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Less than two weeks before the election, voters don’t know if or how Prop 320 will impact Career and Technical Education Districts (CTEDs).
The Arizona Auditor General published an FAQ on Prop 320 today:
azauditor.gov/sites/default/…
Instead of increasing district and charter school funding by $600 million without increasing taxes, Arizona Republicans are pushing Prop 320 to cut things like school bus service, teacher training, and school resource officers.
Vote for candidates that support AZ schools.
Prop 320 would impose cuts on a rural school district that has 35 total students.
The messaging that it focuses on large school districts is completely false.
Vote No.
Few school districts in Arizona would be spared from the effects of Proposition 320, which requires 60% of district funds to go towards instruction. azcentral.com/story/news/edu…
Great summary of how Prop 320 came to be and what it really is.
School finance was already fluid, nuanced, confusing as hell and not exactly the sexiest topic in the world to discuss.
Prop 320 is compounding the confusion.
arizonaagenda.com/p/a-casual…
Best summary of Prop 320 from the best newsletter to read with morning coffee @arizonaagenda
arizonaagenda.com/p/a-casual…
I have heard several members of the media say that Prop 320 would only apply to large school districts. This is not true. Prop 320 would apply to almost as many small school districts as large school districts.
@WayneSchutsky @tedatpbs
Disappointed that @azcentral @azceducation has not corrected this.
Only 37 Prop 320 school districts are classified by the Arizona Auditor General as “Large” or “Very Large.”
A similar number (29) are classified as “Very Small”, “Small”, or “Medium Small.
Arizona public schools could have $600 million more funding this year, with zero tax increase, if Republicans didn’t block Prop 123 and waste $300M+ subsidizing existing private school students through universal ESAs.
Disappointed that @azcentral @azceducation has not corrected this.
Only 37 Prop 320 school districts are classified by the Arizona Auditor General as “Large” or “Very Large.”
A similar number (29) are classified as “Very Small”, “Small”, or “Medium Small.
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The AZ universal ESA program does not guarantee tuition-free access to schools and does not provide transparent data to help parents evaluate schools.
The AZ universal ESA program is not school choice, it is wasteful spending and needs to be reformed.
Prop 320 is the last of three political scam referrals targeting education from AZ Republicans.
Courts removed the first, which attacked police, fire, and teacher unions, and the second, which dishonestly hid broad ESA protections behind support for military families.
Vote no.
Prop 320 receives no support during KTAR News town hall: everyone on the panel – across party lines – agreed Prop 320 is a hard NO! 🙌
#NoProp320
Watch here: ktar.com/arizona-politics-ne…
Not only did @KimberlyYeeAZ refuse to support academic accountability for the ESA program, she falsely suggested it would violate HIPPA or FERPA.
ADE routinely follows processes to protect student data in public reporting.
Her full response:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=5lh4Hg…
Polls have consistently shown that 70% to 80% of Arizonans support academic accountability requirements for the ESA program, but @KimberlyYeeAZ could not answer a simple debate question about whether she supports, instead pivoting to talking points about reviewing ESA purchases.
A recent Education Forward Arizona @EdForwardAZ poll found that 69% of likely voters support an income cap for ESAs and 80% support documenting ESA student achievement.
Arizona voters overwhelmingly support reforming the ESA program.
everythingtogain.org/researc…
While most rural Republicans protected their school districts from Prop 320, Pinal County legislators did not.
Several of the small districts that will be most hurt by Prop 320 are in LD16 and LD17.
@TMartinez4AZ, @RJ4Arizona, @LopezForArizona and @tjshope all voted for it.
It’s incorrect to say that Prop 320 applies to large districts. It applies to politically-determined districts.
Prop 320 applies to Oracle Elementary (362 students) and Picacho Elementary (145).
Prop 320 doesn’t apply to Humboldt Unified (4,908) or Lake Havasu Unified (4,888).
Arizona voters are being promised more money for classrooms. School leaders say getting there could come at a steep cost. azcentral.com/story/news/edu…
The AZ legislature has stacked the deck against citizen initiatives, requiring citizens to follow outdated processes that they themselves do not have to follow when running for reelection.
Great summary of what happened to Prop 212 from @arizonaagenda
arizonaagenda.com/p/a-ballot…
This is nonsense.
Arizona Republicans blocked Prop 123 funding this year, which would have increased teacher pay without a tax increase, and are instead pushing Prop 320, which would force districts to cut spending for teacher professional development (among other things).
Arizona should have the same requirement.
In exchange for over $8,100 in state funds, Iowa’s ESA students have to take the same state tests as public school students do.
That seems like a reasonable trade to me: chadaldeman.com/p/what-happe…
