PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers, some with only days left in office, want Governor Doug Ducey to call a special session to lift the Aggregate Expenditure Limit to ensure public school districts can spend all of the dollars appropriated to them in 2022-2023 budget.
A similar situation played out this year. Lawmakers agreed to lift the limits one time. Democrats were hoping the limits would be lifted permanently. On Thursday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Republican Representatives Michelle Udall, Joanne Osborne, and Joel John, joined Democrats Representative Jennifer Pawlik and Senators Sean Bowie and Christine Marsh in calling for a special session.
And lower salaries for the supers
Why don't you include in your story the cost of a special session and why the legislators are not working for free as they are paid to solve problems already. No more per diems and no additional $ for doing their job