CAVE CREEK UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. v. DUCEY

No. 1 CA-CV 11-0256.

295 P.3d 440 (2013)

CAVE CREEK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Casa Grande Elementary School District; Crane Elementary School District; Palominas Elementary School District; Yuma Union High School District; Arizona Education Association; Arizona School Boards Association; Scott Holcomb; Frank Hunter; and Nancy Putnam, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Doug DUCEY, in his capacity as State Treasurer; and State of Arizona, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

January 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaSota & Peters PLC By Donald M. Peters and Kristin L. Mackin , and Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest By Timothy M. Hogan , Phoenix, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General By Kathleen P. Sweeney , Kevin D. Ray , and Jinju Park Hurtado , Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellees.

Office of the President, Arizona State Senate By Gregrey G. Jernigan , and Office of the Speaker, Arizona House of Representatives By Peter A. Gentala , Phoenix, Attorneys for Statutory Participants.


OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

¶ 1 In this opinion, we address whether a statute approved by Arizona's voters in 2000, as part of Proposition 301, creates a binding obligation on the legislature to implement specific inflation adjustments to the annual budget for K-12 schools. See Arizona Revised Statutes ("A.R.S.") section 15-901.01 (2012) (stating that "the legislature shall increase the base level or...

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