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Save Our Schools AZ

2 months

🚨 BREAKING: @CNN reveals the devastating impacts of AZ’s universal #vouchers — warning the nation of our cautionary tale. @andersoncooper

Anderson Cooper 360°

@AC360

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Rene Marsh joins Anderson to explain how a CNN investigation found taxpayer dollars are helping to teach right-wing views at private schools in Arizona.

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Save Our Schools AZ

@arizona_sos

2 years

Congratulations, Governor Hobbs! For the first time in 14 years, Arizona has a pro-public education governor 🎉🎉🎉 We look forward to working with your administration to prioritize and fully-fund Arizona’s public schools. @katiehobbs #WelcomeGovHobbs #PublicSchoolProud

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Congratulations to AZ's next Governor, Katie Hobbs! 🎉🎉🎉 Gov. Hobbs will be the first pro-public ed governor in nearly 14 years. Our volunteers worked tirelessly for this outcome & we are so excited to work with her to ensure strong local public schools for every child!

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2 years

📣 BREAKING: Gov. Hobbs calls for a full repeal of Ducey’s ESA voucher expansion, prioritizing public education & upholding the will of AZ voters 🔥 Read our Weekly Ed Report for a summary of Hobbs’ K12 budget & more! #FundOurSchools #AZVoucherWatch 💥

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⚠️ In Paradise Valley, universal ESA #vouchers send millions a year to MAGA private schools— while the local school district is forced to close schools due to a lack of state funding. Universal vouchers are hurting our schools — we need to protect public education, NOW‼️

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2 years

#TeamSOSAZ is at the #AZLeg to bear witness to Supt. Horne's State of Education speech. We are here to let Mr. Horne know we will hold his office accountable for taxpayer dollars spent on vouchers, and expect him to uphold and serve AZ's 1.1 million public school students.

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Today, we are proud to announce the launch of #StopVoucherExpansion , an all-volunteer petition drive to refer universal ESA voucher expansion to the 2024 ballot. Join our movement to protect public education & keep $1B in AZ’s public schools TODAY:

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2 years

AZ fathers were confronted at a religious school receiving taxpayer-funded ESA vouchers, forced off campus & told their child would not have been enrolled had the school known their fathers were gay. It's not "school choice" - it's the school's choice 😡

'I felt very unsafe': Gay fathers confronted at Arizona religious school accepting vouchers

Legal experts said there are limited judicial avenues for families that experience gender-related discrimination at religious schools in Arizona.

www.azcentral.com

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@arizona_sos

2 years

141,714 AZ voters in 80 days. A historic volunteer movement fueled by amazing humans fighting for quality public schools for every child, in every neighborhood! Today was a GREAT day for AZ kids! ❤️🎉 #StopVoucherExpansion

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@arizona_sos

2 years

HAPPENING NOW: 305 signs to represent the 1.5M AZ voters who rejected #Prop305 & demanded #NoNewVouchers

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🔥 BREAKING - CNN lambasts AZ’s universal #vouchers in new investigation: “The program has cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than anticipated, disproportionately benefited richer areas, and funneled taxpayer funds to unregulated private schools.”

Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the...

As universal school voucher programs are sweeping the US, Arizona has led the way in diverting public funding to private schools.

www.cnn.com

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Today, we are proud to endorse Katie Hobbs as the next AZ Governor. Katie is a champion of public schools who will deliver results for AZ children. As a social worker, State Senator & Sec of State, she has worked to ensure every child has a quality education & a strong future.

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2 years

If you see our protesters (funded & coordinated by Betsy DeVos’ AFC & the Goldwater Institute, which aim to destroy public education)… make sure to come by & sign!

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@arizona_sos

3 years

Arizona is now ranked 51st😱in the nation in a new groundbreaking study with AZ spending the least per student than anywhere else. We call upon #AZLeg to #FundOurSchools and do right by the children and communities served by them.

