State approves 75 'empowerment' accounts in voucher-like program - East Valley Tribune: Arizona: "The Arizona Department of Education approved 75 "empowerment savings accounts" for students with disabilities to attend private schools this fall. The accounts total just over $1 million.
The state Legislature created the voucher-like program in the spring. Applicants had to be students who qualify for special education services in areas such as autism, language delays or visual impairment, and who have attended a public school in the previous school year for at least 100 days.
Students are awarded funding that totals 90 percent of the money a public school would have received had the student enrolled there. On average, schools receive between $5,000 and $6,000 per student, though special education students are funded more because of the services they require."
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