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Arizona Eliminate Sales Tax Exemptions for School Funding and Teacher Salaries Initiative (2018)
| Arizona Eliminate Sales Tax Exemptions for School Funding and Teacher Salaries Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Education and Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Arizona Eliminate Sales Tax Exemptions for School Funding and Teacher Salaries Initiative was not on the ballot in Arizona as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have eliminated exemptions to the state sales tax to increase K-12 per-pupil funding, increased K-12 median public school teacher salaries, and established a $500 million capital improvement fund to build and maintain public schools. The measure would have also added funds to the Permanent Endowment Trust Fund.[1]
The measure would have increased K-12 per-pupil funding as follows:[1]
- January 1, 2019: $9,632 per student
- August 1, 2021: $10,788 per student
- August 1, 2023: $12,082 per student
The measure would have increased K-12 median public school teacher salaries as follows:[1]
- January 2, 2019: $46,721
- August 1, 2021: $51,394
- August 1, 2023: $56,533
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The initiative was filed on September 22, 2017, by the group Legislative Underground. The petition filing designated Robert W. Donahue as chairperson and Barbara A. Donahue as treasurer of the campaign. Supporters of the initiative were required collect 150,642 valid signatures by July 5, 2018.[2] No signatures were filed.
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