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PHOENIX -- The state Board of Investment, headed by Proposition 123 foe Jeff DeWit, is raising new legal questions about whether it can give schools the extra money voters just approved.

In a letter Tuesday, DeWit, who as state treasurer is chairman of the board, is asking Attorney General Mark Brnovich whether the new formula for taking money out of the state land trust is legal. DeWit is repeating his contention that any change requires approval from Congress which provided Arizona with the land in the first place.

Both Gov. Doug Ducey and legislative leaders who supported the ballot measure have taken the position such consent is unnecessary.

But the request raises some new questions about not just the legality of the measure but the timing of the distribution -- and even whether some public schools are eligible.

Brnovich does not have a lot of time to respond: The ballot measure specifically requires the treasurer to distribute a lump sum of nearly $260 million to schools by the end of June.