Deal to Reform ESA School Vouchers in Special Session Falls Apart

Biggs-backed plan fails as school voucher fight moves to ballot

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A plan by Republican lawmakers to call a special session of the Arizona Legislature to strike a deal with the state’s largest teachers union to kill a ballot initiative aimed at the school voucher program is likely dead in the water.

School voucher special session deal is likely dead in the water

Photo via Getty Images/iStockA plan by Republican lawmakers to call a special session of the Arizona Legislature to strike a deal with the state’s largest teachers union to kill a ballot initiative aimed at the school voucher program is likely dead in the water.  In the final hours of the annual legislative session just three weeks ago, Republican lawmakers pushed through a ballot referral that, if approved by voters, would nullify the two citiz…

Deal to reform ESA school vouchers in special session falls apart

A deal to reform Arizona's school voucher program in a special session of the Legislature collapsed just days before signatures to put reforms on the November ballot are due.

Last-minute voucher deal fails in Legislature

PHOENIX — Last-minute efforts to craft a deal to avoid a ballot fight over vouchers crumbled late Monday as Republican gubernatorial hopeful Andy Biggs got inserted into the fight.