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Arizona taxpayers’ expense for school vouchers may be misdirected

PHOENIX — Nearly 6,500 Arizona children have applied for the new universal vouchers to attend private and parochial schools at taxpayer expense.

And it appears the vast majority are youngsters whose parents already are paying for them to go there.

The legislation approved earlier this year was billed by supporters as providing more choices to students stuck in neighborhood public schools. But the state Department of Education says 75% of those applications are from children not in public schools.

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