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Tag: Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

Consultant: data hard to find on ESA program

The first of several planned legislative hearings to study Arizona’s growing Empowerment Scholarship Account program ended Wednesday with many unanswered questions.   The House ad hoc Study Committee on Empowerment...

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Basic math – ESAs save the state money 

Opponents of parental choice in education are doing their best Chicken Little in an attempt to scare Arizonans out of allowing parents control over their children’s education. But all the...

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Arizona lawmakers propose increase in base education funding

  The proposed state budget released today marks some strides forward for public education funding, including a 0.9% increase in base level funding.  But Democrats and public...

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Mom questions voucher program accessibility

Darrell and Allison Hilliker, who are blind, pose near their home in the Valley. They have experienced digital inaccessibility since the day they signed their Empowerment...

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Sine finally die!

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, looks over the printed budget prior to a vote on the Arizona budget at the Arizona Capitol Thursday, June 24,...

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Senate passes voucher expansion bill

Republican senators gave the go-ahead Monday for what could be a huge expansion in the use of tax dollars to send children to private and parochial schools. The 16-14 party-line...

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Education Department violated trust, mismanages voucher program

The Empowerment Scholarship Account program hate groups want to make this week’s issue about money!  Their “slush fund” argument is ridiculous and falls flat quickly when looking at the facts....

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ESAs help families find best schools, education options

Alex Sikorski had to deal with bullying and taunts when he was in middle and elementary school. He felt like an outcast. Sikorski moved to Gateway Academy in Phoenix for...

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