Letter: "AZ Taxpayers'Cost for School Vouchers ups to 0m/year" Thursday, June 1
Surprise! Surprise! Arizona taxpayers will be on the hook for $900 million for next year's school vouchers - 63% more than was budgeted. The floodg...
Surprise! Surprise! Arizona taxpayers will be on the hook for $900 million for next year's school vouchers - 63% more than was budgeted. The floodgates of voucher money are wide open as public schools continue to lose funding. Today's vouchers (ESAs) are a far cry from the original intent and mission: allowing taxpayer funds to enable disadvantaged and special-needs children to attend private and religious schools. Now, 75% of vouchers are going to students previously enrolled in private, for profit, and religious schools.