ESA Proposition Removed From November Ballot

Union Attack On Arizona School Choice Fails Again

By JASON BEDRICK via The Daily Signal | August 18, 2026 On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that dooms the Protect Education Act, the latest union-backed ballot initiative to gut the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program. Proposition 212 will not appear on the November ballot. It is the third time in a row that Save Our Schools Arizona has failed to gather enough valid signatures to attack school choice on…

ESA proposition removed from November ballot

Proposition 212, the proposed measure aimed to restrict Empowerment Scholarship Accounts for high-income families in Arizona, fell short of valid signatures needed for the ballot. FOX 10's Andrew Christiansen breaks down the ruling.

Teachers Union-Backed Effort To Restrict Arizona School Choice Falls Short After Supreme Court Ruling

A multimillion-dollar campaign backed by state and national teachers unions to restrict Arizona’s universal school-choice program has effectively failed to qualify for the November ballot after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the method used to count disputed petition signatures. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Clark et al. v. Protect Education et al. that a lower court correctly handled duplicate signatures submitted by the campaign…

Arizona court: Anti-school choice initiative lacks signatures

(The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an initiative to regulate the state’s school choice program appears to lack enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov.

Inside Arizona’s battle for school choice

Teacher Alexxa Martinez works in her classroom in Nevitt Elementary School, in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 26, 2022. - Teachers in Arizona are among the United States' lowest paid, making the cost-of-living crisis even more acute for educators in this key battleground for the upcoming mid-term elections. (Photo by Olivier TOURON / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

Goldwater Wins Victory for ESAs, But Unions’ Attack on School Choice Will Continue

PHOENIX — The Goldwater Institute has scored a major victory in the battle over the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program, with the Arizona Supreme Court finding the union-backed Protect Education Act fell below the number of valid signatures necessary to qualify for the November ballot. But school choice supporters say the defeat was not the...