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The ESA voucher scam is part of “an organized effort to create an environment where it is hard for public schools to exist.” Project 2025 uses Arizona’s failed universal ESA voucher program as a model – now, the Trump administration is pushing to roll it out across the country😡

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National Public Schools Week starts tomorrow! 🎉 It’s time to stand up for public education 💪📣 ROUND-UP: Catch up with ALL of the K-12 news at the federal, state, and local level in our newest #WeeklyEdReport @ bit.ly/February23EdReport

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Ready to learn more about the state of K-12 education in AZ? Want us to present to your organization or group? SOSAZ Network offers both virtual and in-person presentations hosted by expert & fun facilitators. 👩🏼‍🏫 Request our updated 2025 Roadshow presentation today: www.sosaznetwork.org/roadshow/

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As President Trump calls for the dismantling of the US Dept of Education, his pick for Secretary of Education has advanced to the full Senate. Make no mistake: Linda McMahon will wreak havoc on public education in America. 📲 Call your Senators TODAY: secure.everyaction.com/p/JGb7yIw5aU...

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Swipe ➡️ to learn about the integral role the US Dept. of Education plays in ensuring that America’s most vulnerable students receive the funding and support they need for an appropriate education — and why the Trump administration is dead set on dismantling it 😟

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"USAID's funding is roughly 0.3 % of total federal spending. That’s quite a bargain, considering the vital role USAID plays in sustaining America’s 'soft power.' It’s no wonder Trump hates USAID. After all, MAGA only appreciates hard power." by @playtyperguy.com www.publicnotice.co/p/usaid-dest...

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🚨 ACT NOW: There are just a few hours left to tell the Senate Ed. Committee to VOTE NO on #SCR1028 — Sen. Bolick’s (LD2) bill targeting school bond measures a d putting billions in funding for AZ public school students at risk! 😡

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Grifters like Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk are profiting from AZ's universal ESA voucher scheme — opening discriminatory private schools that drain funding from our public schools. Now, the Trump administration is trying to push this same model across the nation 😡

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🔥 SOSAZ in The New Yorker: “Most of the families who enrolled in the [voucher] program were not moving their children out of public schools – the vouchers instead serve as a discount on the private tuition they were already paying, and… represent an entirely new cost to the state.”

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🚨It’s “Crossover Week” at the #AZLeg, meaning do or die time for most bills. It’s one of the most critical times to make your voice heard — get your RTS thumbs ready 👎👍bit.ly/RTSazleg

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🚨BAD BILL ALERT: Sen. Bolick (LD2) attacks school bond measures, threatening billions in funding for AZ’s public schools. Urge the Senate Ed. Committee to vote NO on #SCR1028 TODAY!

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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$: 🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$: 🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$: 🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid

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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$: 🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year. Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

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🔊 Sasha is an ESA voucher parent who is “enraged” that wealthy families are using a program that was originally intended for students with disabilities. #VouchersHurt

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The “universal” branding in today’s school voucher schemes just means: Now, wealthier families get them too. Private schools still choose their students, so it’s not universal access. All these bills do is hand out vouchers— you’re on your own to find a place to use them.

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When cities clear homeless encampments, workers often take people’s belongings — including important documents, survival gear and irreplaceable mementos. Over and over, people across the U.S. told ProPublica they were devastated by such losses: https://propub.li/3WScD3g

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🗣️ Gena, an ESA voucher parent, is angry that people who do not need assistance are taking advantage of and abusing Arizona’s ESA voucher program. #VouchersHurt

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😡 Supt. Horne wants to shut down the US Dept. of Education 🏫 Find out what the Dept. of Ed does for Arizona kids! 🎉 The AZ school meals bill advances at the #AZLeg Read it all in our fresh #WeeklyEdReport ▶️ bit.ly/February8EdReport

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Extremists continue to protest at Arizona high schools, harassing minors and spreading hate. We refuse to let them threaten our students & educators! Thank you for standing up to show that LOVE is louder and that everyone belongs in our public schools. #PublicSchoolProud ❣️

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If you’re wondering why Elon Musk targeted U.S. Agency For International Development before anything else, you probably didn’t know that the USAID Inspector General was investigating one of this oligarch’s companies, Starlink for what they’ve done in Ukraine. Seems relevant.

