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Tranquilino “Kino” Hurtado became Salt Lake Community College’s inaugural Hispanic-serving institution initiatives director in November 2022, poised for the challenge and opportunity of preparing the college for HSI designation.

SLCC is the first emerging HSI in Utah, and Hurtado shared his vision for equipping Hispanic students while also preparing the community for the new Title V designation.

Q: What is your new role and what led you to this position?

A: I’m the inaugural director for HSI, so there’s no blueprint for this one.

Prior to this, I was the director of a summer bridge program here at SLCC … housed under Student Affairs, specifically the orientation office. I was with that project for two years.

I’m originally from New Mexico. I did my undergrad at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque and did a master’s at New Mexico Highlands up in the northern part of the state. Both [institutions] are and have been historical HSIs since the ’90s, when this designation became available to higher ed.

I actually moved to Utah in the summer of 2020 to pursue my Ph.D. at the University of Utah in higher ed leadership and policy. So I think the stars kind of aligned here: my research really is around racialized organizational change and [why] that matters in the context of a predominantly white space and taking on that new identity. When the summer bridge position opened up, SLCC specifically funded that initiative [through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund]. And that’s when

Gov. Sanders’ new education bill currently in draft process

Updated: 8:47 PM CST Feb 17, 2023

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– BECAUSE IT WOULD IMPACT THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AND HOUSTON METROS. ARKANSAS STATE LAWMAKERS ARE NOW ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN LITTLE ROCK. TONIGHT IN AN INTERVIEW YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON 40/29, OUR BRETT RAINS IS TALKING WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THE MINORITY LEADER ABOUT WHAT HAS AND HAS NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR’S PLANS FOR EDUCATION REFORM. “STATE LEGISLATORS JUST WRAPPED UP THE SIXTH WEEK OF SESSION HERE IN LITTLE ROCK. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SAYS THEY’RE CLOSE TO HAVING A DRAFT VERSION OF THE EDUCATION REFORM BILL AND THE MINORITY LEADER SAYS SHE’S WAITING TO SEE SPECIFICS.” “education, public safety and then tax cuts have kind of been the three big priorities with education being really the one we anticipate really taking first up.” REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER MATTHEW SHEPHERD SAYS SO FAR THIS SESSION, THERE HAVE BEEN 444 BILLS FILED IN THE HOUSE AND 278 BILLS FILED IN THE SENATE…77 BILLS HAVE BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW. WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION REFORM, SHEPHERD SAYS IT’S STILL BEING DRAFTED BY THE BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH. “I think we’re down to a matter of getting it in days where as probably we’ve been looking at weeks before.” “we’re working as quickly as we can but again, it can be kind of an involved process and ultimately everyone wants to put out

House Republicans and Democrats traded barbs Wednesday over parental involvement in schools and curriculums, a hot-button topic that has become one of the leading fronts in the culture wars.

During the year’s first House Education and Workforce Committee hearing, titled “American Education in Crisis,” Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (RN.C.) said one of her “top priorities” is “to protect parental rights,” with other lawmakers saying a parental rights in education bill will likely go through the chamber this year.

“Extending education freedom to more students will also be one of my top priorities, as it has been since I came to Congress, and I am pleased to see more parents taking their child’s education into their own hands since the pandemic,” Foxx said.

Democrats sought to make clear that no lawmakers think parents should not be involved in their children’s education.

“I just hope that we put this argument that is not based on actual facts… to rest,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said after GOP-called witnesses said there was a wedge being driven between parents and schools.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. on Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

LGBTQ topics and critical race theory in schools also proved to be a source of tension.

“A real crisis in American education is that many of my colleagues in Congress and in state legislatures are applying a device of strategies rooted in discrimination towards an exclusion of LGBTQ students and students with disabilities,” said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.).

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Enrollments in public schools are continuing to decline despite cost-of-living pressures hitting families, new data has been revealed.

The latest school data, released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), found the proportion of students enrolled in government schools has dropped from just over 68% in 2002, to up to 64.5% last year.

There were 16,929 fewer students enrolled in public education in 2022 compared to 2021, a 0.6% drop and the second consecutive year enrolments have decreased.

The ABS head of education statistics, Ellouise Roberts, said independent schools were leading the rise in enrollments for 2022, with a 3.3% increase compared to 2021.

“Over the past decade, enrolments in independent schools increased by over 25% (130,306),” she said.

“In comparison, government school enrollments rose 11% (263,447), followed by an 8% (58,773) rise in Catholic school enrolments over the same period.”

A further 11,795 students enrolled in schools in 2022, representing an annual increase of 0.3% – the lowest growth rate since 1995, when full-time and part-time students were first included in ABS reporting.

As enrollments at government schools have declined, so too have rates for students completing schooling through to year 12, which have dropped significantly compared to 2002.

Just over 76% of students in public education completed year 12 in 2022, down from 83.1% from 2018.

Overall, the rate of year 7 and 8 students staying in school full-time through to year 12 was at 80.5% in 2022, down from 83.1% in 2021. The retention rate