AZ Schools Now is a coalition of dedicated volunteers, educators, parents, school board members, faith-based leaders, and children’s advocates focused on reinvesting in Arizona’s public schools. Collectively, the constituencies of the AZ Schools Now partner organizations represent some of Arizona’s most ardent and invested supporters of public education.

Though Arizona voters are united in their strong support for reinvestments in public schools, our state legislature has been slow to respond. Additional education funding for fiscal year 2018, combined with the voter-approved inflationary funding from Proposition 123, still leaves public schools with $1.1 billion less in funding than a decade ago.

This guide summarizes the voting records of all current state senators and representatives on key public school funding legislation in 2017. These votes include: