For Star subscribers: 'There are parents ... over on the east side of Tucson' who don't agree with Tucson Unified School District's board, says lawmaker. The state's other largest school districts would also have public votes.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers are moving to require a public vote in the state's largest school districts, including TUSD, to determine whether they should be split up.The measure, HB2546, is being advanced by Rep. Rachel Jones. The first-term Republican lawmaker who lives on the far east side of Tucson said many of her constituents are unhappy with the decisions made by the five-member governing board of Tucson Unified School District.
HB2546 also would force an election in Chandler's district. And in the Peoria, Gilbert and Deer Valley districts, student growth could put them over the 35,000 figure and force such elections. "There are parents in schools ... over on the east side of Tucson that are not in agreement with some of the decisions being made by the five-person board,'' she said.
Administrative costsRep. Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton, D-Tucson, questioned the finances of this. She noted the move is coming as lawmakers debate the amount of money being spent on education, especially funding earmarked for administration. But the latest three-year contract approved by the TUSD governing board for Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo actually puts his salary at $230,000, a 14% increase from his prior base pay, with a tax-deferred annuity of $15,000 a year and eligibility for $5,000 in performance-based pay each year."I believe if the parents were to split the district into, say, two or three more districts, that it would be a wash, if not a money savings,'' she said.
But there is nothing at this point to say residents would get maps to show exactly where the new lines would be drawn, something that would be required in an election sought by residents. Also missing is how assets like school buses would be divided and how to deal with existing bond debt.
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