Last week, Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas, the woman who cannot seem to play well with others, Board of Education escalates feud with Diane Douglas, nevertheless proposed an intriguing plan to get more education funding to Arizona’s schools (albeit after having remained largely silent during the past legislative session). Superintendent Diane Douglas wants $400 million for teachers:
Arizona’s schools chief is joining the already-long list of leaders calling for more state education funding.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas on Friday asked Gov. Doug Ducey and the Legislature for the “immediate appropriation, for this fiscal year, of $400 million to go specifically to teachers in classrooms,” for salaries and hiring more teachers to reduce classroom sizes.
Douglas said in a news release that the request is the first of many initiatives that will be part of her “AZ Kids Can’t Afford to Wait! Plan.” Superintendent Douglas: Arizona Kids Can’t Afford to Wait for Funding (.pdf). Additional parts of the plan will be announced next month.
