A plain breakdown of Props 320, 318, 144 and 142 before you fill out your ballot
Early voting opens Oct 7, so this is a good moment to look at the four measures the Legislature put on the ballot. Their titles don't tell you much so Save Our Schools Arizona wrote up what they do and recommends a NO on all four.
- Prop 320: districts in the largest counties, and any district with 7,500+ students, would have to spend at least 60% of their operating budget on "direct instruction," which the measure doesn't define. Miss it and the district loses Classroom Site Fund money, starting at 25% and rising each year. SOSAZ notes that money pays for teacher salaries and performance pay
- Prop 318: students would have to use sports teams, bathrooms and locker rooms matching the sex on their birth certificate. SOSAZ says it would also open schools and rec leagues to lawsuits
- Prop 144: writes a voter ID requirement for in-person and mail ballots into the state constitution. SOSAZ reads it as a copy of your ID in every mail ballot envelope, and says the utility bill and bank statement options would go away
- Prop 142: bars public schools, agencies and employers from keeping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies
Source: https://sosaz.substack.com/p/props-101-the-bad-and-the-ugly
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