A new report by the Arizona Department of Education puts the cost of the universal voucher plan at about $900 million this coming school year.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs promised Thursday to launch a new effort to get state lawmakers to curb the growth of universal school vouchers.
That argument, however, may hold little sway among GOP leaders who refused to negotiate with her before. The Gilbert Republican on Thursday refused to comment on the original report, the questions raised by budget staffers or the governor's interest in raising the issue again. Hobbs, in her first State of the State speech in January, decried the program that lets any student in the state get a school voucher.
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