Brookings Institute: Arizona’s ‘universal’ education savings account program has become a handout to the wealthy
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Recently, Republican lawmakers have created or expanded private-school choice programs to allow nearly all students, regardless of their individual need, access to public funding to attend private schools.
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In Arizona, more advantaged communities are securing a highly disproportionate share of the funds from the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program.
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Families in the poorest communities are the least likely to obtain ESA funds.