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Gov. Doug Duceyâs proposed $12.7 billion budget features another big tax cut, but may lock in the financial stress of the pandemic for schools that have lost students.
The governorâs proposed budget features a 7% increase in general fund spending as well as a $1.2 billion in income tax cuts over the next three years.
It also cuts education funding by $389 million, largely due to the 50,000-student enrollment decline during the pandemic.
âWe are not going to fund empty seats,â said the governor of the cut in per-student enrollment funding due to the enrollment declines.
The comment set off a backlash from many educators, who have been struggling with the impact of the pandemic.
Gage Skidmore file photo
Gov. Doug Ducey launched his State of the State address with a condemnation of the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month and a call for collaboration between the political parties. Quoting Abraham Lincoln, Ducey said: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in. But it didn t take long for Ducey to slip into the malice lane as he went after school districts that haven t resumed classes. With every public-health professional, from Dr. Fauci and the CDC on down, saying that the safest place for kids to be is in school, we will not be funding empty seats or allowing schools to remain in a perpetual state of closure, Ducey said. Children still need to learn, even in a pandemic.
Governor Ducey includes big tax cut in his 2021-2022 budget, some say it s too drastic
With money to spend, Gov. Ducey is proposing 1.2 billion dollars in income tax cuts through 2024, after announcing his budget plan Friday.
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PHOENIX â When the legislature shut down in the spring, there were fears Arizonaâs budget deficit would exceed a billion dollars by July 2021. Itâs not going to happen. In fact, the state is expecting a $351 million surplus.
âThis is probably one of the budgets I felt most comfortable starting out with,â State Representative Regina Cobb (R) Kingman District 5 said. Cobb is the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. âWeâre still going to have a lot of negotiating going forward but I feel very comfortable where itâs starting at.â