Judge gives Arizona 8 months to fix unconstitutional school funding system

By: Jim Small

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: March 6, 2026

Words: 790

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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A judge ordered state lawmakers to properly fund school construction and maintenance in Arizona, a move that comes more than six months after he ruled that the state has unconstitutionally underfunded public schools.

In a final judgment in a case that began in 2017, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dewain Fox wrote that state lawmakers have eight months to fix the capital funding system for Arizona schools.

However, Fox also issued a …

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