Court Finds Legislature Failed to Provide Adequate Public School Maintenance Funding

Court finds Legislature failed to provide adequate public school maintenance funding

Key Points:  Judge rules public school facilities funding scheme unconstitutional Ruling identifies disparities between districts based on bonding capacity Legislature found at fault, leadership plans to appeal ruling  One school district boasts freshly renovated facilities, manicured turf fields and a new performing arts center, while another has hundreds of failing HVAC units and collapsed and leaking roofs.  After years of litigation and d…

Judge rules AZ school funding is unconstitutional, cites crumbling buildings, TUSD buses and more - AZ Luminaria

The state must pay more to help Tucson Unified School District buy and repair its school buses, which drive 20,000 students a day and cover 2.8 million miles per year, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Repairing and replacing buses within the 330-vehicle fleet — which has expanded routes this year — should be funded at least in part by the state, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled this week as part of a decision that says Arizona’s funding s…

Arizona is still guilty of unconstitutional school underfunding, court rules

Marisol Garcia discusses the “Educators’ Budget” proposed by Arizona’s largest teacher’s union, the Arizona Education Association on March 22, 2023. Garcia is the union’s president. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona Mirror Arizona lawmakers and governors have unconstitutionally underfunded public schools and are repeating the same mistakes that led to a landmark ruling more than 30 years ago, a trial court judge ruled this week. At the cor…

Court finds Legislature failed to provide adequate public school maintenance funding - Rose Law Group Reporter

By Kiera Riley | AZ Capitol Times Key Points:  Judge rules public school facilities funding scheme unconstitutional Ruling identifies disparities between districts based on bonding capacity Legislature found at fault, leadership plans to appeal ruling  One school district boasts freshly renovated facilities, manicured turf fields and a new performing arts center, while another has hundreds of failing HVAC units and collapsed and leaking roofs. …

Read (UPDATED) Surprise Surprise: Court Finds Arizona Republican Legislators Are Violating the State Constitution by not Properly Funding Public Schools now from Blog for Arizona for Politics from a Liberal Viewpoint

In a case that has waited seven years to be decided, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dewain Fox found that Republicans at the Arizona State Legislator have consistently violated, for years, the terms of the StudentsFIRST program, that provided for the constitutional funding for public school “capital needs — including buildings, buses, technology and books” ...