Arizona State Budget

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• Supervisors hike county property tax
  Jun 13, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Sun
  We're definitely living within our means and the county should do the same," said Cynthia Dorfsmith, a city of Flagstaff employee. "I oppose a property tax.
• Prop. 100 saves education jobs, but school districts still cutting budgets
  May 20, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  More than 40 percent of the state's budget goes to education in Arizona. And that general fund is dependent on the ebb and flow of consumer spending. "The economy needs to start to recover. The (state) general fund is very dependent on sales tax and income tax," said Chuck Essigs, director of government relations for the Arizona Association of School Business Officials.
• Arizona voters approve Prop. 100 tax hike
  May 19, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  We realize we have to cut $14.8 million next year ... We can handle it. Jan Brewer spent the past year arguing with lawmakers to put Prop. 100 on the ballot. When lawmakers put the measure on the ballot, they earmarked two-thirds of the funds for schools.
• Schools to make drastic cuts if tax hike fails
  Apr 18, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  The district knows it has to cut $24.5 million next year due to cuts and a decline in enrollment. The district is moving ninth-graders from junior highs to high schools, which will eliminate the need for assistant principals at the junior highs. If a tax hike fails at the polls, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek and Higley school districts will have lost more than $200 million over two school years.
• Gilbert board: Limit free, full-day kindergarten
  Apr 9, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  ...by the Gilbert Unified School District's governing board Tuesday night. The administration had recommended the district fund free full-day kindergarten to all students. But most of the governing board members said they could not justify the cuts to other areas of the district in order to fully fund the program. The district has to make cuts to its budget next year based on the state budget approved by state, which includes for Gilbert a loss of $3.7 million in full-day...
• Charter schools nervous over state budget cuts
  Apr 7, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Her operations budget this year is just more than $1 million. Part of the funding she's losing helps pay for gifted services at her school. Public schools of all types are holding their breath before making final budget decisions. "I don't have a budget yet. They're learning language for the first time." Nearly 25 percent of all public schools in Arizona are charter schools.
• Mesa district employees bracing for budget cuts
  Apr 2, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  It also asked for options for another $30 million in cuts if the tax increase does not pass, Ramirez said. No final decisions have been made. Ramirez said Superintendent Mike Cowan was to present the scenario to school site leaders Tuesday morning and to the governing board during an executive session Tuesday night. But that was before the full scope of the state's education budget was known, Ramirez said.
• Mesa district to avoid April layoff fiasco
  Feb 11, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Powell will close after this school year and be converted into a community learning center.
• No teacher layoffs in Mesa district this April
  Feb 11, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  Powell will close after this school year and be converted into a community learning center.