An Arizona judge has ordered the state to fix its school facilities funding system, a decision that Crane School District says reinforces the state’s responsibility to adequately fund schools.
The ruling, issued March 4, gives lawmakers eight months to create a constitutional funding system. It’s the result of a 2017 lawsuit brought forward by four plaintiff districts, including Crane.
Last August, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dewain Fox initially determined the state of Arizona was inadequately providing for its public schools…