• Districts consider suing EVIT over funding cuts • EVIT ties money to performance metrics and outcomes, citing audit • Schools fear reduced funding from EVIT will harm Career and Technical Education programs

A handful of school districts are mulling litigation against the East Valley Institute of Technology after a negotiation breakdown over a proposal to decrease funding and tie dollars to performance in the latest intergovernmental agreement.

EVIT maintains its newest proposal to reduce funding is in line with statute and in the spirit of recommendations from the Auditor General’s Office to keep a tighter hold on funds and outcome data.

But districts are concerned about a reduction in funding for Career and Technical Education programs. One district, Chandler Unified School Distr

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