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

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