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July 26, 2010
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
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Dear Friends and Family of
SUSD,
Scottsdale Parent Council (SPC) is a
non-profit organization of parents from
across the Scottsdale Unified School
District. Our missions include fostering
communication among parents groups and our
district administration, informing parents
about educational issues, and advocating for
the highest quality of education in the SUSD.
In keeping with our mission of informing
parents about issues that impact
education, SPC has invited registered
candidates to participate in our
legislative candidate questionnaire. We
will not endorse any candidate; our goal
is simply to provide information about
all candidates to our members. Their
answers are
detailed here, and will also be
available in our newsletter, the
Learning Curve.
The responding candidates are:
- John Kavanagh, Rep-LD 8, AZ House of
Representatives,
jkavanagh@azleg.gov
- John Kriekard, Dem-LD 8, AZ House of
Representatives candidate,
www.electkriekard.com
- Ray Mahoubi, Rep-LD 8, AZ House of
Representatives candidate,
www.mahoubiin10.com
- Paula Pennypacker, Rep-LD 8, AZ
House of Representatives candidate,
www.votepennypacker.com
- Michele Reagan, Rep-LD 8, AZ State
Senate candidate,
www.VoteReagan.com
- Shawnna Bolick, Rep-LD 11, AZ House
of Representatives candidate,
www.bolickforarizona.com
- Rita Dickinson, Dem-LD 11, AZ State
Senate candidate,
www.ritadickinson.org
- Adam Driggs, Rep-LD11, AZ State
Senate candidate,
www.adamdriggs.com
- Bev Kraft, Rep-LD 11, AZ House of
Representatives candidate,
www.vote4bevkraft2010.com
- Kate Brophy McGee, Rep-LD11, AZ
House of Representatives Candidate,
www.katemcgee.com
- Eric Meyer, Dem-LD 11, AZ House of
Representatives,
www.EricforAZ.com
- Ed Ableser, Dem-LD 17, AZ House of
Representatives candidate,
www.edableser.com
- P. Ben Arredondo, Dem-LD 17, AZ
House of Representatives candidate,
www.benarredondo.com
- Don Hawker, Rep-LD 17, AZ House of
Representatives candidate,
www.rightonhawker.org
- Wendy Rogers, Rep-LD 17, AZ State
Senate candidate,
www.wendyrogers.org
Also, SPC will be working with other
parent organizations in LD8 and LD11 to
organize and promote candidate forums
before the general election in
November. We will have more details at
the end of August.
We thank the candidates for taking the
time to help constituents understand
more about their positions on public
education, and for their commitment to
serve our local community at the State
level. Should you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
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OUR 2009 LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA
Adopted
12/17/08
The
Scottsdale Parent Council (SPC) works as an advocate for the
parents of the Scottsdale Unified School District, who want to
improve the quality of public education in Arizona. We
advocate for appropriate funding of K-12 education and oppose
legislation that effectively reduces funding for K-12 public
education. The SPC also provides ongoing education of parents
on legislative actions affecting public education. The SPC
Legislative Liaison is an active participant in APPLE, Arizona
Parents for Public Education.
Our
legislative priorities for the 2009 session are:
1. Defend the
utilities funding formula that was included in the 2008 State
budget.
2. Advocate
to preserve education funding, especially that which directly
impacts classroom instruction.
3. Encourage
efforts to find a new transportation funding formula that is
equitable to all districts statewide.
4. Support
real State School Facilities Board reform that recognizes the
unmet facilities needs of all districts including the
modernization needs of established districts with aging
facilities.
5. Advocate
for legislation to give local governing boards final approval of
ballot language for Bonds and Overrides and to reverse the
legislative action limiting all local education funding ballot
measures to the November ballot.
6. Support
efforts to fully fund unfunded Special education mandates.
7. Advocate
for the preservation of existing funding and increased
flexibility of Teacher Professional Development programs
statewide. Support other efforts designed to attract, support
and retain quality teachers.
8. Support the
legislative implementation of the Governor’s P-20 Agenda.
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