Dune buggy boondoggle shows a crying need for better school voucher oversight

Good news for taxpayers, especially the ones who think public money ought to go to public schools.

The state is drawing the line at paying for dune buggies.

Kayaks, apparently, still are allowed as an acceptable educational expense under the state’s universal school voucher program, as are $900 Lego sets, trampoline sessions, Broadway tickets and espresso machines.

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The Arizona State Board of Education on Monday rejected a parent’s appeal to use her kids’ state school Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to buy three dune buggies.

“At some point, I think the question of reasonableness comes to mind,” Board President Daniel Corr said, in voting to order the woman to pay for her own darn dune buggies.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/08/27/esa-arizona-school-voucher-accountability-dune-buggies/74971886007/

The whole voucher system is such bullshit.