With Proposition 123 on the ballot next month staff reporters Cassie Nielsen and Zach Klein debate the prose and cons of the proposition starting in this picture.
Ariz. voters will decide future of education funding in May
Erik Yates, Opinions Editor
Prop 123: More Money More Problems?
Arizona schools are stuck in an unenviable position. Out of 50 states, Arizona placed 48th in amount of money spent for each student: every Arizonan child in K-12 education equaled $7,208 spent, according to a 2013 report from the US Census Bureau (for reference, the national average that year was $10,700). The state’s budget for education has been so dire that a group of school districts sued the ...
Prop 123 funds education now
Arizona K-12 education is underfunded; that we can all agree on. The problem is agreeing on the way in which we increase funding. In the year 2000, voters approved Proposition 301, a six-tenths of a cent sales tax increase for K-12 education--but who wants to pay more taxes? Proposition 123 makes it possible to increase funding without raising taxes. Before you can understand what Prop 123 is and ...
Prop 123 falters in future
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the latest edition of Arizona state legislature involves the everlasting controversy of expanding school funding. According to azcharters.org the exact written purpose of the proposed bill, is that Prop 123 “adds education funding over 10 years to K-12 students and settles a lawsuit on K-12 funding.” This bill proposes to add a sum of $3.5 billion to...
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