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@arizona_sos

7 years

JUST IN: 108,224 referendum signatures pass @SecretaryReagan review, proceed to AZ county recorders. BIG WIN 4 THE PEOPLE OF AZ! #LetAZvote

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Today, Arizona’s public schools were dealt a devastating blow. The universal ESA voucher scheme passed by the R-controlled #AZLeg & Gov.Ducey has gone into effect despite our network’s herculean effort to stop it in its tracks. We will never stop fighting for AZ's students.

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Hear our statement regarding this historic victory to #StopVoucherExpansion . Full video here:

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@arizona_sos

2 years

DUCEY & REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS PASSED UNIVERSAL VOUCHERS TO DEFUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS & THEY PRETEND IT’S “SCHOOL CHOICE” —BUT IT DESTROYS THE CHOICES OF 90% OF AZ FAMILIES & FUNDS PRIVATE OPERATORS & MAGA CHARLATANS

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@arizona_sos

6 years

#Prop305 is defeated! Thank you Arizona for protecting public education & demanding tax dollar accountability. This is a victory for ALL Arizona children, families & communities. #NoProp305 #ProtectPublicEd #ProtectOurTaxDollars #ThankYou

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@arizona_sos

4 months

🎉 BREAKING NEWS: Tennessee has heeded Arizona’s warning, pushing back on the dark money groups trying to force #vouchers into their state. #VoucherWatch

The Tennessee Holler

@TheTNHoller

4 months

🚨 TENNESSEE UPDATE: Governor Lee’s voucher scam is reportedly dead Salute to all the parents, teachers, superintendents who spoke up. And the school boards and local officials who passed resolutions. You did it. You protected public schools. Give yourselves a hand 👏🏽

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4 months

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6 months

😳 BREAKING: Three AZ women indicted on charges of fraud/ theft of $150,000 relating to ESA #vouchers . With zero accountability, this grift of taxpayer 💰 will continue. Lawmakers MUST rein in this out-of-control program that’s scamming AZ taxpayers.

3 women facing charges in alleged ESA, health care schemes

The indictment was issued in July. 12News obtained a copy of the charges on Thursday.

www.12news.com

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@arizona_sos

4 months

🤔 It’s no coincidence — the same dark money groups spending big in AZ to force through school #vouchers are working to ban abortion.

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Our #Vote4PublicEd Voter Guide is here! 🎉🎉🎉 Share widely & download a copy to guide you on filling out your ballot. For more specific information & a list of endorsed school board candidates, visit

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Read our statement on today's news regarding #StopVoucherExpansion petitions:

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@arizona_sos

24 days

In Arizona, universal school #vouchers blew a hole through the state budget —triggering massive cuts to water, universities, community colleges, roads, and public schools 😡

ProPublica

@propublica

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New: 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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@arizona_sos

2 years

The AZ House passes voter-rejected universal voucher expansion #HB2853 on party lines, showing utter disregard for 1.5M AZ voters & 1.1M public school students who deserve fully funded schools. #WeWillVoteThemOut #WeNeedANewLegislature

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@arizona_sos

1 year

#AZLeg Teacher Caucus speaks out against ESA vouchers: "It's fiscally irresponsible to give away taxpayer dollars to private institutions with zero accountability" while the SPED students for whom the program was originally designed are deprioritized. 👏 We couldn't agree more.

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@arizona_sos

2 years

We have less than one month to save AZ’s public schools. #BeLikeAnn

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@arizona_sos

5 months

🚨 BREAKING: AZ Attorney General @AZAGMayes announces massive $600,000 fraud scandal in AZ's ESA #voucher program: “This is a program that is easy to target for fraud… [which has] only been exacerbated by universal expansion….it was very easy for these individuals to do this.”

