The bitter dispute between nine school districts and the East Valley Institute of Technology is scheduled to return before a Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Wednesday with both sides appearing no closer to an agreement than they were a year ago.
While an estimated 3,400 students who attend EVIT’s Mesa campuses for Career and Technical (CTE) programs five half days a week are wondering how they’ll get there, Judge Christopher Coury on June 24 will confront two major issues at the heart of the dispute.
One issue is whether districts may continue using tens of millions of dollars previously received through EVIT for district-operated CTE programs after the parties’ agreements expired…