{"pk":46839,"title":"Arizona: Structurally Balanced Only If You Omit Funding Shortfalls","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The FY2018 Arizona budget had the most discretionary dollars in years with the bulk of it directedtoward K-12 education. “Structural balance” was maintained, demonstrating a new normalin Arizona budgeting. Expenditure growth was less than inflation and population growth. Anotherlawsuit was filed with respect to inadequate state investment in school facilities. A more carefulanalysis finds the state will expend only $3 for every $4 it spent in FY2007 adjusted forpopulation growth and inflation. Rollovers continue to take 10 percent of the budget, eventhough the expansion is in its eighth year. Consequently, structural balance hides a great manyfundamental weaknesses.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"state government"},{"word":"budget"},{"word":"fiscal policy"},{"word":"taxes"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6v90x10n","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"","last_name":"Wells","name_suffix":"","institution":"Arizona State University","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2017-12-20T09:09:55+11:00","date_accepted":"2017-12-20T09:09:55+11:00","date_published":"2017-01-01T11:00:00+11:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/46839/galley/35420/download/"}]}