Gov. Katie Hobbs and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne exchanged verbal blows this week over the ESA reimbursement program.

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Arizona School Superintendent says ESA reimbursements up to $2,000 will be automatically approved. Gov. Hobbs urges him to reconsider.

After Governor Katie Hobbs urged Superintendent Tom Horne to reconsider approving ESA purchases less than $2,000, Horne accused her of not reading legislation.

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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is demanding that the Arizona Department of Education reconsider a policy that she herself approved, which fast-tracks spending of Empowerment Scholarship Account funding in amounts under $2,000. In response, the state's top public school official, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, is asking why she now questions a practice, known as...

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Gov. Hobbs, Superintendent Horne spar over ESA reimbursement change

Photo by iStock / Getty Images PlusDemocratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is urging Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne not move forward with a plan to automate the approval process for some of Arizona’s school voucher program reimbursements.  The Arizona Department of Education announced last week that it plans to clear a backlog of reimbursement requests from families who use the state’s universal school voucher program by automatic…

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by Cole Lauterbach   Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wants the Department of Education to reconsider a new policy that fast-tracks low-dollar spending of Empowerment Scholarship Account funding, but the state’s top public school official asks why she signed it into law. The Arizona Department of Education announced earlier in December that it would shift to “risk-based auditing” in ESA spending requests under $2,000. Superintendent of Public Instructio…

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Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is urging Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne not move forward with a plan to automate the approval process for some of Arizona’s school voucher program reimbursements.  The Arizona Department of Education announced last week that it plans to clear a backlog of reimbursement requests from families who use... Source  [...]

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wants the Department of Education to reconsider a new policy that fast-tracks low-dollar spending of Empowerment Scholarship Account funding, but the state's top public school official asks why she signed it into law.

Gov. Hobbs, Superintendent Horne spar over ESA reimbursement change

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