Arizona Education Department Sued Over Voucher Program Administration

Published: Monday, November 18, 2019 - 1:49pm
Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - 10:32am
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Two pro-school voucher nonprofits are threatening to sue the Arizona Department of Education for failure to send on-time payments to parents whose kids use a special program to attend non-public schools.

The Goldwater Institute and the Liberty Justice Center filed a Notice of Claim against the department last week.

They allege the agency is forcing parents to pay for tuition costs out of their own pockets because checks were not mailed in time. The students are part of the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program that uses taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition, tutoring or home-school curriculum.

Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services joined The Show to talk about this development alongside other stories in Arizona politics this week.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been modified to clarify that Fischer did not write the story for Arizona Capitol Times. 

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