Refuting False Claims of Fraud in Arizona’s School Choice Program

Refuting False Claims of Fraud in Arizona’s School Choice Program

Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program enables families to customize their children’s education. But critics like reporter Craig Harris at KPNX 12News in Phoenix have been pushing a misleading narrative about widespread fraud.Their stories falsely claim that 20% of spending in the program involves fraud or unallowable purchases. This figure stems directly from a misinterpretation of data from a risk-based audit conducted by the …