Impact of Budget Cuts on K-12 Education

• $133 million in cuts from K-12 schools in 2009 - the single largest cut to education in the history of Arizona.
  

• Cutting $150 million more from the K-12 system in 2010 would cause Arizona to lose eligibility for federal funding.

• Some of the impacts of these cuts:

  • Included eliminating funding for equipment
  • Peoria Unified School District plans to cut 700 jobs
  • Scottsdale Unified plans to cut 221 teacher positions
  • Paradise Valley plans to cut 184 teacher positions
  • Mesa will cut 310 teacher positions and 130 other positions