BAT State News Highlights - October
Alabama
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State Administrators - Terri Rector Michal
Twitter: @AlabamaBATs
Alabama Education Association sues Morgan County over sales tax revenue
California
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Facebook Administrators: Tina Andres, Karen Wolfe, Jeanne Berrong, Owen Jackman, Sherry Skipper-Spurgeon, Jed Idan, Lisa Palmer, Heather Poland, Paula Meyer, Lance Wren, Virginia Tibbets, Jose del Barrio.
Twitter: @CaliBATs
The resignation of Herbert “Nick” Nichols on Friday comes after seven county superintendents, including those from Los Angeles and San Diego counties, officially requested a state fiscal agency to audit the Inspire network for potential fraud.
Florida
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Facebook Administrators - Donna Yates Mace, Lisa Yurkin, Marcus Hochman
Twitter: @FLBATsA
Teacher lays out a plan for educator retention.
The Governor rejects the union’s call for across-the-board pay raises.
Illinois
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Facebook Administrator - Diane Barrett King Rener and Millisa Libey Jaycox
Twitter: @IllinoisBATs
Rockford middle school students help save bus driver during medical emergency
Kentucky
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State Administrators - Tiffany Benningfield Dunn and Julia Berner
Twitter: @KentuckyBATs
Teachers who believe black kids can't learn should quit, Kentucky education chief says
Massachusetts
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Facebook Administrator - Amy Wolpin, Sue Doherty
Twitter: @MassBATs
The battle over education funding in Massachusetts continues.
The first teachers strike in 12 years in Massachusetts followed an overwhelming vote of 275 to 2 on Thursday to walk off the job...” in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Missouri
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Facebook Administrator - Anne Pritchett, Bob Minor
Twitter: @MissouriBATs
Missouri removes scores from state's 2019 school, district report cards.
New Hampshire
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Facebook Administrator: Jena DiPinto
Twitter: @NHampshireBATs
Teaching Slavery in Schools in NH and nationally.
North Carolina
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Facebook Administrators: Angie McLeod Barbour, Melanie Miday-Stern, Jenn Martin
NC principals would get raises under budget plan, but teachers are still waiting
Oregon
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Facebook Administrator: Kathleen Hagans Jeskey, Pete Teller, Anna Riddels, Jennifer Dorsey, and Tricia Snyder.
Twitter: @OregonBATs
OEA Government Relations Consultant will run for Oregon Legislature.
West Virginia
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Facebook Administrator - Greg Cruey
Twitter : @WVBATs
Union president defends West Virginia teacher absences
Alaska
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State Administrators - Andy Holleman and Julie Santaella
Twitter: @AlaskaBATs
Alaska looks to put education on the ballot
Colorado
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State Administrators - William Ames Prather
Twitter: @ColoradoBATsA
Denver Public Schools will be electing new school board members
Georgia
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Facebook Administrators - Lynda Wolfe Smith, Lisa Morgan, Peter Toggerson
Twitter: @GeorgiaBATs2
Online standardized tests go haywire; Fulton cancels them for 20,000
Governor Kemp on state listening tour to gain educator support - but is he really listening?
Indiana
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Facebook Administrator: Cathy Sutton
Twitter: @IndianaBATs
Hidden dropouts: How Indiana schools can write off struggling students as home-schoolers.
Madison district calls for an end to standardized testing.
Louisiana
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Twitter: @LouisianaBATs
Impacts of students misdiagnosed with mental health conditions at Iberville school unknown
Michigan
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State Administrators - Linda K. Eastman, Rebecca Lehnert Armstrong, Mary Genger Kieft Bouwense, Carina Hilbert, Jonathan Marceau
Twitter: @MIBATs
Michigan high school football team with no band invites band with no football to perform
New Jersey
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Facebook Administrators - Melissa Tomlinson, Judy Strollo
Twitter: @NJBATsA
NJ moves to slash state testing in high school
North Dakota
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Facebook Administrators: Marguerite Madeleine
Annual school boards convention to address K-12 educational issues
Pennsylvania
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State Administrators - Dana Marie
Twitter: @PennBAT
Pennsylvania Governor Closes Cyber Charter School
Tennessee
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State Administrators - Lee Ann Pepper Nolan, Tikeila Rucker, Larry Proffitt, Jennifer Navarre, Mary Holden, Jenee Hewlett Peters, Neshellda Johnson, Lu Howard, and April Waltrip Jeffries
Twitter: @MemphisBATBa
Tennessee doling out $5.9M in grants to 117 charter schools
Virginia
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Facebook Administrators: Cheryl Gibbs Binkley, Sue Goncarovs, Erin Rafferty, Justin Kern
Twitter @VirginiaBATs
Virginia Board of Education seeks nearly $1 billion in new K-12 funding
Wisconsin
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Facebook Administrator: Debbie Kadon
Twitter - Coming Soon!
