Isaac Elementary School District is more than $28 million in debt, according to Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Thomas Galvin.

A House committee approved a bill that would direct Maricopa County Treasurer John Allen to issue $2.5 million to cover one payroll for the district.

A school district facing a fiscal crisis may be able to pay teachers and staff, but only if the Legislature can pass a bill directing the county treasurer to disburse the funds first. Educators at Isaac School District are due a paycheck tomorrow.

Districts officially approved the lease-back deal to get $25 million to Isaac School District but questions remain whether teachers will get paid this week.

Isaac Elementary is broker than we thought, but the Phoenix public school district isn't the only one with mounting financial troubles.

Hundreds of teachers showed up to work without a paycheck to educate nearly 5,000 students at Isaac Elementary School District in west Phoenix.

The agreement between the two districts would mean Isaac Elementary staff would be paid Friday, said Tolleson Union Superintendent Jeremy Calles.

The county treasurer's office did not say why the funding would be used to pay the debts owed overall rather than the teacher salaries.

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The appointment of Maria Elena Cruz broadens the racial, geographic and political diversity of the seven-member, Republican-dominated court.

The Tolleson Union High School District board was set to vote on a resolution that would authorize lease-purchase financing of Isaac property.