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@JoeDanaReports

5 months

Mayes: Employees within the AZ Dept. of Education created “ghost students” with disabilities to obtains hundreds of thousands in ESA funds. Individuals “easily defeated” barriers to ensure accountability. 17 total real and fake students involved. More at 4pm and 6pm on @12news

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@arizona_sos

4 months

👀 NEW: We demand lawmakers TELL THE TRUTH — #vouchers cost AZ taxpayers $1 Billion per year! @RepBenToma @votewarren @RealTomHorne @ShawnnaLMBolick 🔥 This is right near the AZ State Capitol! Donate to put up more billboards at

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@arizona_sos

7 months

The audience broke into applause when @GovernorHobbs addressed the ESA #voucher program: "We must also address the long-term health of our K-12 schools - which means we must address the lack of accountability and transparency in AZ's ESA [voucher] program." #SOTS2024 #HobbsSOTS

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@arizona_sos

1 year

😤 Supt. Horne’s ADE is spending $600,000+ on TV, radio, and social media ads promoting… PRIVATE school vouchers? Share if you think the Superintendent of *Public* Instruction should be spending state dollars on PUBLIC instruction!

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@arizona_sos

9 months

🗣️ Glendale Teacher Jimmy wants to know why ESA vouchers can be used to purchase $500 LEGOS for an individual family when he had to spend a month applying for a grant to get generic LEGOS for math manipulatives, which will be used by hundreds of kids year after year. #VoucherScam

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@arizona_sos

2 years

The choice for #AZGov is clear. ✅ Katie Hobbs is a proven leader who has pledged to raise AZ teacher pay to the national average 🚫 Kari Lake has threatened to ban books, put body cameras on teachers & force politics into classrooms 🗳️

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@arizona_sos

1 year

🚨 JUST IN: ESA vouchers are projected to bankrupt the state by next year, costing $900M by July ‘24. There is no funding for this unaccountable, unbudgeted program — but our leaders are sitting idly while public education is destroyed in front of our eyes. #AZVoucherWatch

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@arizona_sos

10 months

AZ public schools resort to bake sales, fundraisers, and Donors Choose to afford field trips. Meanwhile, ESA vouchers are funding passes to zoos, museums, and aquariums— with NO accountability and on YOUR dime. RT if you agree that public dollars should stay in public schools!

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@arizona_sos

9 months

🤯 Look, we all love Legos and Star Wars… but that doesn’t mean AZ taxpayers should be footing the bill for $500 Lego sets 😲 Especially when public school teachers are crowdfunding for tissues ESA vouchers create a two-tiered system open for grift #VoucherGrift #FundOurSchools

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2 years

New Gov, who dis? Read SOSAZ’s Weekly Education Report to catch up on Gov. Hobbs’ budget, #AZLeg attack bills, and more! 🗞 #WeeklyEdReport #FundOurSchools #AZVoucherWatch Read here:

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@arizona_sos

2 years

THIS 🔥🔥🔥 Find a location to sign the #StopVoucherExpansion petition TODAY. #11MoreDays

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@arizona_sos

3 years

We are extremely concerned about rising #Covid cases & call upon AZ leaders to prioritize the lives & health of AZ educators, kids & families over political demands. Universal masks should be required, at the very least. AZ leaders must #DoBetter for our children & communities

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@arizona_sos

1 year

The AZ Department of Education released a new Empowering Parents hotline today. Please join us in calling 602-771-3500 to report how amazing it is that teachers are doing so much for our kids despite the lack of resources provided to them.

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Unsurprisingly, the wealthy will use universal ESA vouchers to subsidize private schools — at the expense of 1M AZ public school students. That’s not “school choice,” it’s highway robbery.

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@arizona_sos

6 months

It's no secret: private school vouchers are a scam.

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@arizona_sos

1 year

Kansas lawmakers canned private school vouchers last week. Many legislators spoke out against the vilification of public school teachers & stood in support of local public schools 💙🏫 Want the #AZLeg to do the same? Tell them at !

Kansas Legislature ditches voucher plan that extended to unregulated private schools • Kansas...

