2023

Supt. Horne Serving Special Interests Over AZ Kids

Supt. Horne Serving Special Interests Over AZ Kids Only three months in office, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has all but removed “Public” from his title. Horne is radically shifting the direction of the Arizona Department of Education to an anti-public school, voucher-pushing agency focused on “selling” vouchers for elite private schools across the …

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AZ Vouchers Lead to State-Funded Hate

AZ Vouchers Lead to State-Funded Hate

AZ Vouchers Lead to State-Funded Hate Taxpayer-funded private schools in Arizona are discriminating against children and families due to their LGBTQ status, underscoring the fact that ESA vouchers are being used to prop up state-funded hate. More stories of state-funded hate and discrimination continue to come to light as details emerge about how universal ESA …

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Arizona’s Schools Face a $4.5 Billion Deficit

Arizona’s Schools Face a $4.5 Billion Deficit Reports show that Arizona schools are facing a $4.5 billion annual deficit as compared to other states. According to the most recent data from the US Census Bureau and Education Law Center, Arizona students are receiving at least $4,200 less yearly than their national peers, despite federal COVID …

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Universal ESA Vouchers Wide Open for Fraud & Abuse

Universal ESA Vouchers Wide Open for Fraud & Abuse As Superintendent Tom Horne brags about approving thousands of ESA voucher expenditures without required receipts, Arizona is funneling approximately $600 million a year (and growing) to a voucher program that lacks nearly all of the accountability and transparency required of public schools receiving taxpayer dollars. When …

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Bounce Houses? Espresso Machines? Home Gyms? ESA Vouchers are Being Used as a Taxpayer ATM

Bounce Houses? Espresso Machines? Home Gyms? ESA Vouchers are Being Used as a Taxpayer ATM ESA vouchers are so unregulated that they’ve become a taxpayer-funded ATM for homeschool and private school families. With reports of misuse and wildly inappropriate expenditures, plus JLBC reports of an “unheard of” $200 million in unbudgeted costs, Governor Hobbs’ call …

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$200M in Uncovered Costs for Universal ESA Vouchers

$200M in Uncovered Costs for Universal ESA Vouchers Ducey’s 2022 universal ESA voucher expansion is threatening to bankrupt the state. Last Friday, a report from the nonpartisan JLBC showed that the expansion has already racked up $200 million in entirely unbudgeted, uncovered costs, and projects these costs will balloon to $376 million by 2024.  Report …

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AZ ESA Vouchers Funding Discrimination

Vouchers Fund Discriminatory Private Schools

Vouchers Fund Discriminatory Private Schools Recently, an Arizona Christian school fired a teacher for speaking out against discrimination towards LGBTQ students. The school is now embroiled in a lawsuit, but state-funded ESA voucher dollars continue to flow to the school, underscoring the fact that ESA vouchers are resulting in state-sanctioned and state-funded discrimination. Teacher Sues …

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