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Lawmaker directs auditor general, ADE to develop ESA audits
Key Points: Collaboration on ESA audits delayed despite legal requirements ESA director attributes long runway to strain on small staff Lawmakers push for prompt consultation on auditing, AI The Arizona […]
Mayes blames lawmakers for making voucher program ‘easy to target for fraud’
Three former Empowerment Scholarship Account employees are accused of defrauding the program of more than $600,000 by using falsified birth certificates and disability diagnoses to enroll five adults, seven children and five “ghost children.”
ESA vouchers projected to cost $900M next year
The Empowerment Scholarship Account program is on track to cost the state $900 million by the end of the next fiscal year, according to the most recent estimate by the Arizona Department of Education.
