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State funding cuts endanger Joint Technical Education Districts, advocates warn
JTED educators across the state warn that these programs could go away in the next few years because of diminished state funding. One administrator calls the most recent budget cut by the State Legislature “non-survivable.”
K-12 settlement campaign could raise millions
Anyone wondering how the special election campaign for Proposition 123, the agreement to settle the long-running K-12 funding lawsuit, will shape up should look to 2010 for guidance.
Technical Education Districts continue trying to restore funding
With school districts and charter schools on the verge of benefiting from a settlement ending a school-finance lawsuit, the state’s Joint Technical Education Districts hope to persuade lawmakers to restore money that will disappear next fiscal year.
Dems fear K-12 funding deal a prelude to tax cuts
Now that Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican legislative leaders have found a way to resolve the ongoing K-12 funding lawsuit without draining the general fund, Democratic lawmakers are concerned that the governor will use the projected budget surplus on tax cuts.
For it yet against it: Dems split on school funding package
In a span of less than 24 hours, House Democratic Leader Eric Meyer went from railing against the special session package designed to settle the lawsuit over education inflation funding, to vowing to support it at the special election in May.
Cap Times Quiz: Education edition
Education has been this year’s hottest topic in Arizona, beginning with the inauguration of Gov. Doug Ducey in January and continuing through last week’s special session on school finance. Here is a quiz to determine how closely you have been keeping up. Get all eight right and you could qualify for a choice staff position with the state Board of Education.
Barring disaster, school spending limit unlikely to be reached
A spending cap in the K-12 settlement approved by legislators was pounced on by Democratic lawmakers who say the cap will be used in the future to limit spending on schools.
Voters approve many school bond, budget override proposals
Preliminary election results show school bond and budget override proposals across the state were faring better than they usually do with voters.
Land trust changes delay fiscal cliff
Changes Gov. Doug Ducey pledged to ease the “fiscal cliff” in his plan to increase education funding became apparent as the proposal became the centerpiece of a settlement agreement to end a lawsuit over K-12 spending.
Arizonans have no reason to fear the future of school funding
Some participants in these funding discussions express a lot of fear and anxiety about efforts to enhance equity and school choice in our school finance system. A brief walk though time might help to alleviate such concerns.
Experts search for broad compromise to end Arizona school financing chaos
As a consensus, begrudgingly accepted even by conservative leaders, emerges that the state needs to put more money into public schools, some wonder if the time is ripe for a “grand bargain.”
Universities worried they’ll be left behind as focus shifts to K-12
There’s a growing consensus at the Capitol that Arizona needs to spend more on education, and unfortunately for the state’s university system, it has been focused almost exclusively on K-12.
