Posted on 07/19/2022 6:02:40 PM PDT by marshmallow
PHOENIX (CNS) — The Catholic bishops of Arizona issued a joint statement lauding the passage and signing of a bill intended to expand school choice throughout the state.
The law, among other things, extends Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program to all children in the state regardless of family income.
“We strongly support a quality education for all children in Arizona and believe it is best to have good district schools, charter schools, private schools and home-school options,” said a July 7 statement from the Arizona bishops.
The bill “will increase school choice substantially, which is a very good thing,” they added.
“Parents are the primary educators of their children and know what schools best fit the needs of their families,” the bishops said. “By making the ESA program eligible for all students, many more families will now have a more meaningful option.”
Signing the statement were now-retired Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevarez of Phoenix, Bishop Edward J. Wiesenberger of Tucson, and Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico. Half of the Gallup Diocese is in Arizona.
Arizona families who participate would receive more than $6,500 per year per child for private school, home-schooling, “micro schools” — which provide a smaller learning community, tailored to the needs of each student — tutoring or any other kind of educational service that helps meet the needs of students outside the traditional public school system.
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Catholic schools and nuns. It worked. No Mary Kaye Letorneau’s out there unless I’m mistaken.
Wow - 49 to go
You beat me to it!
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