House senators disapproved a much-debated voucher program that would allow unregulated private schools to receive state dollars.

kansasreflector.com

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Universal vouchers are a "direct slap" in the face of AZ voters who rejected the expansion in 2018. AZ voters support our public schools & want *increased* funding for schools. They do NOT support siphoning $1B to unaccountable private for-profit schools 🛑 #StopVoucherExpansion

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@arizona_sos

1 year

👀 Supt. Horne & ESA Director Accurso explain how anyone with a high school diploma can receive ESA voucher funds for services - with no background checks, no fingerprint requirements & no credentials. Who is ensuring student safety & learning, and where taxpayer $$ is going?

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@arizona_sos

10 months

NEW: Today, @GovernorHobbs appointed former public school educator Commissioner Anna Tovar to the AZ State Board of Education! Tovar is a “champion of the public school system” & will be a fierce advocate for AZ’s 1.1M public school students. Congrats! 🎉

Gov. Katie Hobbs appoints Democratic utility regulator to state education board

Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Arizona Corporation Commissioner Anna Tovar to the state board that oversees and sets standards for public education.

www.azcentral.com

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@arizona_sos

1 year

🆕‼️AZ Attorney General @AZAGMayes announces she will investigate AZ’s unaccountable ESA voucher program for fraud, waste and abuse. Vouchers are on track to bankrupt AZ with no accountability to taxpayers. We applaud any attempt to rein in the program, before it's too late.

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1 year

Texas doesn’t want to repeat AZ’s failed universal ESA voucher experiment 🙅🏽‍♂️🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏼 Rev. Charles Foster Johnson of @pastors4txkids : “‘School choice’ is a deceptive misnomer” because the choice lies not so much with parents as with the private schools.

'School Choice' Is Just a Ploy to Defund Public Ed

The latest front in Christian nationalists’ battle to undermine separation of church and state.

www.texasobserver.org

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@arizona_sos

2 years

azfamily 3TV CBS 5

@azfamily

2 years

New Arizona school superintendent discusses priorities for improving public education:

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@arizona_sos

2 years

AZ voters do NOT want our taxpayer dollars funding extremist indoctrination schools 😡 Stop special interests & extremists from dismantling AZ public schools 🛑 #StopVoucherExpansion 🛑 ➡️

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@arizona_sos

2 years

It’s not about “school choice.” Private schools pick & choose their students, and can legally discriminate- even when taking in millions in public taxpayer 💰 via ESA vouchers. We’re in the final stretch!! Please sign & turn in ALL petitions at TODAY! 🙏🏼

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@arizona_sos

9 months

The #AZLeg held a sham voucher “accountability” hearing, offering little new info. and no accountability for taxpayers. A Gilbert mom testified about the wasteful spending in the ESA voucher program — while 92% of AZ kids in neighborhood public schools go without basic supplies.

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@arizona_sos

1 year

🚨 BREAKING: Gov. Hobbs’ office projects ESA voucher costs to hit $943M, with $320M in UNBUDGETED costs that will force cuts to public schools and more. AND – the top 2 administrators of the ESA department abruptly resigned as AG Mayes steps up oversight

Top 2 leaders of Arizona's school voucher program abruptly resign. Here's what you need to know.

Gov. Katie Hobbs' office projects a $319 million deficit connected to voucher spending

www.12news.com

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@arizona_sos

18 days

😡 “ #Project2025 ’s plan to eliminate public schools has already started… [and] make no mistake: the goal is to end public education.”

