Public school advocates demand voucher reform amid $1 billion deficit
Public school advocates demand that private school voucher reform be included in the state budget, with a looming $1.3 billion deficit.| Arizona Mirror
Public school advocates demand that private school voucher reform be included in the state budget, with a looming $1.3 billion deficit.| Arizona Mirror
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
The nonpartisan Grand Canyon Institute (GCI) recently released a shocking new report showing that the projected net cost of Arizona’s universal ESA voucher program is equal to at least half of the state’s budget deficit this year — and about two-thirds of next year’s projected deficit. Arizona faces an estimated $1.3 billion budget deficit in both those years combined, with an additional $500 million shortfall that must be covered by this year’s budget (which must be passed by June...| Save Our Schools Arizona Network
