Arizona Launches Expansive New School Voucher Program
- Arizona now offers private school vouchers to all K-12 students regardless of family income or wealth.
- Voucher enrollment is projected to reach 100,000 students next summer, just a few years after the program launched.
- Other Republican-led states are moving to create similarly universal voucher programs.
- Supporters argue vouchers give families more educational choices, while critics worry they will divert funding from public schools.
- Private schools accepting vouchers are not required to give state tests or report student achievement data, raising accountability concerns.