By KTAR.COM
Arizona lawmakers are looking to fast track a bill that would permanently extend a voter-approved measure that added a sales tax in an effort to boost education funding.
Proposition 301 was initially passed in 2000.
It increased sales tax in the state by six-tenths of a cent — from 5 percent to 5.6 percent — to fund education for the next 20 years. It generates about $600 million each year.
The sales tax was set to expire in 2021, but Arizona Senate President Steve Yarbrough told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Mac and Gaydos that lawmakers will push a bill through the Legislature on Thursday to permanently extend the measure.
