Hobbs last week unveiled her budget, headlined by a plan to repeal the universal voucher program and revert to the more limited program that serves about 12,000 Arizona students. That move, along with ending results-based funding for high-performing schools, would add nearly $200 million to the public school budget next year. 1
In Arizona, public schools are the centers of our communities. Our local public schools must be well-funded and well-resourced to create safer, stronger communities and a stronger economy.
However, Arizona’s public school system is the worst-funded in the nation. This means Arizona children are not getting the quality education they deserve. Schools have been forced to slash budgets for teacher and staff salaries, programs, nurses, counselors, extracurriculars, advanced coursework, the arts, and more.
Dictator like behavior of the McMinn County school board in Tennessee has been accused of Nazi like behavior banning certain books from their libraries as inappropriate for eighth graders. Although the excuse seems that the book is too mature for the age of the students, it seems like the real reason, to some folks, is that the school board is trying to deny the holocaust.
According to most Americans and those opposing Donald Trump, arming teachers is a very bad idea.
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