School funding

Schools will have to cut $1.4 billion from their budgets if the limit is not lifted in the next few months.

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman says the state’s schools are facing a potential funding cut of almost $1.4 billion. Arizona’s four-decade-old education spending cap would prevent schools from spending money already allocated by the state Legislature.

A judge has dismissed Gov. Doug Ducey’s lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s demands that the state stop sending millions in federal COVID-19 relief money to schools that don’t have mask requirements or that close due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law his eighth and final state budget.

Republican leaders of the Arizona House have introduced legislation that would add about $200 million in new yearly funding for K-12 schools and create a universal private school voucher system.

A House panel has approved a major overhaul of large parts of Arizona’s K-12 school funding formula. The proposal from Republican Rep. Michelle Udall was approved Monday in the appropriations committee with backing by a school choice group.

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