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Bill advances that could jeopardize more than $200 million in desegregation funds

Ben Giles//January 31, 2017//

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Bill advances that could jeopardize more than $200 million in desegregation funds

Bill advances that could jeopardize more than $200 million in desegregation funds

Ben Giles//January 31, 2017//

  At a time when Gov. Doug Ducey boasts of more than $100 million in new investments for education in his budget plan, a Senate panel advanced a bill that...

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Tags: elementary school district, Debbie Lesko, Phoenix Union High School District, Phoenix Union High School, doug ducey, desegregation, funding mechanism, Sean McCarthy, Arizona Tax Research Association, education, discrimination, Sen. Steve Farley, desegregation funds, student achievement

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