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Kyrene does not dedicate enough funding to the classroom.
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Kyrene exceeds the state and national average for funding in the classroom. In fact, Kyrene spends more in the classroom than over 200 school districts in the state. |
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Kyrene spends too much on administrative functions, thus we should reduce our administration. |
Kyrene spends less on administration than the state and national average. Kyrene is spending 10.4 percent more than the state average in the classroom and 20 percent less than the state average on administration. |
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New technology equipment purchased for my child’s grade level is at the expense of classroom supplies |
Kyrene has a voter approved Capital Override that provides $6,834,400 towards technology needs and by law can ONLY be used for this purpose. |
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The transportation of some Open Enrollment students is costing the district money |
Because school districts in Arizona are provided funding for transportation needs based on a formula that includes miles driven and eligible riders, all transported open enrollment students are included in the state formula. |
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We voted to support the K3 override so that our child’s Kindergarten class would only have 20 students. |
The actual language in the voter ballot stated the following purpose:
▪ To reduce class size in targeted K-3 grade levels
▪ To provide funding for K-3 instructional programs that best meet the needs of Kyrene students. |
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Kyrene should take some of the money spent on construction and facility improvement and spend it on teachers and classroom supplies
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Kyrene voters approved $111,300,000 in November 2005. Bond funds can only be used for the acquisition of schools, construction or renovation of school buildings, improving school grounds, purchasing pupil transportation vehicles or paying of existing bonded indebtedness. These funds cannot be used for maintenance and operations expenses. |
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Kyrene received 1.7 million dollars in tax credit donations for 2008. We should use some of that money to fund budget shortfalls. |
Tax credit funds can only be used for extra curricular activities and character education activities.
ARS 53-1089.01 defines when the tax credit can be claimed for an extra curricular activity (school-sponsored, charging a fee, for enrolled students, and educational). ARS 15-342(24) defines an extra curricular activity as optional and noncredit. Character education is defined by ARS 15-719. |
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Kyrene will receive federal stimulus money that will be able to be used to offset the projected budget challenges that we have in our maintenance and operations budget. |
We believe that Kyrene will receive approximately $ 3.9M funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This money will be specifically designated for Special Education programming in Kyrene and cannot be used on programs that we currently offer. These funds are one time only and will not be continued beyond the September 2011, thus we cannot implement programs that require sustainable funding. |
