🗳️Get those ballots turned in! 36 different school districts are going out for special bond, override, and budget increase measures to ensure local funding for schools so that students and educators can have the resources they need to be successful and safe. We urge you to Vote YES on all school funding measures! 🗳️Arizona students and educators are counting on you.
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📬 To return your ballot by mail,
you MUST mail it back by THIS Tuesday, Oct. 28th! |
🎉 Even Supt. Horne supports! That’s right, even Supt. Horne is voicing support for bonds and overrides, telling KTAR that most taxpayers won’t see tax increases since most are continuations of previously approved voter initiatives: “A lot of times these are elections to maintain things that started earlier. So, it would keep the taxes at the same level. If it’s something new, it would raise the taxes at the local level.”
SOSAZ Director Beth Lewis agreed with Supt. Horne (it’s a miracle! 😂): “My family’s paying $8 a month, which is like a cup of coffee a month, to serve 40,000 kids. To me, that’s well worth it. I want to have an educated populace.” Lewis told KTAR that if the bonds and overrides are not passed, districts may have to slash teacher pay, lay off teachers and staff, close programs, and shut down more schools. |
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“For too long, politicians in Phoenix have starved our public schools while diverting public money into unaccountable private school vouchers. This year alone, over one billion dollars — yes, billion with a “B”— will be taken from Arizona’s public schools and handed to private and religious institutions. That is money that should be paying our teachers, funding our classrooms, and helping our kids succeed, not subsidizing private tuition for the wealthy few.
Prop. 414 is Tucson’s way to fight back. It creates protected, local funding that cannot be touched by partisan politicians in Phoenix or Washington. It invests directly in our students and educators by raising teacher pay so we can attract and retain the high-quality teachers our kids deserve. It funds career and technical education, as well as arts, music, and PE programs that make learning meaningful and keep students engaged.
It also expands early childhood education, pre-K, and before- and after-school programs that help families, keep kids safe, and give young learners the strong start they need. It also helps ensure that every school has counselors and social workers to address mental health challenges and help at-risk students stay on track to graduate…
Strong public schools do not just benefit students and teachers. They strengthen our neighborhoods, increase property values, and keep our local economy growing.
That is why I am asking you to vote "yes" on Prop. 414 and to get involved. Talk to your neighbors. Make calls. Volunteer. This is about more than our schools. It is about who we are as a community and what kind of future we want for Tucson.
Together, we can send a powerful message: Tucson stands up for our teachers, our students, and our public schools.” |
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We couldn’t agree more, and that goes for all of our public schools across the state! 👏👏👏👏👏
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Stop the Extremist Civics Takeover
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👀 Keep Partisan Indoctrination Out of Schools: The Trump administration’s US Dept. of Education (US ED) announced a new MAGA-driven “patriotic education” curriculum initiative that it plans to force into classrooms across America. This is being pushed by a civics education coalition of more than 40 partner groups, all of which are closely aligned with the president’s MAGA, extremist movement — including PragerU, Moms for Liberty, the Heritage Foundation, Turning Point USA, ALEC, the Goldwater Institute, and Stephen Miller’s American First Legal. Now, US ED says it will provide discretionary grants to schools that promote ‘patriotic’ education.”
Our supporters sent hundreds of emails to the Dept. of Education over the past month, demanding a stop to this program. The time for public comment is over, but this fight is not. US ED is now reviewing public comments and will then forward the new regulation to Congress for final approval. Any member of Congress can then introduce a joint resolution of disapproval, through which a simple majority vote can defeat the proposed regulation. We must speak up NOW so our Arizona members of Congress know that we reject this MAGA civics takeover!
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Tell the US Dept. of Education:
Restore Special Education Cuts NOW! |
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💥📲 Featured Event of the Week! Sign up to join the Voter Outreach Phonebank for Chandler Unified School District's Bond & Override campaign! Ballots are in the hands of voters NOW — we need YOU to help ensure that they know to VOTE YES for their local school bonds & overrides. Arizona’s kids are counting on us! Sign up today to join us via Zoom to call Chandler Unified voters from the comfort of your home! All training provided. |
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💥🎉Find even more SOSAZ events! There are so many ways to get informed and involved and there are opportunities with SOSAZ almost every day of the week. Check out our Mobilize webpage to find virtual or in-person, calling voters or knocking on voters doors, getting to know other public education supporters in your area -- and more! |
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HELP US FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION |
Your contribution will help us organize across Arizona to defend our students, educators, and public schools. Your donation to SOSAZ’s Public Education Defense Fund supports our efforts to: |
✅ Organize in every community across the state ✅ Inform communities about how they can support and defend our public schools ✅ Fight to fully and equitably fund our local public schools ✅ Stop harmful and unaccountable universal vouchers
✅ Recruit, train, and elect public education champions running for local school boards ✅ Promote policies that protect students from hateful attacks, protect public educators’ freedom to teach accurate and truthful science and history in a supportive environment, and stop policies that hurt our most vulnerable students
✅ Support school boards and districts against attacks on equity and racial justice initiatives |
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Contact Us
[email protected] Save Our Schools Arizona
PO Box 28370
Tempe, AZ 85285
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