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We want to thank all the school boards who are taking a stance in opposing the expansion of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts by passing resolutions at their school board meetings. As you know, Senate Bill 1431. was recently passed by the Legislature to expand ESAs beginning in 2017-18. Since the program was introduced in 2011, Arizona has spent $99.7 million funding ESAs. This is a direct conflict with ASBA’s Political Agenda and a massive blow to our K-12 public schools. We encourage all school boards to pass this resolution at your next school board meeting. Together, we will stand united declaring a clear opposition of ESAs. Please send your signed resolution to Leigh Jensen, ASBA’s Governmental Relations Associate.
Thank you to the following school boards who have officially passed the ESA resolution on behalf of their students, teachers, parents and community.
  • Agua Fria Union High School District
  • Ajo Unified School District
  • Altar Valley School District
  • Amphitheater Public Schools
  • Antelope Union High School District
  • Apache Junction Unified School District
  • Ash Creek Elementary School
  • Avondale Elementary School District
  • Bagdad Unified School District
  • Balsz Elementary School District
  • Beaver Creek School District
  • Bisbee Unified School District
  • Buckeye Elementary School District
  • Buckeye Union High School District
  • Bullhead City Elementary School District
  • CAVIAT School District
  • Casa Grande Elementary School District
  • Catalina Foothills School District
  • Cave Creek Unified School District
  • Chevelon Butte School District
  • Chinle Unified School District
  • Chino Valley Unified School District
  • Cobre Valley Inst. Of Technology District (CVIT)
  • Congress Elementary School District
  • Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District
  • Crane School District
  • Creighton School District
  • Dysart Unified School District
  • Flagstaff Unified School District
  • Flowing Wells School District
  • Fort Thomas Unified School District
  • Fountain Hills Unified School District
  • Fowler Elementary School District
  • Gadsden Elementary School District
  • Ganado Unified School District
  • Gilbert Public Schools
  • Glendale Elementary School District
  • Glendale Union High School District
  • Globe Unified School District
  • Heber-Overgaard Unified School District
  • Higley Unified School District
  • Holbrook Unified School District
  • J.O. Combs Unified School District
  • Kayenta Unified School District
  • Kingman Unified School District
  • Lake Havasu Unified School District
  • Laveen Elementary School District
  • Litchfield Elementary School District
  • Madison Elementary School District
  • Maricopa Unified School District
  • Mayer Unified School District
  • Mesa Public Schools
  • Miami Unified School District
  • Mingus Union High School District
  • Mohave Valley School District
  • Morenci School District
  • NAVIT
  • Nadaburg Unified School District
  • Nogales Unified School District
  • Oracle Elementary School District
  • Osborn School District
  • Page Unified School District
  • Palominas Elementary School District
  • Paradise Education Centers
  • Paradise Valley Unified School District
  • Parker Unified School District
  • Patagonia Elementary School District
  • Patagonia Union High School District
  • Payson Unified School District
  • Pendergast Elementary School District
  • Peoria Unified School District
  • Phoenix Elementary School District
  • Phoenix Union High School District
  • Prescott Unified School District
  • Queen Creek Unified School District
  • Saddle Mountain Unified School District
  • Safford Unified School District
  • Sahuarita Unified School District
  • Salome Consolidated Elementary School District
  • San Carlos Unified School District
  • Sanders Unified School District
  • Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District
  • Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District
  • Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District
  • Show Low School District
  • Sierra Vista Unified School District
  • Snowflake School District
  • Somerton School District
  • St. Johns Unified School District
  • Stanfield Elementary School District
  • Sunnyside Unified School District
  • Superior Unified School District
  • Tanque Verde Unified School District
  • Tempe Elementary School District
  • Tempe Union High School District
  • Tolleson Elementary School District
  • Tolleson Union School District
  • Topock Elementary School District
  • Tucson Unified School District
  • Washington Elementary School District
  • Welton Elementary School District
  • Western Arizona Vocational Education School District
  • Willcox Unified School District
  • Wilson School District
  • Window Rock Unified School District
  • Winslow Unified School District
  • Yarnell School District
  • Yavapai Accommodation School District
  • Yuma Elementary School District

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Expansion of ESAs passed by the Legislature – SB1431/HB2394

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School board resolution template

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The Data: ESA cost to the state by school district and legislative district

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The Basic Facts & Talking Points

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Academic Accountability: How do Arizona’s ESAs measure up?

  • Who’s keeping track of how well students with ESAs are doing?
  • The differences between district and ESA academic accountability requirements
  • While ALEC’s draft “The Educational Savings Account Act” included numerous academic accountability standards, the legislation introduced and passed in Arizona in 2011, which was based on it, did not include any of them.
  • A look at ESA bills now being considered by Arizona legislators

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What are Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts?

  • Who uses ESAs?
  • How have ESAs grown?
  • How much have ESAs already cost the state general fund?

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