Arizona school choice law sets new standard for nation
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Arizona Legislature just passed the most expansive school choice law in the nation, delivering educational freedom to more than 1.1 million students.
Benjamin Toma, a Republican, is majority leader of the Arizona House of Representatives.
We are now the first state with a truly universal ESA program. Essentially, parents who apply for an ESA may direct about $7,000 to expenses like private school tuition, homeschooling expenses, educational therapies, and tutoring in exchange for not attending a public school or receiving a tuition tax credit scholarship.
While many scoffed at the notion that the Arizona Legislature could pass a universal ESA with single-vote Republican advantages in both chambers, I sensed the time was right for bold choices on education. West Virginia passed a massive ESA expansion last year. Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa raised eyebrows when she successfully supported primary defeats of eight incumbent Republicans who opposed her school choice measure.