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Arizona has school vouchers for all, low-income families aren’t using to use them https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101424_low_income_vouchers/arizona-has-school-vouchers-all-low-income-families-arent-using-use-them/
Working-class parents have often said they’re at least initially interested in school vouchers, which in Arizona are called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, yet when it comes to lower-income families actually choosing to use vouchers, the numbers tell a very different story.
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I seem to recall recently a state Supreme Court (I forget which state) blocked low income households from using such vouchers toward private schools. So, not only do such programs rob funding from public schools, but they also discriminate against the poor./
State and local experience proves school vouchers are a failed policy that must be opposed
As voucher expansion bills gain momentum, look to public school advocates for guidance
https://www.epi.org/blog/state-and-local-experience-proves-school-vouchers-are-a-failed-policy-that-must-be-opposed-as-voucher-expansion-bills-gain-momentum-look-to-public-school-advocates-for-guidance/