PHOENIX — Arizona voters could decide in November if they want more of the money allocated for K-12 education to be spent on teacher pay.
On a party-line vote, the Senate agreed to put a measure on the November ballot to require that 60 cents of every dollar spent by the bigger school districts in the state’s two most populous counties to be spent on “direct instructional expenses.” That is designed to mean the salaries of those who are in the classroom.
What makes that figure significant is the Auditor General’s Office reported last month that, on average, just 52.1 cents of every dollar end up in what is classified as instruction.
