Arizona Tax Research Association
Chamber Business News
http://chamberbusinessnews.com/2018/11/26/local-education-funding-resul…
Elections officials have tabulated all of the ballots and voters across Arizona approved the majority of the nearly $1 billion in additional funding for Arizona school districts through local bonds and overrides.
Elections officials have tabulated all of the ballots and voters across Arizona approved the majority of the nearly $1 billion in additional funding for Arizona school districts through local bonds and overrides.
Parker Pioneer
In their June 2018 newsletter, the Arizona Tax Research Association found Arizona Western College has the third highest primary property tax rate of the 12 community college districts in the state at $2.22 of $100 of net assessed value. The highest is Graham County/Eastern, at $3.33 of $100 of net assessed value. Cochise County has a primary rate of $2.40 of $100 of net assessed value.
Arizona Daily Star
https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-lawmaker-questions-motives-after-…
An Arizona lawmaker is accusing the Tucson Unified School District of having something to hide after the district backed out of a planned public forum about its longstanding desegregation case, arguing the forum was actually a partisan campaign event for the lawmaker who organized it.
An Arizona lawmaker is accusing the Tucson Unified School District of having something to hide after the district backed out of a planned public forum about its longstanding desegregation case, arguing the forum was actually a partisan campaign event for the lawmaker who organized it.
The Arizona Capitol Times
K-12 education in Arizona is missing a billion dollars. The phrase is repeated so frequently the media mimics it without understanding its meaning. The trouble is, it’s rhetoric — not fact.
Total K-12 spending a decade ago was $9.7 billion for $9,263 per pupil and the estimate for today (not including the recently passed state budget) is $10.9 billion at $9,774 per pupil according to JLBC.
Total K-12 spending a decade ago was $9.7 billion for $9,263 per pupil and the estimate for today (not including the recently passed state budget) is $10.9 billion at $9,774 per pupil according to JLBC.
Fox 10
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/is-arizona-ranked-dead-la…
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - With all the talk about teacher pay in recent weeks, both around the country and in Arizona, there is one number people keep hearing, that Arizona is ranked dead last in the nation, when it comes to teacher pay.
However, is that really the case? The Arizona Tax Research Association recently took a deep dive into the numbers.
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - With all the talk about teacher pay in recent weeks, both around the country and in Arizona, there is one number people keep hearing, that Arizona is ranked dead last in the nation, when it comes to teacher pay.
However, is that really the case? The Arizona Tax Research Association recently took a deep dive into the numbers.
The Arizona Republic
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/abekwok/2018/03/31/arizon…
Is teacher pay in Arizona 43rd in the country? Or is it 50th? Or 38th? Or 28th?
Yes.
And we should all pay heed – not because the rankings and data are wrong, per se; they’re not. Or because adversaries in the education-funding realm pick and choose whatever number suits their argument. That’s a given.
Is teacher pay in Arizona 43rd in the country? Or is it 50th? Or 38th? Or 28th?
Yes.
And we should all pay heed – not because the rankings and data are wrong, per se; they’re not. Or because adversaries in the education-funding realm pick and choose whatever number suits their argument. That’s a given.
The Arizona Republic
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/2018/03/16/universities-kill-bi…
Hearty congratulations are in order to Arizona State University, which has managed to kill a bill that would have ended what may be the state’s sweetest tax dodge.
Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, has been questioning why Arizona’s largest commercial office complex pays no property taxes – and won’t for 100 years.
Hearty congratulations are in order to Arizona State University, which has managed to kill a bill that would have ended what may be the state’s sweetest tax dodge.
Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, has been questioning why Arizona’s largest commercial office complex pays no property taxes – and won’t for 100 years.
The Arizona Republic
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2018/03/12/arizona-teache…
Arizona Republic readers who followed the teacher strike in West Virginia must be confused given the consistent drumbeat peddled here that Arizona has the worst teacher pay in the country.
While Arizona should attempt to drive additional dollars to classrooms to pay teachers competitive wages, there’s no reason for advocates to twist data to suggest we’re last in teacher pay.
Arizona Republic readers who followed the teacher strike in West Virginia must be confused given the consistent drumbeat peddled here that Arizona has the worst teacher pay in the country.
While Arizona should attempt to drive additional dollars to classrooms to pay teachers competitive wages, there’s no reason for advocates to twist data to suggest we’re last in teacher pay.
Arizona Capitol Times
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/09/arizona-vince-leach-chuck-es…
The will of taxpayers is being evoked by both sides in the debate over a bill that would require school districts to sell property to charter or private schools when they are the highest bidders.
The will of taxpayers is being evoked by both sides in the debate over a bill that would require school districts to sell property to charter or private schools when they are the highest bidders.
Arizona Capitol Times
The Roosevelt Elementary School District levied and spent $13.5 million earmarked for desegregation activities, but without operating any specific programs for that purpose, according to the an Arizona Auditor General’s Office report on the district’s spending in fiscal year 2016.
The auditor found that the district spent $13.3 million on salaries and benefits for teachers and other instructional staff, and the remaining $200,000 was spent on administration.
The auditor found that the district spent $13.3 million on salaries and benefits for teachers and other instructional staff, and the remaining $200,000 was spent on administration.