Arizona Board of Education approves new ESA handbook amid parent concerns

Homeschooling offers options to families

School choice has become a prominent issue in the state of Texas with the passage of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs also known as vouchers).

Arizona State Board Agrees To New ESA Parent Handbook

After more than a year of gathering input from parents, lawmakers and other interested stakeholders, the updated Arizona Department of Education Empowerment Scholarship Account Parent Handbook has been approved in an 8-1 vote by the State Board of Education. State Superintendent Tom Horne made the successful motion to approve. “I am very pleased that the...

New ESA handbook approved by State Board of Education

Key Points: ESA Handbook approved by State Board after lengthy drafting and deliberation  Department of Education subbed price caps for framework to evaluate purchases Department, lawmakers and parents tried and failed to find final consensus   After months of meetings and pages of public comment, the State Board of Education signed off on the annual Empowerment Scholarship Account Handbook at a meeting on June 23.  Approval did not come with…

Arizona Board of Education approves new ESA handbook amid parent concerns

The Arizona State Board of Education voted 8-1 to approve a new Empowerment Scholarship Account or ESA handbook in a meeting on Monday after calls from parents to reject the new changes.