Voucher oversight splits candidates for Arizona schools chief

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 1,036

Last Updated: 23 hours, 59 minutes ago

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Arizona’s billion-dollar and growing school voucher program took center stage Tuesday night as state Treasurer Kimberly Yee and former schoolteacher and community college president Teresa Leyba Ruiz sparred over how they would lead Arizona’s public schools as the next state schools chief.

The program, known formally as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, is projected to cost the state more than $1 billion this year and has drawn sharp criticism for a lack of regulations that has …

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