Arizona teachers reject ‘bad faith’ plan tying funding renewal to voucher protections

AZ teachers reject ‘bad faith’ plan tying funding renewal to voucher protections

Public education advocates say they’ll work to kill a Republican effort to add private school vouchers to the Arizona Constitution by tying them to renewing funding to increase teacher pay — even if that means forfeiting millions in public school…

Arizona teachers reject ‘bad faith’ plan tying funding renewal to voucher protections

Save Our Schools Arizona filled the lawn outside the Arizona House of Representatives denouncing a Republican plan to expand Empowerment Scholarship Account vouchers to all Arizona students on June 22, 2022. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorPublic education advocates say they’ll work to kill a Republican effort to add private school vouchers to the Arizona Constitution by tying them to renewing funding to increase teacher pay — even…

Read Dem Legislators and Public Ed Activists Shun Republican School Voucher Poison Pill now from Blog for Arizona for Politics from a Liberal Viewpoint

Following a forceful response from Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan to the Republican behind the scenes scheming to “enshrine” their welfare for the rich entitlement program known as the Empowerment Scholarship Account Private School Voucher System in the State Constitution, Legislative Democrats gathered with public school activists to call attention to the MAGA ‘hijacking” of ...