Cave Creek Unified School District v. Ducey

Justice PELANDER,

opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Arizona voters approved a referendum in 2000 that statutorily directed the Arizona Legislature to annually “increase the base level ... of the revenue control limit” for K-12 public school funding. AR.S. § 15-901.01. The issue here is whether the voters could constitutionally impose this mandate. Finding no constitutional impediment to the electorate’s directive, we further hold that legislative adjustments to § 15-901.01’s funding scheme are limited by the Voter Protection Act (“VPA”), Ariz. Const, art. 4, pt. 1, § 1(6)(B)-(C), (14).

I. BACKGROUND

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