Republicans in the Arizona State Legislator said in a Friday press release they will not pass the budget proposed by Governor Katie Hobbs (D), which would eliminate tax credits for low-income families with students and force about half of the students currently participating in the popular Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) school choice program to return to public schools.
The joint press release by State Representative David Livingston (R-Peoria) and State Senator John Kavanaugh (R-Maricopa) declared Hobbs’ budget proposal “partisan” and “wildly unrealistic,” and revealed “both Arizona Senate and House Republicans vow to block her efforts to raise taxes and cut school choice.”
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