Kyrene Elementary School District Chief Financial Officer Chris Hermann presented Gov. Katie Hobbs’ proposed budget for public school districts across the state to the Kyrene Governing Board on Jan. 27 at the regular meeting.
The board will have several discussions on budgets and funding as they voted to close six schools due to lack of enrollment. This is something that board members claim has a big impact on annual funding, among other factors like the state Legislature, a factor many claim is a detriment to public schools.
Most of the funding is conditional on the public voting to renew Proposition 123, a bill that took from state funds to provide more teacher pay and gives taxpayers a cut without impacting schools.
