Arizona’s teacher shortage is so severe that state officials are calling it catastrophic.
A new report from the Arizona Department of Education shows thousands of classrooms are without permanent teachers just months into the school year.
State Superintendent Tom Horne is urging lawmakers to reauthorize Proposition 123, a funding measure that allowed the state to use more money from the State Land Trust to support public education. The measure expired in June 2025, reducing annual K–12 funding by about $285 million to $300 million. Because school budgets are set a year in advance, districts will start to feel that loss in July 2026…