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By Sonu Wasu (KOLD13-TV)

 

Administrators with the Joint Technical Education District are getting a better idea of how much funding they could lose, if budget cuts proposed by Gov. Doug Ducey go through. (Click here for more.)

 

 By Maria Inés Taracena

 (Tucson Weekly)

 

A few hundred students packed the Tucson High Magnet School auditorium earlier this afternoon for a forum to discuss the effects the state's $30 million budget cut to joint technical education districts will have at the school and the entire Tucson Unified School District. (Click here for more.)

 

 

By Matt Fernandez (KVOA4-TV)

 

There was a budget breakdown for students who want to fight for funding at Tucson High School (Click here for more.)

 

By Barbara Grijalva (KOLD13-TV)

 

Business groups, like the Tucson Metro Chamber, said they have strong concerns about the massive budget cuts, especially to education. (Click here for more.)

 

By Matt Fernandez (KVOA4-TV)

 

State Legislators have approved a $9.1 billion budget, which will increase the overall spending for K -12 education by $102 million. (Click here for more.)


By Matt Fernandez (KVOA4-TV)

Republican leaders in Arizona are promising quick action for Governor Doug Ducey's budget. The budget includes big cuts for state universities, including the University of Arizona. (For More Click Here.)

Schools, Business Leaders Join to Oppose Education Cuts

 

By Alexis Huicochea (Arizona Daily Star)

 

Superintendents from the Tucson Unified, Sahuarita, Sunnyside, Vail and Pima County JTED school districts issued a joint plea Thursday for public support to head off state education funding cuts. 

                                                (For More Click Here.)

 

By Justin Schecker (KGUN9-TV)

 

By Justin Schecker. CREATED Mar 5, 2015

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - As lawmakers in Phoenix hash out a state budget, opponents of the proposed cuts to education made their voices heard downtown outside of Gov. Doug Ducey's office. (Click here for more.)

Ducey's Budget Cuts Would Gut Career and Technical Education

 

By Alan L. Storm (Tucson Sentinel)

 

The governor and legislators are working on a budget that will eviscerate the Pima County JTED's Career and Technical Education programs, which is a contradiction of their stated goals.

                                                 (For More Click Here.)

Budget Cuts Threaten CTE

 

By Paul Ingram (Tucson Sentinel)

 

Superintendents from Pima County's school districts and local business leaders urged voters to challenge state legislators and halt a new round of proposed cuts to Arizona's education budget. (For More Click Here.)


 By Craig Reck (KOLD13-TV)

 

Classes continue Monday at numerous JTED classroom across Southern Arizona, but news of the proposed cuts coming from the state budget is on the minds of students and educators. (Click here for more.) 

Students Stand for Education by Walking out on Class

 

By JD Wallace (KOLD13-TV)

 

Students walked out of Empire High School Friday to make a stand for the classes they fear could be sacrificed.

                          (For More Click Here.)

School Leaders Sound Alarm

 

By Sonu Wasu (KOLD13-TV)

 

School Superintendents in 12 Arizona school districts joined community and business leaders to express concerns about steep budget cuts being discussed by Governor Doug Ducey and the state legislature. 

                                                 (For More Click Here.)
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