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Legislators order state audit into how efficiently Hoffman uses ESA oversight funding
Legislators yesterday ordered the state auditor to investigate how the Arizona Department of Education spends the roughly $1.3 million it receives to administer a state voucher program.
ESAs help families find best schools, education options
Education Savings Accounts can be essential to families finding the best educational paths for their children. Not everyone can afford a private school tuition, but thanks to Arizona law and ESAs anyone can.
Pro-voucher lawyers say referendum petition identified non-existent legislative session
In a letter Friday to state Elections Director Eric Spencer, attorneys Thomas Basile and Tim La Sota, who represent interests seeking the expansion of the voucher program, contend all petitions are invalid because they said the law they seek to refer to voters was enacted during the “fifty-third session of the legislature.”
Republican lawmakers insist on bigger, more immediate pay hike for teachers
Republican lawmakers are working to line up the votes for a budget deal that would give teachers more than the 0.4 percent raise offered in January by Gov. Doug Ducey.
After signing ESA bill, Ducey vows no more school voucher expansion measures for now
Gov. Doug Ducey today said lifting an enrollment cap that will be imposed as a school voucher program expands is “not even a consideration.” At least not at this time.
Senate panel to review school voucher program expansions
The Arizona Senate Education Committee is set to consider two bills today that greatly expand the state's school voucher program.
Brewer signs school voucher bill
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill that would help expedite the approval process for parents of some students in the state school voucher program.
