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Candidates Run for Arizona Schools Superintendent
Candidates are debating how to improve test scores, expand school safety and manage $3.2 billion in public school funding.
- On July 21, Arizona voters will choose among four candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction, with campaigns centered on school funding, the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program, and campus safety.
- Incumbent Superintendent Tom Horne defends his record on school safety grants and ESA growth, while challengers State Treasurer Kimberly Yee, Democrat Teresa Leyba Ruiz, and Brett Newby each propose distinct policy adjustments.
- Horne maintains a fundraising lead with $805,360 cash on hand, while Yee reports distributing more than $3.2 billion to schools as state treasurer. Candidates debate ESA accountability and a $12 million school safety grant program.
- Polls for the July 21 primary open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. MST, with voters weighing Horne's academic focus against Ruiz's K-12 spending increase and Newby's proposal to roll back universal ESA eligibility.
- The next superintendent faces pressure to improve reading proficiency, which has declined to 36% in third grade, and manage more than 102,000 families currently enrolled in the ESA program.
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Horne and Yee aren’t the only ones running
By Jessica Votipka | Arizona Agenda Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and his opponent in the GOP primary, state Treasurer Kimberly Yee, are taking up all the oxygen in the race to be Arizona’s next schools chief. Their spats over the school voucher program and DEI, alongside the larger power struggle within the Republican Party, have overshadowed the two Democrats running for a spot in the general election: Teresa Leyba Ruiz and Br…
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