Advertise with Googlier.com STO | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:30:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg STO | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Yarbrough bill to curb STO tax credits called ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/02/arizona-steve-yarbough-school-tuition-organizations-tax-credits/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/02/arizona-steve-yarbough-school-tuition-organizations-tax-credits/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2018 11:10:07 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=111238 A Republican proposal to end the dramatic annual growth of tax credits for private school scholarships also expands access to those scholarships in ways that makes public school advocates wary.

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]]> Senate President Steve Yarbrough (R-Chandler) (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) A Republican proposal to end the dramatic annual growth of tax credits for private school...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/02/arizona-steve-yarbough-school-tuition-organizations-tax-credits/feed/ 0 111238 Senate president sees tricky course to rein in tuition tax credit https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/05/arizona-steve-yarbrough-senate-president-tuition-tax-credit/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/05/arizona-steve-yarbrough-senate-president-tuition-tax-credit/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:00:46 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=110464 Altering a cap on corporate tax credits for private school scholarships will require a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature.

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]]> Altering a cap on corporate tax credits for private school scholarships will require a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature. That’s no easy task for Senate...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/05/arizona-steve-yarbrough-senate-president-tuition-tax-credit/feed/ 2 110464 House kills STO expansion bill, cancels votes on other school choice bills https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/02/23/house-kills-sto-expansion-bill-cancels-votes-on-other-school-choice-bills/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/02/23/house-kills-sto-expansion-bill-cancels-votes-on-other-school-choice-bills/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2015 01:33:37 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=82748 Republicans and Democrats joined forces in the Arizona House of Representatives today to kill a bill that would have expanded School Tuition Organization tax credits. That led Republican leadership to unexpectedly cancel another vote on two other “school choice” bills.

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]]> Republicans and Democrats joined forces in the Arizona House of Representatives today to kill a bill that would have expanded School Tuition Organization tax credits. That led Republican leadership to...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/02/23/house-kills-sto-expansion-bill-cancels-votes-on-other-school-choice-bills/feed/ 0 82748 School tuition legislation could cost state up to $28.5M https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/01/school-tuition-legislation-could-cost-state-up-to-28-5m/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/01/school-tuition-legislation-could-cost-state-up-to-28-5m/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:04:56 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/02/01/school-tuition-legislation-could-cost-state-up-to-28-5m/ The Senate on Jan. 19 approved a two-bill package that expands a program allowing a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for contributions to groups that give scholarships to private school students.

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]]> The Senate on Jan. 19 approved a two-bill package that expands a program allowing a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for contributions to groups that give scholarships to private school students. How...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/01/school-tuition-legislation-could-cost-state-up-to-28-5m/feed/ 0 42644 Separate reports praise Arizona for its school-choice programs https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/separate-reports-praise-arizona-for-its-school-choice-programs/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/separate-reports-praise-arizona-for-its-school-choice-programs/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:29:52 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/01/30/separate-reports-praise-arizona-for-its-school-choice-programs/ Arizona earned high marks for its school-choice policies this week in separate reports from two national organizations, which had particular praise for the state’s education savings account program.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_42553" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="The Alliance for School Choice’s sixth annual report, “School Choice Now: The Year of School Choice,” highlighted Arizona’s education savings account program as a model for...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/separate-reports-praise-arizona-for-its-school-choice-programs/feed/ 1 42554 Immigration, guns on campuses and ‘birther’ bills to return this session https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/17/immigration-guns-on-campuses-and-%e2%80%98birther%e2%80%99-bills-to-return-this-session/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/17/immigration-guns-on-campuses-and-%e2%80%98birther%e2%80%99-bills-to-return-this-session/#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:02:01 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/01/17/immigration-guns-on-campuses-and-%e2%80%98birther%e2%80%99-bills-to-return-this-session/ Whether they were killed by lawmakers or the governor’s veto stamp, some of the bills that didn’t make it into law last year are being resurrected for another round this session.

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]]> Whether they were killed by lawmakers or the governor’s veto stamp, some of the bills that didn’t make it into law last year are being resurrected for another round this...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/17/immigration-guns-on-campuses-and-%e2%80%98birther%e2%80%99-bills-to-return-this-session/feed/ 0 42158 Adding STO expansion to tax fix bill backfires, draws veto  https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/29/adding-sto-expansion-to-tax-fix-bill-backfires-draws-veto%c2%a0/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/29/adding-sto-expansion-to-tax-fix-bill-backfires-draws-veto%c2%a0/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:06:13 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/04/29/adding-sto-expansion-to-tax-fix-bill-backfires-draws-veto%c2%a0/ Reeling from a veto in early April of a bill that would have dramatically expanded a tax credit program for private school scholarships, pro-school-choice legislators deleted the provisions Gov. Jan Brewer cited in her veto message. 

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]]> [caption id="attachment_35530" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rep. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, an ardent supporter of the state’s school tuition organization (STO) program, was the author of the first STO bill (HB2581) Gov. Jan...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/29/adding-sto-expansion-to-tax-fix-bill-backfires-draws-veto%c2%a0/feed/ 0 35531 Capitol Quotes: April 29, 2011 https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/capitol-quotes-april-29-2011/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/capitol-quotes-april-29-2011/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:59:30 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/04/28/capitol-quotes-april-29-2011/ This weeks most outstanding quotes.

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]]> “Well, certainly, the governor should not call herself a school choice governor at this point. I hope that she will regain that status in the coming session.” – Clint Bolick...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/capitol-quotes-april-29-2011/feed/ 0 35529 GOP-led panel hears testimony on STO program https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/10/14/gop-led-panel-hears-testimony-on-sto-program/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/10/14/gop-led-panel-hears-testimony-on-sto-program/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:37:33 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=15641 Members of a Republican-led committee met for the first time on Oct. 14 to examine possible weaknesses of a state law designed to make private schools more accessible to children... […]

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]]> Members of a Republican-led committee met for the first time on Oct. 14 to examine possible weaknesses of a state law designed to make private schools more accessible to children...

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