Hobbs calls ESA program ‘billion-dollar boondoggle,’ urges income caps

By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol Times

Income caps, Gov. Katie Hobbs’ sole solid policy proposal to rein in the Empowerment Scholarship Account program in her State of the State Address, expectedly saw early support from public education advocates and immediate dismissal from school choice supporters. 

Those in support of Hobbs’ plan deemed it a solid first step, given a string of zip code analyses that found high income households typically utilize the ESA program at a higher rate than low-income families. 

But school choice supporters deemed Hobbs’ proposal mere rhetoric and raised the comparison to district or charter schools, which see no means-test or income cap as a determinant of entry or funding.

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