PHOENIX - Incoming Gov. Katie Hobbs appears ready to side with school districts in their legal fight with the state and legislative leaders over whether they were illegally denied money for years they need to maintain classrooms and build new schools.
And that could affect the outcome of a trial set to begin next month - and the more than $6 billion they say they have been shorted so far.
Until now, the School Facilities Board has been defending the failure in many years of the state to live up to its legal commitment to provide the dollars that state law says are due schools. Their attorneys argue, among other things, that decisions on funding are political issues beyond the reach of the courts.
