Arizona superintendent urges lawmakers to act as schools face ‘closure ticking timebomb’

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Arizona Superintendent Kathy Hoffman is urging lawmakers to lift the school spending cap as public schools are facing nearly $1.2 billion in budget cuts.

“I originally planned to give a different speech today,” she said. “But because of legislative inaction, our districts are facing a school closure ticking timebomb”

Superintendent Hoffman explained Flowing Wells and TUSD could lose a combined $63.9 million this school year due to the aggregate expenditure limit during her State of Education address Tuesday.

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