By Hank Stephenson | Arizona Capitol Times
According to multiple sources briefed on the matter, the deal that Gov. Doug Ducey, legislative Republican leaders and school groups have reached to end a years-long lawsuit over education funding has five essential components:
-Resetting the K-12 base level funding.
-Modifying how much inflation money is paid each year.
-Implementing economic and budgetary triggers for when the inflation funding would be required.