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The Scholarship Payments Bill
Arizona bill blocks schools from asking about scholarship payments
ESAs; enrollment; required disclosures; prohibition
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
If passed, schools could not ask parents if they use state scholarship money or how much, and the state could not control those schools.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
Parents will keep their scholarship info private, but the state loses a way to check that public money is used properly, so oversight may slip.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Prohibits any government agency from exercising control or supervision over nonpublic schools or homeschool.
- Says a school that receives scholarship payments is not a state agent.
- Bars schools from requiring parents to disclose whether they use an empowerment scholarship or the amount in the account.
- Places the burden on the state to prove the law is necessary if challenged in court.
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