By Luige del Puerto | Arizona Capitol Times
The lobbying arm of Arizona’s school boards is threatening to sue over a proposed amendment that would require 50 percent of inflationary funding increases for K-12 education to be used for teacher pay raises.
The Arizona School Boards Association said the amendment by House Speaker J.D. Mesnard would violate the terms of the settlement in Cave Creek v. DeWit, the long-running case over inflationary funding that was settled with voters’ approval of Proposition 123 last year.
“We could very well end up back in court,” said ASBA spokeswoman Heidi Vega. “Inflation adjustments are no-strings-attached money to cover the needs of district operating expenses.”
