AZ School Program Makes Homeschoolers Jump Through Hoops

This summer, as countless homeschooling families enroll in Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) prep for the upcoming school year, they’re discovering they will need to jump through bureaucratic hoops to receive essential classroom supplies, including notebooks, writing implements, and erasers. I encountered this obstacle when I was informed via email that my purchase was denied because there was no “formal curriculum with a material list that requires or recommends the requested item(s)” or “proof of enrollment in a course of study and a material list.” Arizona’s ESA program — the...