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Schools cover tab for lawmakers’ failure to fund special education
Arizona lawmakers have not adjusted the additional dollars allocated for students with special needs in at least a decade, and public schools have been left to make up the difference.
Performance-based funding for K-12 headed for another test
One of Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposals for fixing the state’s K-12 public school funding system is an old idea that keeps falling by the wayside.
Ducey: K-12 funding should be based on achievement, not enrollment
Gov. Doug Ducey told a committee charged with rewriting Arizona’s system for funding K-12 schools he wants a formula that is understandable and based on student achievement, not enrollment.
Douglas doubts timing of Ducey school finance overhaul plan
Arizona's top education official said Tuesday she has serious doubts about Gov. Doug Ducey's timeline for overhauling the state's complex school financing formulas.
Does this mean the #classroomsfirst hashtag is back?
Ducey today (May 22) announced the membership of his Classrooms First Initiative Council, which he created by executive order in early January, a week after taking office. The council, which includes a mix of district and charter school officials, is charged with “simplifying and modernizing” Arizona’s school funding system.
