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Push on for boosting education dollars
“What next?’’ was the collective question immediately after the last vote was counted in May for a ballot measure to pump $3.5 billion into Arizona’s financially-strapped public school system. And...
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Chuck Essigs: Arizona’s school finance guru
Educators seek to postpone new school funding approach, citing potential chaos
Education groups are pushing for a delay in “current-year funding,” saying a perfect storm is taking shape that could lead to chaos and disorder in the public school system. Beginning...
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Classrooms First Council wants K-12 formula overhaul, but details are scarce
Fiscal hole gets deeper as school inflation case goes on
Educators worried about losing money under new funding approach
A provision in the state budget that changes school funding has schools and the Department of Education nervous about its implementation. The provision, which requires schools to count students they...
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Survey says Arizona is dead last in state support for K-12
Not really so bad: Lawmakers say their approach to school funding is misunderstood
Gov. Doug Ducey shows off a united front with legislative leaders before presenting his first executive budget in January. (Photo by Rachel Leingang, Arizona Capitol Times)...
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Classrooms first: School officials say rhetoric doesn’t match budget reality
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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Auditor general’s report shows need to prioritize classrom spending
Funding the waiting lists: Questions surround Ducey’s promise to get more children into high-performing schools
One of the biggest unanswered questions from Doug Ducey’s gubernatorial campaign is exactly how he will carry out his plan to “fully fund the wait lists” at Arizona’s top-performing charter...
