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Arizona House Dem Leader criticized after sharing cropped photo of letter about state's Empowerment Scholarship Account program savings
Arizona House Democrat Leader Andrés Cano (D-20) received Twitter “Community Notes” after sharing only a portion of a letter he said showed “Empowerment Scholarship Accounts will bankrupt our state and public schools.”
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DeAngelis to Hobbs: ‘You went to a private school, hypocrite’
A national school choice advocate criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) after Hobbs said Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program is “not sustainable.”
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AZ Department of Ed: 'More than 48,000 students in Arizona now benefit from Empowerment Scholarship Accounts'
More than 48,000 students in Arizona now benefit from Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA), according to the Arizona Department of Education, despite plans by Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) to repeal the program.
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Arizona governor’s plans to repeal Empowerment Scholarship Accounts draws criticism
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' recently proposed budget includes repeal of the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program, but Steve Smith, Arizona state director of the American Federation for Children, says rolling back ESA could affect school choices and aid extended to low-income students.