Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' proposal also rolls back two GOP priorities — a universal school voucher program and the state police's border strike force.
Bob Christie Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Arizona’s new Democratic governor rolled out a $17.1 billion state budget proposal Friday that pours new cash into tax credits for low-income parents and takes aim at a housing crisis that has triggered a big increase in homelessness, while also targeting two of her predecessor’s top priorities — a newly-enacted universal school voucher program and the state police’s border strike force.
The governor has also earmarked $522 million for school facilities, including $173 million to complete three new schools and $349 million for repairing and rehabilitating existing schools. The funding for fixing the state’s older schools has fallen short for years. Allie Bones, Hobbs’ chief of staff, said that like all executive budgets — and especially those in a governor’s first year in office — the plan is just a starting point for negotiations with the Legislature.
Together, those cuts would save women and families $40 million a year. And she is proposing a new child tax credit that would give low-income parents $100 per year for each child and cost $50 million per year. By contrast, those earning between $500,000 and $1 million will save more than $12,000 a year in income taxes.
Education prioritiesThe governor proposed no major new investments in the state’s three universities, instead proposing to boost scholarships for low-income families by $40 million and creating a $40 million scholarship program for so-called Dreamers, students who immigrated to the state as children and are now eligible for in-state tuition because of a voter initiative approved in November.
Also in the budget are pay raises for selected state workers, who saw their first across-the-board raises in more than a decade last year.
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