ACT in June to Influence the 2010 Arizona State Budget to Education

Now is the time to act. You can influence the decision-making of the Arizona legislature and the final outcome of the 2010 budget being decided before June 30 budget deadline. If you value public education, now is the time to act!

    SUGGESTED PLAN OF ACTION (Click on each bullet below for more information):

  1. Communicate with key legislators either in person, via email or by telephone.


  2. Be present at the capitol during deliberations to send a strong message. There is a collaborative effort Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11am - 2pm.


  3. Engage Your community. You don’t have to be in town to contact your friends and colleagues!


  4. Connect with the media. - Also an option if you are out of town.
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  • Traditional public education serves over 70% of students across the state.
  • Education fuels the economic environment.
  • An alternative to deep budget cuts to education is to enhance revenue in the state via other means (small increases to property taxes).
  • Not funding public education is in violation of the Arizona State Constitution (Article 11, Section 10).
  • Beginning in 2006, the State Equalization Tax, which funded public education, was reduced from .53 per $100 of assessed property value to zero. The legislature is considering bills to permanently repeal this funding source for education. This would have generated an estimated $250 million in 2008. Click here for more information.
  • Public school districts are major employers statewide - downsizing a major economic engine will put more pressure on the state economy (in rural areas, up to 95% of the workforce is employed in public education).

WHAT IS SOSAz? SOSAz is an association of parents, teachers and community members working together to improve the public education of K-12 children in the Washington Elementary, Glendale Elementary and Glendale Union High School districts. Collaboration is instrumental to provide for the common good of all students, and in turn, Arizona’s workforce.

Donations to SOSAz are now tax-deductible.