(The Center Square) – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes pushed back this week against state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne after he threatened to pull funding from Kyrene School District due to its diversity, equity and inclusion policy proposal.
Mayes said Horne threatened to withhold federal funds because the district proposed a policy “that signaled the district’s commitment to creating a kind, empathetic and respectful workplace.”
The attorney general said Horne had no legal basis for his threat.
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“Rather than do his job and ensure that funds appropriated by Congress and the Legislature reach Arizona schools — as the law requires — Superintendent Horne is choosing to engage in ideological nonsense at the expense of students and teachers,” she said.
Mayes added that Arizona schools
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