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Arizona schools Superintendent Diane Douglas calls for major raise for teachers

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas is calling for a state sales-tax hike to fund an immediate 11 percent teacher pay raise — five times the amount Gov. Doug Ducey proposed in his budget — and an additional $100 million a year for school repairs.

Douglas is proposing to ask voters to permanently expand the Proposition 301 sales tax to a full cent. Prop. 301 currently taxes sales at six-tenths of a cent and brings in about $600 million a year for education. It's set to expire in 2021.

http://ux.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona-education/2017/04/27/arizona-superintendent-diane-douglas-calls-tax-hike-schools-prop-301/100963926/

 

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