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Budget cuts eliminate Arizona education programs

Jessica Boehm

Illustration of school desks, some of them cut out with nothing behind them. — Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

A lot's been made about the tax cuts in the freshly signed state budget — but they came at the cost of government programs that quietly lost funding in the final deal.

Why it matters: Education and workforce initiatives were among the hardest hit, which advocates warned would have long-term impacts on the state.

Zoom in: The programs that lost funding include:

💰Arizona Promise ($16.3 million): A scholarship program for Arizona high school graduates.

📚 Adult Education Workforce Program ($6 million): Support for community college offerings that prepare Arizonans age 21 and older for the workforce.

🎓 Adult workforce diploma program ($2 million): Created last year to allow Arizonans age 21 and older to earn high school diplomas and develop career and technical skills.

🎒 Dual enrollment incentives ($1.5 million): Designed to encourage more schools to offer dual-enrollment courses.

🧑‍🎓Ninth Grade On‑Track Initiative ($3.4 million): An initiative to help Arizona schools better prepare high school freshmen to encourage graduation.

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