ProPublicaJul 16, 2024

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
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#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.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-school-vouchers-budget-meltdown

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.

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.

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@ProPublica The purpose of school vouchers was never to save money, that was just the lie they used to sell to the gullible public. School vouchers exist for the purpose of re-implementing class and racial segregation while defunding traditional public educational facilities.
Jul 17, 2024 at 11:54pmWeb