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House and Senate leaders offer school funding plan, but critics find holes in it

Hank Stephenson//August 28, 2015//

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House and Senate leaders offer school funding plan, but critics find holes in it

House and Senate leaders offer school funding plan, but critics find holes in it

Hank Stephenson//August 28, 2015//

When news broke that more than seven months of court-ordered negotiations between education groups and the Legislature had reached an impasse on August 25, leaders of the House and Senate...

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Tags: school funding plan, education funding, First Things First fund, House Speaker David Gowan, Arizona, Republicans, Senate President Andy Biggs, four point plan, doug ducey, Arizona Senate, criticism, Arizona House

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