48th in teachers’ salaries. Arizona teachers have also experienced a decrease in salary with inflation included. Many have called for an increase in funding, which led to a week long teacher strike that took place in 2018, following the Red for Ed movement. Arizona also ranks below the national average in per student expenditure, with an average of $11,787. In 2000, Proposition 301 passed with the approval of Arizona voters. Originally, the proposition expired in 2012, but in 2018, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed SB 1390 to extend Proposition 301 until 2041. This proposition protects a $667 annual fund for Arizona schools. Since 2009, Arizona has cut the school budgets and even to this day they continue. Although newer budgets are being proposed and passed the majority of those cuts have yet to be restored today despite a sharp incline in the economy. These budget cuts lead to the Red for Ed movement which saw teachers across the state stage a walkout in protest of low salaries and budgets. Since 2006 a total of $4.56 billion has cut from the educational system. Programs and responsibilities Red For Ed movement The Red for Ed movement originated in West Virginia in February 2018, when educators there went on strike in response to a 2% pay raise. The Arizona movement started with a Facebook page, titled Arizona Teachers United in March 2018. On March 12, 2018, a group of educators protested outside a radio station where Governor Doug Ducey was participating in an interview, but Ducey did not respond to the protestors. Following the protest, hundred of teachers did not show up to work, which forced the closure of 9 schools in Arizona's west valley. In the weeks prior to the walk-out, there were multiple demonstrations in opposition to the state of education in Arizona, including multiple strikes, some of which took place within Arizona's largest school district. On April 19, 2018, the Arizona Educators United organized a vote to walk out on April 26, 2018, if a list of demands was not met by the governor. More than 50,000 educators protested in front of the capital in the largest movement in Arizona history. The strike concluded with educators receiving close to $273 in pay raises over the next three years. However, many of their demands were not met before they agreed to return to the classroom. English as a Second Language Education