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Cochise County school superintendent reviews budget, urges ESA accountability and narrows focus for New Crossroads
Summary
County School Superintendent Dr. Jackie Clay presented a FY2027 operating-budget review, said ESSER federal COVID funds expired in September 2024, announced New Crossroads Academy will focus on Cochise County students only, and urged state-level accountability for Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs).
Dr. Jackie Clay, Cochise County school superintendent, told the Board of Supervisors on April 16 that the office’s FY2027 request seeks only a 3% cost-of-living increase and that the end of federal ESSER funding in September 2024 has reduced revenues back to pre-pandemic norms. “That is because the ESSER grants expired September 2024,” Clay said, summarizing a multi-year revenue decline.
Clay used the board briefing required by Arizona Revised Statutes to outline services and to report on New Crossroads Academy, the county’s accommodation (dropout-recovery) school for high-risk students. She described New Crossroads as focused on students roughly 16–22 years old and said the program will narrow enrollment to Cochise County…
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