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Referendum on school voucher survives first hurdle

Save Our Schools Arizona launched a campaign to repeal the recent expansion of the state’s school voucher system on May 8, 2017, at the Arizona Capitol....

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Innovative scholarships plagued by antiquated equipment

Arizona’s empowerment scholarship account program is a modern era idea administered in a stone-age fashion. Three staffers keep their noses in the paper files of 684 students because there is...

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School voucher expansion set for legislative votes

The Arizona Legislature is poised to vote on a major expansion of a school voucher program giving parents state money to pay their children’s private school tuition. The Senate plans...

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Brewer signs bill expanding school choices

Gov. Jan Brewer is pictured outside the Supreme Court in Washington April 25. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill this week that will...

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Brewer vetoes bill to expand school voucher program

Gov. Jan Brewer (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill to expand a year-old school voucher program. Brewer says in...

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Ruling: Arizona school voucher program is constitutional

A new court ruling says Arizona’s school voucher program for students with disabilities is constitutional. The ruling released Thursday rejects arguments by opponents of...

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Judge holds hearing Monday on Arizona voucher case

A judge in Phoenix on Monday hears arguments on a legal challenge to a state school voucher program. At issue is a voucher program that provides money to parents of...

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Court ruled vouchers violated ban on aid to private schools

[caption id="attachment_36056" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="From left, Sen. Russell Pearce, Attorney General Tom Horne and Gov. Jan Brewer hold a news conference to announce the state's decision to appeal to the...

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School vouchers resurface

School choice advocates are pushing to amend the state Constitution to allow students in failing public schools to use vouchers at private schools. But in doing so, critics say the...

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