TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Fiesta Sports Foundation distributed $1.5 million to 540 Arizona teachers Tuesday, providing $2,500 grants to educators, who surveys estimate spend roughly $895 of their own money each year on classroom supplies.

Teachers received phone calls announcing their grants had been approved for items ranging from robots to percussion instruments to flexible seating options.

Jennifer Flores, a teacher librarian at Los Amigos Technology Academy who has taught for 36 years, received funding for flexible seating in her library. Research shows that comfortable seats improve student engagement and reduce behavior problems.

“Since we’re funded at bare minimum through the state still...the reason I have so many books in this library is because I’m not afraid to beg,

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