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Arizona Federal Judge Ruled: State Took Money Illegally and Spent It

  • October 2, 2019
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U.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled that Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey acted illegally by using funds from the state’s land trust to fund schools. Although Proposition 123 was narrowly approved by voters in 2016 to increase funding to $3,600 per-pupil in Arizona’s K-12 public education system, the federal judge asserted that Ducey still required congressional approval to access those funds.

According to the Arizona Office of Education, “Proposition 123 increases the distribution of funds from the Permanent State School Fund from 2.5% to 6.9%  to public schools for ten years, but also includes fiscal protections for the State General Fund and the Permanent State School Fund, to protect these funding sources from the impact of significant economic downturns.”

Wake issued the ruling after Arizona resident Michael Pierce sued the governor for acting without congressional approval. The state won’t be expected to pay the money back, but it will be banned from dipping into land trust funds in the future for education.

Ducey spokesman Patrick Ptak issued the following statement on Twitter, “This decision is terrible and will be overturned on appeal. Rarely before have we seen such a blatant disregard of facts, precedent and common sense to push forward the agenda of one biased, activist judge.”

The judge also threatened an injunction against governor if he continues to act without congressional approval. The current educational funding amounts established by Proposition 123 aren’t set to expire until 2025.

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