School choice proposals rarely go before voters – and typically fail when they do

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks to supporters before signing a bill that creates education savings accounts in January 2023. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Arizona lawmakers decided in late 2022 that the state will pay tuition, related education expenses or both for children at any school parents select, including private and religious schools.

It’s the latest step in an effort to provide public funds for private schools that in Arizona began in 2011. And that step was taken along what I have discovered to be a familiar route.