House leadership is attempting to bypass the legislative process and enact a procedural rule that imposes the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) on the state of Arizona. The TABOR rule would require backing from the majority of the 60-person House and would preclude it from even considering a budgetary bill that would exceed the rule’s Continue Reading >
Every PTA/PTO/FFO is permitted to have a legislative report presented at its monthly meeting. The report must be a regular item on the agenda. This report can include information on the legislative action on education, budgets, school board elections, overrides, bonds and propositions. The report must be informational and cannot advocate a political position Continue Reading >
AEN is happy to pass on this invitation from the Capitol Times: Introducing the 2011 Arizona News Service Capitol Roadshow Join Arizona News Service, parent company of Arizona Capitol Times, as we go on the road across our state to help educate Arizonans about the legislative process. Our mission, as a non-partisan newspaper and media Continue Reading >
We need your help to put a voter initiative on the November 2012 ballot to ensure that our schools have the resources they need to educate our children. We will have a chance in November 2012 to put the people back in power, rather than feeling powerless over the cuts that have punished our children Continue Reading >
On April 28, 2011 Governor Brewer vetoed HB 2707 (TABOR). Writing in her veto letter, Governor Brewer stated, “We should learn from the State of Colorado that experimented with a similar mechanism, an experiment that failed.” . We thank Governor Brewer for her veto of HB 2707 and we thank all of the Arizonans who called Continue Reading >
In our last update, we told you legislative leaders are not listening to education supporters. It was made clear last week that they are listening to business leaders in the state. When 60 CEOs asked legislators to back down on pushing through more bills targeting immigrants, the legislators listened. All five anti-immigration bills pending in Continue Reading >
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One of the most important components to supporting your schools begins with one simple step: Register to vote. Arizona is an “equal funding” state for education. This means that each school district receives the same funding per student from the state legislature. Each elected member of our state legislature must be held accountable for how they vote, and Continue Reading >
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