Project 2025’s Plan to Eliminate Public Schools Has Already Started

We are in a new wave of public school closures. Yours could be next, write Jessica Alcantara and Laura Petty.

time.com

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@arizona_sos

2 years

Best. Launch. Ever!!! 🔥🔥🔥 We are printing #StopVoucherExpansion petitions as fast as we can to keep up with the incredible demand! 📋 AZ voters ❤️ our public schools & our students. Sign up to join us:

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2 years

🧵 ESA vouchers are unequivocally harmful to AZ students. Read this thread to find out why SOSAZ is fighting tirelessly in AZ to prioritize public education & stop voucher expansion🛑 #AZVoucherWatch #VouchersHurt #FundOurSchools (1/14)

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@arizona_sos

7 years

🎉 IT'S OFFICIAL! Gov. @dougducey has been notified @arizona_sos referendum qualifies for Nov. 2018 ballot as Proposition 305! #NoProp305

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@arizona_sos

6 months

🏫 ICYMI: AZ’s public schools are being forced to cut services, lay off staff, & shut down schools — while the state siphons $900M to private schools via #vouchers . Read & find out action steps at:

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2 years

We know AZ voters ❤️ public schools, but WOW!!! 🤩 The turnout & support across the state continues to blow us away. Thank you for supporting #StopVoucherExpansion 🛑 & helping to keep $1B in public schools that serve 1M AZ kids.

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4 years

. @dougducey & @Supt_Hoffman : Punting public health decisions to individual schools, especially when local testing data isn’t accurate from day to day, leaves parents & schools in chaos & is another missed opportunity to lead that hurts AZ students, educators & families. 1/3

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2 months

👀 BREAKING: Supt. Horne caught in a lie as the Treasurer’s report shows over $1M in #voucher funding reimbursed for Lego sets— some costing upwards of $1800!

Parents of private voucher students spent over $1 million of public money buying Lego sets

The brick sets are an allowable purchase under the state's ESA program. But the volume and the type of sets are controversial.

www.12news.com

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@arizona_sos

9 months

Read our statement on Arizona’s 2023 bond and override elections:

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4 months

Thank you @GovernorHobbs !

Save Our Schools AZ

@arizona_sos

4 months

📢Thanks #TeamSOSAZ for lifting your voice against these bad bills! @GovernorHobbs vetoed: ❌ #SB1097 - Partisan school board elections ❌ #SB1151 - 10 Commandments in schools ❌ #SB1628 - Attack on LGBTQ youth ❌ #HB2271 - Private school license plates ❌ #HB2629 - Culture war bill

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😩 Governor Hobbs is now being forced to clean up the mess Ducey created with universal #vouchers and tax cuts for the rich. 📝 Be sure to sign the petition to demand #VoucherReform NOW:

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🤯 VOUCHER FRAUD: AZ Attorney General @AZAGMayes announced $600,000 in ESA #voucher fraud, uncovering a scandal involving fake children & forged companies. With zero accountability in AZ’s voucher program, these schemes will continue to rob AZ taxpayers.

Former Department of Education employees accused of defrauding Arizona voucher program

A grand jury has indicted five people for allegedly defrauding Arizona's eduction voucher program, Attorney General Kris Mayes announced.

www.azcentral.com

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@arizona_sos

3 years

Read our statement on Governor Ducey's State of the State address:

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3 years

In his #SOTS , Gov @dougducey announced “we are sitting atop a surplus of several billion dollars.” We call upon him to invest these funds in making AZ public school funding competitive rather than *last* in the nation. It’s simple: #FundOurSchools to make #AZUnstoppable

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3 years

Read our statement on Governor Ducey's executive order:

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1 year

📢 We want to make one thing abundantly clear to the #AZLeg : Any budget that does not roll back, freeze, or significantly cap the off-the-rails universal ESA voucher program is unacceptable. Read more in our #WeeklyEdReport @

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2 years

While Gov. Ducey clapped himself on the back for robbing public school children & lining the pockets of rich for-profit operators — we were busy gathering signatures statewide to 🛑 #StopVoucherExpansion ! Sign & get petitions at ASAP! We’ve got 1 month!

