education funding

Business Leaders Urge Increased Education Funding

Howard Fischer — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:46:11 +0000

A parade of business leaders urged lawmakers today to provide money to implement the new common core standards for K-12 education.

Court Rules on School Aid Increases

Howard Fischer — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:28:57 +0000

The state Court of Appeals ruled today that lawmakers and Gov. Jan Brewer were legally wrong in refusing to fully increase state aid to schools to account for inflation.

1 Cent Sales Tax May Make it to Ballot

Howard Fischer — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Backers of extending the state's temporary 1-cent sales tax submitted more than 290,000 signatures Monday to put the issue on the November ballot. But at this point all they've really done is guaranteed a court fight.

Loss of Students in N. AZ Public Schools May be Slowing

Zac Ziegler — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:01:39 +0000

The sound of school buses is familiar during the school year.

But residents of Chino Valley now hear those sounds only four days a week.

Jon Scholl, with the Chino Valley Unified School District, says cutting back on bus service saved the district money.