pencil to take a quiz during the 2022 fall semester. The charter school does not suspend students for attendance violations, a practice that is pervasive in other schools throughout Arizona. Photo by Isaac Stone Simonelli | AZCIR

Proposed bill to ban suspensions for attendance violations falls short

by Maria Polletta and Tara García Mathewson June 14, 2023August 18, 2023

Tyequan Colkey, 19, es un estudiante de 12º grado de El Dorado High School, una preparatoria chárter de Chandler, Ariz., que no suspende a los estudiantes por infracciones de asistencia. Isaac Stone Simonelli | AZCIR

Muchas escuelas encuentran modos de resolver el problema del ausentismo sin suspensiones

by Tara García Mathewson and Maria Polletta December 16, 2022January 25, 2023