How Do Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) Save Arizona Kids?

Parents and Families Are Empowered

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts give every parent in Arizona the power to get their child into a school that fits.

Scholarships of over $7,000 Per Student

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts give parents over $7,000 per child to use for their tuition or other educational needs. That’s half the cost of public schools and saves the state money.

70,000 Students Enrolled Already

Today, over 70,000 students are using Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to get out of failing public schools and attend the school that best works for them!

What CAN YOU USE YOUR EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT FOR?

  • Private School Tuition to get your child in a school that works for them and represents YOUR family’s values.

  • Resources and text-books for at home education that let YOU take control of your children’s education.

  • Tutoring and Therapy that help YOUR children be the best versions of themselves

How DO EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS WORK?

  • More kids attend college.

    Studies have found that programs like Empowerment Scholarship Accounts lead to better outcomes for the students who participate. Findings from similar programs include a 12% increase in college enrollment rates among participants.1

  • Reading and math scores go up.

    Studies find long term improvements in math and reading scores among students who’ve participated in similar scholarship programs AND that even kids who stay in public schools enjoy “improvements in their reading and math test scores” when their state adopted education freedom programs.2

  • Positive results come with private school choice.

    162 out of 187 (84%) of studies on the impacts of private school choice programs find positive impacts for students including on academics, student safety, and more.3

Why DOES ARIZONA NEED EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS?

  • Too many Arizona kids aren’t getting what they need in a public school.

  • Only 41% of students in Arizona public schools are proficient in English 4

  • Only 33% of students in Arizona public schools are proficient in math.5

  • That’s happening even as K-12 spending in the United States has more than doubled since 1970.

References

  1. https://www.educationnext.org/programs-benefit-disadvantaged-students-forum-private-school-choice/;%20
  2. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-happened-to-the-students-left-behind-as-floridas-private-school-vouchers-expanded/2020/02?cmp=eml-enl-eu-%20
  3. https://www.edchoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/123s-of-School-Choice-WEB-07-10-23.pdf
  4. https://www.12news.com/article/news/education/arizona-students-are-testing-better-still-not-passing/75-ba57404d-9672-46e7-97df-59f52a028867
  5. https://www.12news.com/article/news/education/arizona-students-are-testing-better-still-not-passing/75-ba57404d-9672-46e7-97df-59f52a028867