Pointing to the court-imposed deadline of August 15, the Governor said the countdown has already begun. This is Day 55 and counting. It maintains my position not to increase taxes. The proposal maintains the adequacy standards and provides state funds to insure all schools comply with the standards. Since taxpayers will pay for adequate school facilities in Arizona, this plan limits the amount of debt available to individual school districts.
Every district is treated the same.
Arizona will have one capital system for all students, funded by all the taxpayers in the state. The Governor said she expects to the call the Legislature into special session to consider school capital finance as soon as next week.