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Rapidly Expanding School Voucher Programs Pinch State Budgets
- Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs submitted a budget proposal in March highlighting rising costs of the state's school voucher program in 2024-2025.
- The voucher program, which uses public funds to pay private tuition, expanded after years of tax cuts, leading to growing budget pressures nationwide.
- Arizona has 75,000 voucher recipients, many already in private schools, raising concerns about funding parallel education systems from the general fund.
- Hobbs warned the program could exceed $1 billion next fiscal year and crowd out priorities like disability services and public safety pay raises.
- Experts say vouchers add costs and strain budgets; meanwhile, proponents argue they save taxpayers money and promote competition amid political divides.
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Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org In submitting her updated budget proposal in March, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs lamented the rising costs of the state’s school vouchers program that directs public dollars to pay private school tuition. Characterizing vouchers as an “entitlement program,” Hobbs said the state could spend more than $1 billion subsidizing private education in the upcoming fiscal year. The Democratic governor said those expenses could cr…
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Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets – Usa news
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org In submitting her updated budget proposal in March, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs lamented the rising costs of the state’s school vouchers program that directs public dollars to pay private school tuition. Characterizing vouchers as an “entitlement program,” Hobbs said the state could spend more than $1 billion subsidizing private education in the upcoming fiscal year. The Democratic governor said those expenses could cr…
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