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Classrooms first: School officials say rhetoric doesn’t match budget reality

Jeremy Duda and Ben Giles//March 13, 2015//

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Classrooms first: School officials say rhetoric doesn’t match budget reality

Classrooms first: School officials say rhetoric doesn’t match budget reality

Jeremy Duda and Ben Giles//March 13, 2015//

Many school district officials and education leaders say Gov. Doug Ducey’s “Classrooms First” slogan and the oft-repeated boast that Arizona will spend more than ever on K-12 education next year...

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Tags: Chuck Essigs, doug ducey, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, schools, education, budget, Higley Unified School District, FY2016 budget, Arizona, Arizona Association of School Business Officials, Classrooms First, Vanessa Whitener, budget cuts

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