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SUMMER 2017 | ADVOCATE 7 SB1236 (psychotropic drugs; foster children; report S/E: statewide petition circulators; registration; committees) • Requires paid circulators to register with SOS and track their registration numbers on their petitions. • Allows circulators to be subpoenaed for court challenge via mail. • Amends HB2320 onto bill. HCR 2002 (repeal 1998 proposition 105) • Repeals proposition 105: protection of voter approved ballot initiatives. HCR 2007 (proposition 105; exempt referenda) • Gives the legislature authority to repeal voter approved referendums. HCR 2029 (signatures; initiative; referendum; legislative districts) • Requires ballot initiatives to collect signatures from ten percent of registered voters in all legislative districts. Requires ballot initiatives to collect signatures from fifteen percent of registered voters in all legislative districts for constitutional amendments. School Funding SB1174 (schools; desegregation expenses; special SB1375 (school; bonds; overrides; funding override) sources) • Requires the eighteen desegregation school districts • Requires certain informational materials for to obtain voter approval via a special override school district (district) budget override election to continue to receive desegregation elections or bond elections to include a funding. statement of the total amount of per pupil funding received by a district for the fiscal year. HB2017 (bonds; disclosure; notice) • Requires the total bond principal and interest cost to be calculated at the maximum interest rate rather than the estimated interest rate. It would make the perceived cost of the bond higher; making bonds more difficult to pass. AEA President Joe Thomas rallies education advocates at the #BillsNotBoats rally at the Capitol in response to Representative John Allen's comments that teachers work second jobs to buy boats. The rally was covered by the press and brought attention to AEA's push for a four percent raise for teachers over the one percent proposed by Governor Ducey. BOAT PARADE M A Y 2