Save Our Schools Arizona

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

Initial Democratic Reaction to Governor Ducey’s Last Proposed Budget

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Governor Doug Ducey and his office have released his last proposed budget. Like previous budget proposals, there are good components to it. There are increases (some paid for by American Rescue Plan dollars: the funds Mr. Ducey calls Socialist)  in K-12 funding, water augmentation, road infrastructure, and kinship care. Veterans and their spouses could receive … Read more

Financial Doomsday for Arizona Public Schools Unless the Legislature Acts by March 1, 2022

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Flagstaff Unified: $12,221,169.00 Peoria Unified: $43,129,178.00 Gilbert Unified: $39,916,655.00 Chandler Unified: $54,431,647.00 Washington Elementary: $25,185,300.00 Kyrene Elementary District: $17,570,323.00 Phoenix Union High School District: $45,668,003.00 Tucson Unified District: $58,180,470.00 Yuma Union High School District: $13,997,589.00 Mesa Unified District: $73,826,670.00 These are not the numbers showcasing what these school districts will receive in the latest round … Read more