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ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES CONTRIBUTING ARTICLE


                  BY RACHEL LEINGANG

                  Confusion abounds over Ducey’s public

                  school performance pay plan





              Gov. Doug Ducey’s signature performance pay plan for
            excelling schools still has districts questioning when they will
            receive money and how exactly it must be spent.            “Any new legislation that passes, like
              The results-based  funding plan  was  one  of  the  biggest
            chunks of new spending in Ducey’s budget proposal. The     the results-based funding, is hard for
            money rewards high-performing schools by giving them
            more money to spend on teachers or expansions of successful   districts to get in place and get them
            programs and practices.
              The program, totaling $38 million this year, will provide   operating in the next school year.”
            schools that score in the top 10 percent on the 2016 AzMerit   — Chuck Essigs, director of government relations for the Arizona
            tests additional money per student. Next year, schools will be
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