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AZ Education Notes

TUSD releases online guide to its schools

TUSD's Catalog of Schools is now available online at tusd1.org.

The catalog highlights each of the 105 schools in an effort to help parents navigate Tucson's largest kindergarten-through-12th-grade district. It can be downloaded or picked up at TUSD headquarters, 1010 E. 10th St.

Additionally, an interactive Web feature allows parents to plug in factors that are important to them in a school, and they'll get in return a list that meets those criteria.(Click Title of Post For full Story: AZStarnet)

Tenure, Seniority Weakened In AZ

The Arizona Legislature made sweeping changes to state teacher contracts earlier this year, removing seniority, salary and contract guarantees.

Changes under House Bill 2011 mean that school districts will be prohibited from using tenure or seniority as a factor in determining which teachers can be laid off. Additionally, school districts no longer have to honor seniority when they rehire.

Gone is an April 15 deadline that required school districts to notify teachers of their contract status for the following school year.(Click Title Of Post For Full Story: AZ Central)