Jonathan Butcher
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@JM_Butcher
@Heritage; author: Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth; senior fellow Goldwater Institute, Beacon Center. Tweets are my own.
BREAKING: Arizona Dept of Education sent a formal letter to @12News president Kate Morris about their lies. "The Dept prepared a news release last week to correct an outrageous report from KPNX that said up to 20% of ESA expenditures involve fraud or inappropriate purchases."
Exciting as this is, we are reminded of the movie Waiting for Superman, anticipating families’ heartbreak when they are waitlisted and cannot access the education freedom that they desire and deserve. Universal eligibility is not the same as universal school choice. Texas, and every state, must pass fully (formula) funded education freedom, where all dollars follow the child to the school their parents choose.
Because 12News was flat wrong-->Arizona Dept. Of Education Accuses Major Media Outlet Of Misrepresenting ESA Fraud Claims azfreenews.com/2026/03/arizon…
goldwaterinstitute.org/union-activist… The education unions and activist groups pushing an anti-ESA ballot measure market it as “accountability” (already covered by the law) and hide their real goal: killing school choice in Arizona. Please decline to sign any ESA ballot measure. The Anti-ESA measure would: 1. Kick students off the ESA program. 2. Seize funds from families who responsibly spend their funds and save. 3. Drown parents in regulatory paperwork. 4. Destroy private school freedom. 5. Do things the law already does.
@JM_Butcher It’s because remedies for misuse are built into the statute & into the contract. The contract gives parents express notice that their student’s ESA account can be immediately shut down for simply requesting reimbursement of prohibited items. This is an effective deterrent, too.
