😡The US Ed Dept proposed an anti-public school budget slashing essential programs by $4.5B — impacting teacher support, migrant ed, & English Language Acquisition. This budget pushes forward Trump’s plan to dismantle public ed & would be devastating to public school students.
💸 Vouchers drive ADE shortfall, jeopardizing June payments for public schools
😡 New MAGA Maricopa Supt Boggs ignores districts, appoints MAGA school board members
➕ #AZLeg updates & more!
Read it all in our #WeeklyEdReport 👉 https://t.co/yeTOJGVEmS
Zuckerberg gave Trump $1 million for his inauguration.
Then he gave Trump $25 million via a lawsuit after he took office.
Now he bought a $23 million house just two blocks from the White House to get Meta out of another lawsuit.
This is blatant bribery and corruption.
Guns are the #1 killer of kids and teens in America yet lawmakers in the FL House just voted to make it easier for 18-year-olds to buy them.
Parkland families fought for stronger laws—today marks a disgraceful reversal that the Senate must reject.
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The Smoking Gun has released a new report uncovering documents that reveal the NRA’s behind-the-scenes efforts to create sweeping legal protections for the gun industry.
The NRA may be floundering, but the gun industry is still enjoying these protections. https://t.co/X68QMNngfR
😢 Cave Creek is the most recent AZ school district to face the heart wrenching decision to shut down neighborhood public schools this year.
While Supt. Horne is dismissive, SOSAZ Director Beth Lewis sets the record straight.
“We’re not seeing a mass exodus from public schools, we’re seeing quite an exodus of dollars going to private schools via vouchers… This year we’re set to spend over $830M on the voucher program. That’s about $300,000 per school in the entire state.”
https://t.co/ViGm3rGLOj
😡 Supt. Horne is fast tracking payments for 85,000 voucher reimbursements — with zero oversight.
The ADE’s new “pay now, ask questions later” policy will open the floodgates for far more #voucher fraud and abuse.
Read more in our #WeeklyEdReport at https://t.co/EocGazmSFJ
🤔 DID YOU KNOW? The average cost of an ESA voucher has grown to nearly $10K/student since the program went universal.
Most vouchers go to students who were already in private school, and AZ taxpayers are forced to fund vouchers while AZ public school funding is 49th in the US.
💸 Supt. Horne is shelling out our taxpayer $ to cover ESA voucher purchases like it’s Monopoly $. The ADE’s new "pay now, ask questions later" policy is a recipe for disaster that will lead to increased #voucher fraud & misuse.
🍿➡️ #WeeklyEdReport: https://t.co/EocGazmSFJ
🤔 DID YOU KNOW? Over 83,000 students are now using AZs ESA voucher program — and the vast majority have never attended public school.
This has created massive new costs to the state, leading to cuts to K-12 schools, higher ed, water, roads, and more.
#AZVouchersBytheNumbers
Social Security is not a welfare program. It is an earned benefit, paid for by its future recipients. And it's not broke.
Social security is our money. Let's keep it that way. Let's boldly say "NO!" to any Republican attempt to tamper with Social Security!
#DemVoice1