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Arizona school funding still lagging, report shows

Bob Christie, Associated Press//November 29, 2017//

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Arizona school funding still lagging, report shows

Arizona school funding still lagging, report shows

Bob Christie, Associated Press//November 29, 2017//

State funding for Arizona’s kindergarten to grade 12 public school system remains nearly 14 percent below what it was before the Great Recession hit in 2007, according to an analysis...

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