Impacts of Universal Vouchers on AZ Public Schools
Arizona’s universal ESA voucher program is the most expansive in the nation, and will cost the state nearly $1 billion this year. All students are eligible, regardless of income, and the majority of students receiving voucher funds live in wealthy zip codes and were already attending private schools.
Find out how much your local school district is losing to the ESA voucher program here:
The massive voucher cost siphons funds from the general fund, meaning those dollars are not available for Arizona’s public schools which are funded at 49th in the US. The real world impacts are hurting the 92% of Arizona students who choose public schools. Read below to see the draconian budget cuts Arizona school districts have been forced to make since vouchers were expanded universally.
Arizona’s universal ESA voucher program is the most expansive in the nation, and will cost the state nearly $1 billion this year. All students are eligible, regardless of income, and the majority of students receiving voucher funds live in wealthy zip codes and were already attending private schools.
Find out how much your local school district is losing to the ESA voucher program below
This massive cost siphons funds from the general fund, meaning these dollars are not available for public schools — which are funded at 49th in the nation — and the real-world impacts are hurting the 92% of Arizona students who choose public schools. Here are some of the cuts districts have been forced to make since vouchers were expanded universally:
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