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Our local public schools in Arizona are under attack once again. Currently, the legislature has not voted to pass a one-year waiver to address the aggregate expenditure limit (AEL), and as a result, schools will be forced to cut $1.3 billion dollars on March 1st.
Stand for Children Arizona applauds Governor Hobbs for her strong display of leadership in her first State of the State address. Her call for bipartisanship to tackle key issues signals a unique landscape for our students and schools. It is evident, more than ever, that Arizonans need their leaders to act, and Governor Hobbs has […]
Every year, Stand for Children Arizona, conducts a poll of Arizona voters asking them to weigh in on key issues facing education in the state. Our 2022 public opinion survey results reveal that the majority of Arizonans feel failed leadership in the legislature has negatively impacted our students and that “lack of adequate funding” is the biggest issue facing our schools.
Since our founding in 2009, Stand Arizona has been a leading advocate for proven policies,along with the funding necessary, to ensure all students have access to a high-qualityeducation. For the past four years, we have co-led the Invest in Education Coalition, whichdeveloped and passed Proposition 208 to help address our state’s chronic public school teachershortage, […]
PARENTS HAVE POWER! A great example of people using their power to influence change in their community happened in Alhambra School District in February. Stand helped Alhambra parents partner with their superintendent to engage in listening sessions to share their concerns about what was happening in their community. In the listening sessions, parents shared that […]
This month, thousands of young people and their families had a victory in the Arizona legislature. In a vote of 58 to 1, the Arizona House of Representatives passed HB 2033. This bill would help young people avoid falling into a cycle of debt and poverty for mistakes they made during childhood. HB 2033 will […]
