Ballot Initiatives are a way for Arizona voters to directly decide on legislation. Like a candidate seeking election, these initiatives must obtain the necessary number of valid signatures before they can be on the ballot.

Governing board members are elected, unpaid volunteers. They are responsible for approving curriculum, setting the direction, establishing the structure, providing support, ensuring fiscal accountability, selecting the Superintendent for the district, and much more.

Save Our Schools AZ will compile a comprehensive list of school board candidates that they recommend supporting. Check back for updates.

School board candidates that earned their support have pledged to:

• Publicly acknowledge their role as an advocate for public education beyond school board meetings to parents, community leaders and state policymakers

• Publicly advocate for a permanent, dedicated funding stream for public education made up of new dollars from the General Fund

• Publicly resolve or affirm any public resolution, if it becomes available to school boards, opposing any expansion of ESA private school vouchers

• Publicly oppose the diversion of any portion of their district’s funding to privatization schemes, including (but not limited to) charter co-location or microschool vouchers

• Support the reopening of schools (save for a highly selective group of students with verified special needs) only when Arizona meets specific scientific benchmarks for COVID-19, such as those published by the World Health Organization