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Flaws found in current voucher program, expert says

9/1/2022
Low-income families on a waitlist for housing choice vouchers might wonder if their name will ever be called. Valley families on long waitlists could end up waiting several months or more, said …

State reps: Universal vouchers OK for students

6/22/2022
PHOENIX — State representatives voted Wednesday to let any Arizona youngster get state funds to attend a private or parochial school.

GOP's school voucher plan moves ahead

6/15/2022
PHOENIX — Four years after voters rejected a similar plan, Republican lawmakers are pushing ahead with a plan to let any of the 1.1 million students in public schools get vouchers to attend private and parochial schools.

Senate approves more voucher funding

2/16/2022
PHOENIX — State senators voted this week to make more taxpayer dollars available to more parents to send their children to private and parochial schools. The 16-12 vote, with only …

Arizona Senate committee approves voucher expansion

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to approve what would be the largest-ever increase in who can get a voucher of state funds to attend private and parochial …

Feds threaten to cut funding if Arizona incentivizes …

1/15/2022
PHOENIX — Federal officials are ordering Arizona to rescind its policy of giving COVID dollars only to schools without mask mandates or face having to give back $163 million in aid. But a …

Ducey to financially penalize Arizona schools that …

8/17/2021
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey is financially penalizing schools that impose mask mandates while offering vouchers to parents whose students attend one of those schools. Tuesdday, the governor …

GOP touts voucher program

2/4/2021
PHOENIX — Four years after voters rejected expanding a voucher program, Republican state lawmakers are trying again — and in a big way.

158 military veterans housed with Mesa voucher program

12/1/2020
Nearly 160 military veterans who had been without homes are using rental-assistance vouchers to live in Mesa in the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program, with funding available for …

West Valley districts approve resolutions urging …

5/8/2017
Peoria Unified is one public school district in the West Valley that passed a resolution opposing the bill expanding the Empowerment Scholarship Account. By Philip Haldiman, Independent …