Black Security Guard Fired for Repeating the N-Word When Telling a Student Not to Call Him It to Get His Job Back
Arizona
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State Administrators - Kathie Wing Larsyn and Lise Spangenthal
Twitter: @AZBatsA
Federal judge: Prop. 123 education funding violates federal law.
Arizona lawmakers approve audit of ESA vouchers.
Connecticut
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State Administrators - Jesse Turner and Rose Reyes
Twitter - Coming Soon
Should Connecticut lawmakers mandate a later start time for middle and high schools? Some legislators are weighing the idea.
Hawaii
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State Administrators - Mireille Christianne Ellsworth
Twitter: @HawaiiBATs
Decision to reassign School for Deaf and Blind’s principal riles community
Iowa
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Facebook Administrator - Jane Balvanz
Twitter: @Iowabats
Iowa Department of Education gathers input on seclusion, restraint at schools
Maine
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Facebook Administrator - Robin Ellen Brooks
Twitter: @MaineBATs
New law aims to reduce food waste in Maine schools
Minnesota
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Twitter: @MNBATs1
Secure entrances, ID scanners and bullet-resistant film: How Minnesota schools are spending $25 million in state safety grants
Nebraska
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Facebook Administrator - Brittany Alexander
Twitter: @NebraskaBATs
Memo spelling out the role of Lincoln school resource officers may need changes to match state model.
This year the Nebraska lottery collected a record amount, giving $46.5 million to education and environmental funds. The Nebraska Lottery was able to do that because they sold $192.2 million worth of lottery tickets, that's up $8.8 million from last year
New Mexico
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State Administrators - Sara Attleson and Angela Reynolds
Twitter @NewMexicoBATs
Activist, ex-teachers, state dept. deputy secretary run for school board
Ohio
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Facebook Administrators - Brittany Alexander, Kelly Braun, Karen Linch, Mandy Jablonski, Paula Garfield, Beth Egbert, Debra Fedyna, Amber Clark, Jessica Bosak, Katie Hauer
Twitter: @OhioBATs
Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments on state takeovers for struggling schools
Rhode Island
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State Administrators -
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No Superintendent, No Defined Role for School Board, No Discipline Change
Texas
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State Administrators - Pamela Ehrlich Smith, Gerald Savoy,
Twitter: @TxBats
San Antonio Parents Without Texas IDs Barred From Southside ISD School
Washington
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Facebook Administrators: Becca Ritchie, Susan DuFresne, Michelle Murphy Ramey, Linda Myrick, Amy Hepburn, Karen Adlum, Sheri Fingeroot Kittay
Twitter @WABATs_
Students and parents protest outside Hazel Wolf K-8 in Seattle over anti-black bullying incidents
Arkansas
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State Administrators - Tina Andres
Twitter: @ArkansasBATsA
More than two thousand people wearing red (“for ed”) gathered to stand against the state’s plan to divide Little Rock schools and cripple the teachers union.
Little Rock braces for a teacher’s strike.
Delaware
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Twitter: @DelawareBATs
Delaware Receives $7.5 Million Grant to Expand Trauma Supports for Students and Families
Idaho
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Facebook Administrator - Mary Ollie and Levi Cavaner
Twitter: @IdahoBATs
Boise Pre-K Program expands
Maryland
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Twitter - coming soon
Maryland education department plans to enhance Holocaust education
Mississippi
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Facebook Administrator - Amanda Koonlaba
Twitter: @MississippiBATs
BAT Amanda Koonlaba named top 40 under 40
"In the latest dispute over how Mississippi schools are graded and whether that’s done fairly, the North Bolivar Consolidated School District is forcing the state to reexamine the rules about how districts like this receive ratings."
Nevada
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Facebook Administrator - Lisa Muntean, Phil Sorenson, Stacey Wolff, Chet Miller, Cindy Darden, Sarah Sunnasy, Carmen Andrews, Mary Beth DeNigris-Franzeo, Jennifer Petrie
Twitter @NVBATs
Carson City middle schools receive grants for STEM programs.
New York
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Facebook Administrators - Beth Glazer-Schettino, Terry Kalb, Eric Olsen, Jamy Brice Hyde, Jake Jacobs, Eve Shippens, Rosemary Pearce, Tara Molloy-Grocki, and Dave Greene
Twitter: @NYBATs
Some NY educators want to fix ‘foundation aid’, while others tell state to pay up first
South Carolina
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Facebook Administrator - Melissa Soule
Twitter - Coming soon!
South Carolina lawmakers are considering changes to the Charter School Act.
A new model proposed by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office changes the property tax index to 75 mills across all districts. According to the report, implementing this proposed funding model would redistribute more than $170 million among school districts.
Washington D.C.
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Facebook Administrators - N. Enser, Denisha Jones
Twitter @BATs_DC