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“The Clock is (Still) Ticking” on Arizona Public School Funding After Another Week of Inaction at the State Senate

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While the Arizona State House has passed a measure lifting the State Expenditure Cap on Education spending, the Senate has failed to follow them and everyone has departed for the President’s Day Holiday Weekend. When they return to the state capitol on Tuesday, there will only be seven calendar days for the Senate Republicans to … Read more

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A Light at the End of the Tunnel: Bipartisan Bills to Avert Financial Doomsday for the State’s Traditional Public Schools

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Eureka! There may be a light at the end of the tunnel to avert the financial doomsday for the Grand Canyon state’s traditional pubic schools. On Arizona’s birthday, the Republican and Democratic leadership of the Arizona State House and Senate have offered bipartisan measures in both chambers to lift the spending limit cap limit. If … Read more

Bowers Says There is No Risk to School Districts Losing Money: Hoffman Says Fix The Spending Cap Now

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While Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman was coming before the Senate Education Committee to tell them it was vital to suspend and/or repeal the State Expenditure Spending Cap on traditional public schools, State House Speaker Russell Bowers was telling Sunday Square Off’s Brahm Resnik that school districts have no reason to worry about … Read more

What are the Republicans in the State Legislature Doing with Twenty Seven Days Until Financial Doomsday in Arizona’s Public Schools? NOTHING

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There are 27 Days to go until Arizona’s Public Schools are forced to make draconian cuts to their budgets because they do not have permission to spend monies that are already in their bank accounts. Why is this? Despite Democratic efforts by legislators like Legislative District (LD) 17 State Representative Jennifer Pawlik and LD 28 … Read more

In Op-Ed Column, Kathy Hoffman Blasts Doug Ducey and Republican Legislators for Not Appreciating Teachers and Doing More to Help Them and Public Schools

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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman did not care for Governor Doug Ducey’s most recent State of the State Address. In an oped column for AZ Central, Superintendent Hoffman, still on maternity leave caring for her newborn daughter, penned an effective on point rebuke of Mr. Ducey’s address to the Arizona State Legislature. Unlike … Read more