Arizona Legislative Education Spotlight: Save Our Schools initiative would limit ESA expansion, require return of unused voucher money. See more Arizona legislative education news here
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Story by Lisa Irish • Video by Morgan Willis • Arizona Education News Service • Arizona School Boards Association
Save Our Schools Arizona political action committee filed an initiative (on Feb. 26) with the Arizona Secretary of State that would limit Empowerment Scholarship Account expansion and require unused voucher money to be returned each year.
Right now, the ESA program provides $110 million per year in public K-12 education funding to pay for private school education and personal educational expenses for 7,000 Arizona students through debit card or wire transfer of funds to their parents. About 60 percent of students with ESAs, also called vouchers, have disabilities or special needs.
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See more education legislative news here:
- Arizona Capitol Times — Republicans press to remove oversight of voucher program away from education agency
- Arizona Capitol Times — Group starts campaign to put school voucher restrictions on ballot
- Arizona Capitol Times — (Guest Opinion) Navajo Nation needs no school vouchers or meddling of any kind
- AzCentral — Group will ask Arizona voters to ban expansion of state’s school voucher program
- Arizona Daily Star — Arizona lawmakers consider bill that would pump $50M into special education
- AZEDNEWS — AZEdNews Podcast: Educators make their voices heard at the Capitol
- AzMirror — School enrollment bill gutted to remove proof of custody
- Arizona Education Association — Legislative Update (Feb. 29)
- The Center Square — Arizona public schools rank 45th in national study
- Helios Education Foundation — Statement on Arizona HCR2036 / SCR1007 and HB2598
- KTAR News — Group files initiative to block Arizona school voucher expansions
- 12News — A new tax on high-earners for Arizona schools? We’ve got some questions.
- White Mountain Independent — House bill considers allowing community colleges to offer 4-year degrees
- White Mountain Independent — Several area teachers are nationally board certified
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Our initiatives:
(Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth: CCC&Y is a non-partisan organization who supports educated, engaged and participatory communities. The board of the Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth voted on Jan. 27, 2020 to approve a series of Action and Outreach Initiatives for 2020-21. The policies cover education, child welfare, environmental equity, incarcerated parents / justice reform and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Click here for a PDF of the CCC&Y Action and Outreach Initiatives for 2020-21.)
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