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2 years

From Kingman to Tucson & everywhere between, AZ voters are lining up to sign the 🛑 #StopVoucherExpansion petition to keep $1B in AZ public schools to benefit all 1M AZ schoolchildren 🎉 Find more locations to sign & pick up petitions at ➡️

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2 years

Day 1: Thousands of folks came out to sign the #StopVoucherExpansion petition 📋 to protect public education for 1.1M AZ kids 🔥❤️ We love you Arizona! Find petitions at our growing list of hubs across the state:

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2 years

Today, we are proud to endorse Kathy Hoffman as AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction. Kathy is an educator, parent & champion of public schools who has delivered incredibly strong results for AZ's children for the past 4 years. #Vote4PublicEd #PublicSchoolProud

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We are so grateful for Superintendent Hoffman’s incredible service to AZ students, educators & public schools. We are inspired by your relentless optimism for public education and will keep that optimism strong ❤️ #PublicSchoolProud #ThankYou

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The team working on Mother's Day. Because that's what moms do: we don't quit on kids. #SaveOurSchools #repealSB1431

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80% of kids using universal ESA vouchers already attend a private school or homeschool. It’s never been about “school choice”-- it’s always been about defunding public education 😡 #AZVoucherWatch #VouchersHurt ➡️

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🔥 AZ Senator Marsh: “The illusion of school choice empowering parents through universal vouchers while saving the state money is the most expensive dishonesty peddled by the Republican legislative majority since the Alt Fuels Fiasco. ” #AZVoucherWatch

Arizona Legislature can't wait to fix the universal school voucher mess it created

Arizona's universal school voucher expansion was a big mistake that'll cost nearly $1 billion a year. Let's scrap it before it's too late.

www.azcentral.com

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⚠️🚨SOSAZ Director @AZBethLewis is sounding the alarm that #vouchers are threatening the future of public schools: “Our schools have been underfunded for so long… even the smallest amount of movement is going to destabilize that. And our public schools cannot hold.’”

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1 year

🤩 EXCITING NEWS: We are thrilled to announce our first guest speaker for the 1st Annual Celebration of Arizona’s Public Schools – Arizona’s education champion, Kathy Hoffman! 🎉🎉 🎟️ Tickets are selling fast - get yours today!

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🌇 Thank you, @GovernorHobbs for lighting the Executive Tower #RedForEd for #PublicSchoolsWeek 🍎 What an amazing show of support for Arizona’s students and educators!! #AZLovesPublicSchools #PublicSchoolProud #PSW24

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😤AZ was the first state to implement universal vouchers — decimating our budget & fueling state-funded hate. Betsy DeVos’ American Federation for Children joined other billionaire extremists to force through #voucher programs that transfer public $ to private, religious schools.

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Supt. Tom Horne just announced his dept approved $22M in ESA voucher payments to unaccountable vendors in ONE DAY. It makes one wonder, how can accountability of taxpayer 💵 be a priority with this type of money grab? #StateofEd #AZVoucherWatch

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@arizona_sos

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🔥 @piper4missouri on AZ’s ESA voucher program: “Arizona is the canary in the coal mine. I mean, you guys had a $900M hole blown into your budget because of [ESA vouchers]. That’s not fiscally responsible.” #VouchersHurt #VoucherScam

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👏 We applaud @GovernorHobbs ’ plan to reform AZ's unaccountable universal ESA voucher program. A plan to increase student safety, financial transparency & accountability for private schools receiving taxpayer 💲 is a strong step in the right direction.

Gov. Katie Hobbs unveils plan to rein in Arizona school voucher program

Gov. Katie Hobbs wants to rein in the state's universal voucher program, a contrast to her stance last year when she called for repealing the program.

www.azcentral.com

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@arizona_sos

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🤯 AZ’s out-of-control universal ESA #voucher program is funneling nearly $1B in taxpayer $ for luxury items & extras, like “chicken coops, firearm hunting lessons, drivers’ training in luxury cars, horseback riding lessons... and costs for ski trips.”

