Invest in Education income-tax measure knocked off November ballot by courts

From AZCentral.com – August 29, 2018.  Ricardo Cano, Arizona Republic

An Arizona Supreme Court ruling Wednesday knocked the Invest in Education income-tax measure off the November ballot.

According to the ruling, the measure’s description “did not accurately represent the increased tax burden on the affected classes of taxpayers.”

The measure, recently titled Proposition 207, was expected to bring in $690 million in additional funding for Arizona public district and charter schools.

Supporters had framed Prop. 207 as a way to fully restore the more than $1 billion in cuts to education funding since the recession.

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