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Future school funding again debated in court

4/13/2022
PHOENIX — Attorneys for the state want a judge to throw out a 5-year-old lawsuit charging lawmakers aren’t living up to their constitutional and court-ordered obligation to adequately fund new schools and repair existing ones.

Not all Arizona schools eligible for millions in …

3/28/2022
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are pushing ahead with the first major revamp in four decades of how schools are funded despite the fact the package was apparently put together without input from traditional public schools.

Mesa council to vote on $6.8M in federal and local …

3/7/2022
The Mesa City Council in April is to vote on what agencies and organizations will share in $6,800,199 in federal and local grants for housing and community development needs such as for food banks, …

Report: Schools haven’t reached teacher pay goal

3/2/2022
PHOENIX — Arizona schools have not lived up to the 2018 school year promise to increase teacher pay by 20% by this past year.

Sun City West sport fundraiser aims to help community

2/25/2022
If the state is waiting on a check, there is another way to pay.

State schools spared $1.1B in cuts

2/21/2022
PHOENIX — Arizona schools won't have to immediately cut their budgets and possibly lay off teachers and close schools.

Lawmakers address $1.1B school funding deadline

2/15/2022
PHOENIX — Top legislative leaders took the first steps Monday to ensure that Arizona public schools don’t have to slash more than $1.1 billion from their budgets in just two …

Proposal would require ever-increasing police funding

2/14/2022
PHOENIX — A House panel voted Monday to ask voters to bar cities from cutting funding for police and sheriffs or risk losing state aid. Rep. Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, said the move is …

Arizona Senate committee approves voucher expansion

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to approve what would be the largest-ever increase in who can get a voucher of state funds to attend private and parochial …

Arizona schools chief: Cap is ‘ticking time bomb’

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Calling it a “ticking time bomb,” state schools chief Kathy Hoffman called out Republican lawmakers Tuesday for failing so far to ensure that Arizona schools across the …

Feds threaten to cut funding if Arizona incentivizes …

1/15/2022
PHOENIX — Federal officials are ordering Arizona to rescind its policy of giving COVID dollars only to schools without mask mandates or face having to give back $163 million in aid. But a …

Arizona governor: Choices and infrastructure

1/10/2022
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey wants a major cash investment to get students who have fallen behind due to COVID back on track. In his final State of the State speech, the governor also …