ESA vouchers have cost Arizona taxpayers nearly $1 billion

PHOENIX — In 2012, Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) plan was a blessing for parents whose children needed an assisted learning environment, those in foster care who need privacy and

www.myheraldreview.com

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@arizona_sos

8 months

Supt. Horne knows that universal vouchers are rife with fraud and misuse, and is fully aware the ADE is currently approving vast sums of voucher funding for exorbitant, non-educational items. This tantrum in the form of a press release shows he wants to hide this from taxpayers.

Arizona Department of Education

@azedschools

8 months

Superintendent Horne is pushing back against @arizona_sos lies. No ESA parent has been reimbursed to buy a $500 Star Wars Lego set, which is a fake photo put out by SOS. They spread pro Hamas propoganda and disregarded the concerns of Jewish students.

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🚨 ICYMI: Even based on ADE’s estimates, “taxpayers will be footing a $495M bill to underwrite private school tuition for wealthy families… There’s no cost savings to be found.” @RhondaCagle1

azcentral opinions

@azcopinions

1 year

Arizona's universal school voucher program suffers from a giant math problem, one that could bankrupt the state.

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Former Gov. Ducey’s universal #vouchers and tax cuts for the rich have busted AZ’s budget — but Hobbs has to clean up the mess 🧹 Get the 🍵 on the #AZLeg ’s budget woes and more – read the #WeeklyEdReport at

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@arizona_sos

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😡Supt. Horne’s ESA Voucher Director John Ward excuses voucher grift as “completely allowable.” How do YOU feel about your taxpayer $ being spent on extravagant items like driving lessons in luxury cars & ski passes — while AZ public school students are funded at 48th in the US?

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@arizona_sos

3 years

Thank you to AZ House Reps who just rejected the nation’s largest ESA voucher expansion. We must work together to strengthen & fund our public schools, rather than investing in unaccountable voucher schemes pushed by out-of-state special interests. #NoNewVouchers #ProtectPublicEd

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@arizona_sos

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🤯 SHOCKING: AZ #voucher users tried to buy $15,000 watches, $5,000 massage chairs, and a $24,000 golf simulator. ADE’s ESA Voucher Director says “when there are extravagant purchases being made, it puts the program in a very difficult position”

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1 year

🔥 OPINION: “School choice was always a Trojan horse… It was a system designed to use taxpayer dollars to fund ‘separate but unequal’ schooling…" #AZVoucherWatch

Column: Why 'school choice' was doomed when it became a cover for segregation

Racism inspired the explosion of private religious schools after Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. Cost to taxpayers may be their undoing.

www.latimes.com

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@arizona_sos

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AZ’s #vouchers aren’t designed to help low-income students. In fact, the vast majority are going to families in wealthier zip codes who were already attending private schools. Meanwhile, local public schools are being robbed. 😡 #VouchersHurt Read more @

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@arizona_sos

1 year

🔥 OPINION: “It is apparently not enough that Arizona taxpayers will be spending an estimated $900 million to send children to private schools this coming year. Turns out we’re also kicking in $10 million to market those private schools.” 😡 🤯

It's not enough that taxpayers pay for private schools. Now we're paying to market them?

Supporters of Arizona's public schools will be happy, I'm sure, to hear that we are now spending $10 million to market private schools.

www.azcentral.com

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@arizona_sos

2 years

In her inaugural SOTS speech, @GovernorHobbs says fairly funding public education is the number one issue she plans to tackle. Read below to see the incredible list of priorities Hobbs has set out to fund & protect public education. #AZforEveryone #AZSOTS #HobbsSOTS #SOTS2023

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@arizona_sos

10 months

🐳 More and more ESA voucher families are spending taxpayer dollars on extravagant excursions like whale-watching trips while on vacation 🤯 Meanwhile, public school teachers are crowdfunding for basic supplies like pencils and tissues. #VoucherGrift

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@arizona_sos

1 year

🔊 Listen as @piper4missouri explains the catastrophic impact that school vouchers have on rural communities. It’s clear: defunding local public schools destroys rural towns. #VouchersHurt 📺 Watch the full conversation here:

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