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Arizona: Two measures would increase
education funding, one by extending a one-cent sales tax increase for education
currently scheduled to expire in 2013 and another by allocating more money to
education from the state's public land trust fund.
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California:
Two measures would
increase state income taxes to avoid major midyear reductions in state funding
for K-12 education.
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Georgia:
Voters could amend
the state constitution to allow the state to authorize public charter schools
after the state supreme court invalidated a prior state charter school
authorizing commission in 2011.
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Idaho:
Three ballot initiatives would overturn recently
enacted state laws (1) barring teacher collective bargaining over issues other
than salaries and benefits and limiting contracts to one year; (2) establishing
a teacher evaluation system based partly on student test performance; and (3)
increasing technology use in classrooms including requiring that each high
school student have access to a laptop computer.
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Missouri: On the ballot is a measure to boost
funding for both K-12 and higher education by increasing the state's tobacco
products taxes.
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Oregon: Voters will consider a ballot
measure to allocate higher-than-projected corporate and excise tax revenue to
K-12 education instead of refunding it to businesses.
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Washington:
Voters will
choose whether to allow local school boards or a new state-level commission to
approve charter schools.
Education
Week and Reuters
have detailed rundowns.
