By: $300 million cut from budget; impacts schools and state’s disadvantaged | Arizona Education Network

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:03 +0000

[...] After Thursday’s senate vote failed to pass $300 million in cuts, the Arizona Legislature convened early yesterday afternoon to vote on the same legislation once again. This time, Senate president Bob Burns was successful in gathering enough votes to pass cuts, which include $144 million from K-12 budgets and $150 million from the budget for the Department of Economic Security. . This $144 million mid-year cut in the state’s K-12 soft capital budget — which pays for books, technology and school buses – is on top of the $133 million cut from K-12 in January of 2009. . Work on balancing the budget is expected to resume following the Thanksgiving holiday, when Governor Brewer will meet with the majority party to discuss scheduling another special session. This will be the fifth special session since the 49th legislative session began at the beginning of this year. [Yes, we're keeping track.] Movement so far indicates that there will be further cuts in an effort to close the nearly $2 billion deficit. Little has been suggested with respect to the other side to the budget balancing act: Raising revenue. . [...]

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