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SUMMER CONFERENCE AND EXPO

BY DON HARRIS

Gov. Ducey Touts Education Accomplishments,

anks AASBO for Support
Ducey

Gov. Doug Ducey, hoping to build on an improved relationship
with AASBO, thanked the organization and its members for their “I would not have been able to do it without the
support in helping him get legislation passed that greatly improved
the nancial status of K-12 schools and teachers. people in this room. That was a huge victory.
Ducey, believed to be the rst Arizona governor in nearly a
decade to appear at AASBO’s annual Summer Conference and Thank you. I appreciate your help and support.
Expo, called the legislative accomplishments on behalf of K-12 This isn’t just about the public schools. It’s about
public schools huge and said he could not have been as successful
without the support of AASBO. the people inside, of course the children, of
Ducey, who is running for re-election, touted: course the teachers, and the people who make
• Proposition 123, which he pushed and voters approved, that
will provide $3.5 billion in new money to K-12 public schools over the schools run in terms of administration.”
the next 10 years.
— Gov. Doug Ducey
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