The opponents of fully funding public schools and Democracy will not quit. This time, they have petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to declare Proposition 208-Invest in Ed unconstitutional because: There are state caps on education spending. The Invest in Ed-Proposition 208 measure did not pass with a two-thirds margin for approval. The petitioners are: “Sen. … Read more
The Children’s Action Alliance (CAA,) an organization that specializes in advancing policy issues that would benefit Arizona children and families like education, health care, child safety, and childcare has a new leader. It is former Arizona Democratic Legislative Leader and current Center for Economic Progress head David Lujan. Mr. Lujan brings a vast amount of … Read more
Yesterday, the Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) released a statement highlighting the many fine legislative proposals designed to help Arizona’s children and families that did not get a hearing at the Arizona State Legislature this year. Among those proposals were: HB2416 from Legislative District (LD) 17 Representative Jennifer Pawlik to increase funds to the Arizona Child … Read more
The Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) has released its 2020 Kids Count Book which traces socioeconomic trends for Arizona’s children over a ten-year period from 2009 to 2019. While the report does not reflect the current situation due to the Coronavirus Pandemic in areas like preschool attendance, the effect of school closures, and current health insurance … Read more
Kinship Care is not the first item that comes to mind on the many issues that will be discussed among public servants at the Arizona State Legislature in 2020. It is, however, an important issue for the thousands of Arizona children placed by the Department of Child Safety (DCS) that live with relatives other than … Read more