Public school advocates demand that private school voucher reform be included in the state budget, with a looming $1.3 billion deficit.| Arizona Mirror
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.| ProPublica
New research shows private schools increase tuition when states send public funds for parents to spend on private education.| Education Week
A new report from the Grand Canyon Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, shows that the estimated net cost of the universal portion of Arizona’s school voucher program is $332 million in the current fiscal year — a figure that will grow to around $429 million next year.| Arizona Mirror