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Voucher vote creates dilemma for school-choice supporters
Livingston accuses Blanc of doctoring referendum petitions, calls for resignation
Rep. Isela Blanc (D-Tempe) A Republican lawmaker said Democratic Rep. Isela Blanc should fully comply with any investigation into allegations she or others doctored petitions to...
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Referendum on school voucher survives first hurdle
Group hopes to stop school voucher expansion before it takes effect
School vouchers have voters’ approval, poll says
A poll commissioned by school-choice group American Federation for Children suggested a tough road ahead for a group working on a ballot measure to repeal an expansion of vouchers. Results...
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Voucher-backing group’s Capitol ‘Thank You’ lunch cancelled
Two weeks after Republican Arizona lawmakers narrowly approved a massive expansion of the state’s private school voucher program, the national group pushing the effort planned to host a free lunch...
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Lesko proposal could greatly expand school ‘voucher’ funds
State lawmakers are making a new attempt to provide taxpayer-provided dollars to all of the 1.1 million students in Arizona schools to help their parents pay to instead send them...
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Advocates will try again to expand school choice program
School-choice advocates are again going to try for more expansion of a program that provides public money for children to attend private schools, even after falling short in 2014 to...
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AZ school choice program expands, but many children aren’t accepted
Nearly doubling the number of students in a program that provides public money for private schools is a bittersweet accomplishment for nonprofits that worked to increase the enrollment. Christina Martinez,...
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State money spent on empowerment scholarships nearly doubles
Huppenthal robocall stirs debate over education’s future
If public students are migrating to private schools via a first-of-a-kind state program, it’s happening in a trickle. But some public school advocates worry that the exodus soon could become...
