Ballot Measure Would Add More Limits to Arizona School Vouchers

After compromise dies, Arizona GOP rushes through ballot referral to block voucher reforms

(Photo by Getty Images)In the final hours of the annual legislative session, Republican lawmakers pushed through a ballot referral that, if approved by voters, would nullify two citizen-led initiatives aimed at regulating the state’s billion-dollar school voucher program.  The move came after a failed last-ditch effort to avoid a public vote on the voucher program led by the Arizona Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union. That…

GOP offers voucher deal to avoid ballot fight

PHOENIX -- House Republican leaders are agreeing to impose some new limits on the use of school vouchers in exchange for education advocates asking voters to approve a more far-reaching measure.

Ballot measure would add more limits to Arizona school vouchers

House Republican leaders are agreeing to impose some new limits on the use of school vouchers in exchange for education advocates asking voters to approve a more far-reaching measure.

House GOP offer new school voucher limits as a ballot blocker

Key Points: House Republicans offer deal with education advocates Deal with Arizona Education Association includes list of forbidden purchases GOP lawmakers promise to scrap a separate ballot measure restricting teacher unions House Republican leaders are willing to impose new limits on the use of school vouchers as a trade off for a more far-reaching measure proposed by education advocates. The deal offered to the Arizona Education Associati…