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😡 Republican State Rep. David Livingston is proposing deep cuts to essential DDD services for children with disabilities— but refuses to consider any reforms to Arizona’s universal voucher program draining nearly $1 Billion per year from the state budget. #VouchersHurt

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😡 Last week’s Executive Orders came right from Project 2025’s dangerous plan to privatize America’s ed system via vouchers. The playbook starts with discrediting our public schools—watch Part 1 to learn more about these attacks on public ed & who’s behind them. More: bit.ly/VoucherPlaybook

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😢 Public schools & universities are under attack: “Armed U.S. ICE agents forcing their way into schools & arresting people. Students banned from using bathrooms & other facilities according to their preferred gender identity. Teachers fired for speaking honestly about racism…” wapo.st/4gowuxZ

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😡 AZ State Representative David Livingston suggests steep cuts to essential DDD services for children with disabilities — but refuses to consider any reforms to universal vouchers which cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion per year. #VouchersHurt

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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

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🗣️ Use your voice! It takes just a few minutes to use #RequestToSpeak to let Arizona lawmakers know your stance on public ed bills being heard in committee at: bit.ly/RTSazleg. Be sure to read SOSAZ’s #WeeklyEdReport to learn more about these bills ➡️ bit.ly/February2EdReport

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Trump has wasted no time enacting Project 2025, w/ sweeping attacks on public schools & threats to defund public ed😤 Keeping up with the news can be exhausting! We make it easy to find the ed news you need to know in one place. Read our latest #WeeklyEdReport ➡️ bit.ly/February2EdReport

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There was A LOT of news this week and much of it was education related. Catch up here!

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The two most persistent falsehoods peddled in education policy are: 1) that vouchers = “school choice” and improve student results 2) that investing in public schools has no impact Both have 10+ years of data now consistently showing otherwise.

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😡"Are teachers going to be given a felony if we teach Romeo and Juliet?” Extremist AZ lawmakers are once again pushing for book bans, attempting to add a felony penalty to the existing law. These attacks on freedom of speech are just veiled attempts to discredit teachers & public schools.

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A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit that I, along with 22 other states, filed this week against President Trump’s OMB memo to halt federal grants and loans. Full press release here: www.azag.gov/press-releas...

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😢 Arizona’s universal ESA vouchers are causing devastating impacts to our communities. “Arizona is ripe for school closures due to decades of inadequate state funding [and] public dollars siphoned away by school vouchers.” #VouchersHurt

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Nominate a deserving AZ educator! Lets recognize their work and celebrate them. bit.ly/CAPSnom25

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😡 Trump’s second term has already presented significant concerns for Arizona’s students, educators, and public schools. 📰 Read the latest #WeeklyEdReport to learn what has happened, what is coming, and actions you can take @ bit.ly/January26EdReport

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🗣️ SPEAK UP for Arizona kids! Use #RequestToSpeak NOW to urge lawmakers to vote YES on HB2213, which provides free school meals to all students currently receiving reduced price lunches. This bill will be heard tomorrow, 1/28 — make your voice heard @ bit.ly/RTSazleg

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😍 Yesterday, SOSAZ hosted a picnic to celebrate our amazing volunteers and it was WONDERFUL! Thank you to everyone who is a part of #TeamSOSAZ for continuing to fight for Arizona’s kids. We are stronger together. Remember, JOY is an act of resistance.

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😧Voucher lobbyists sold AZ’s universal ESA voucher program as a way to help low-income kids. 2 years later, less than 5% of voucher recipients live in a zip code with a median income under $50K. Vouchers are a handout to the wealthy, siphoning $ from the public schools that 90% of AZ’s kids attend.

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😡 The first week of Trump’s second term has already ushered in many serious concerns for Arizona’s students, educators and public schools — from ICE raids, attacks on LGBTQ students, and threats of federal voucher programs, it’s overwhelming, deeply sad, and scary.

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In Tennessee, lobbyists are trying to push through a massive private school voucher program. Education policy expert @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social warns that voucher programs have had catastrophic financial and academic impacts in states like AZ where they have been implemented. #VouchersHurt

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🤔 DID YOU KNOW? Arizona’s wealthiest ZIP code, 85253 in Paradise Valley, has the highest rate of vouchers in the state — with approximately 1 in 4 students in the area receiving an ESA voucher. #VouchersHurt #FundOurSchools

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😮 The vast majority of Arizona’s universal ESA vouchers go to people in the wealthiest zip codes in the state. AZ taxpayers are subsidizing private schooling for wealthy families that could already afford it. Learn more here: www.abc15.com/news/local-n...

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💻 Email your lawmakers TODAY to let them know that you support SOSAZ’s policy priorities to #FundOurSchools and reform Arizona’s out-of-control ESA voucher program! 📧 Our easy-to-use email tool makes it simple to make your voice heard: bit.ly/FundAZSchools

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😡 “We shouldn't be shutting down schools for low-income students in order to send rich private school students to a private school they could already afford.” #FundOurSchools #VouchersHurt

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🏫 Most US voters do NOT want to abolish the U.S. Department of Education — and a majority of both Democrats and Republicans support keeping the department. Check out the results of this powerful new poll by All4Ed: bit.ly/All4EdPoll

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🔥 SOSAZ Director Beth Lewis sets the record straight: “Our schools are shutting down rapidly and it is because of the voucher program and it is because our Legislature has refused to fund our schools.” #FundOurSchools #VouchersHurt

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👏 Over 2/3 of US voters prefer increasing public school funding rather than increasing funding for vouchers — including majorities of Republican and Trump voters — according to a new poll by All4Ed. Read the details here: bit.ly/All4EdPoll

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