Major issue in Arizona governor’s race: Whether, when schools get extra $317 million
Oct 18, 2014, 7:20 PM | Updated: 7:20 pm
PHOENIX — State courts have ruled that Arizona owes public schools a first payment of more than $300 million for failing to make annual inflation adjustments to base funding as called for by a voter-approved law. Over five years, the bill could be $1.6 billion.
Whether and when schools get that money may depend in large part on who occupies the governor’s office come January.