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

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