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Dems, union willing to wait until 2025 for school funding
The deadline to renew Proposition 123 is looming and there is no consensus between Republicans and Democrats on how much funding schools should receive and how it should be allocated....
Tag: land trust
Court rules state must ask Congress to tap trust fund for schools
Gov. Doug Ducey or whoever succeeds him can’t conduct a future financial raid on a school trust fund account without first getting congressional approval, a judge has ruled. In a...
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Ducey asks 9th Circuit to void court decision on land trust
Gov. Doug Ducey is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that could affect his ability and that of future governors to tap a special education trust account...
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The state can’t raid the land trust again, right?
The $17 million in School Facilities Board funding that Ducey included in his executive budget plan won’t hold off a long-planned lawsuit over dollars for K-12 building maintenance and renewal....
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Ducey reversal on land trust clears way for education settlement
Even before the special session that potentially resolved a years-long lawsuit over K-12 education funding, Arizona lawmakers’ spending on schools was the talk of the summer. While legislators latched on...
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Democrats’ conundrum: support or oppose the school finance deal
Ducey planning revisions to land trust plan for education
Land trust value drop highlights Ducey education plan risk
OSPB chief insists Ducey’s land trust plan is sound
The Ninth Floor today issued a memo to lawmakers in response to DeWit’s criticism of his plan to boost K-12 funding through increased payouts from the state land trust. The...
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Land Dept. funding stable for 2012, but future uncertain
With the clock winding down on a court ruling that temporarily preserved millions in funding for the Arizona State Land Department, the agency is looking at a pair of contingency...
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Land taken into trust for Navajo Nation
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Navajo Area director, Omar Bradley, has signed the final documents taking 405 acres of land into trust for the Navajo Nation. Assistant Secretary of Indian...
