Demand Accountability for Taxpayer-Funded School Vouchers

Eighteen states now fund private school for all or most students, but many programs require no testing, and Arizona's ran over budget two years in a row.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 25, 2026.

The Letter

Subject Accountability for Taxpayer-Funded School Vouchers

Eighteen states now offer private school vouchers or education savings accounts to all or most students, according to Ballotpedia. The money is public. The reporting often is not. When the Government Accountability Office reviewed 27 programs, only 18 required participating schools to give any academic test.

Costs are also hard to predict. In Arizona, the number of students using the accounts grew from 12,049 in 2022 to about 101,602 in 2026, and the program ran over its budget in both fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026, according to the state's Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

If public money pays a school's tuition, taxpayers should be able to see what it buys. Please require every school that takes voucher or education savings account money to report student test results and pass an annual financial audit.

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I'm calling to ask my legislator to require testing and audit reports from every school that takes voucher money.
In a federal review of 27 voucher programs, only 18 required participating schools to test students.
Arizona's accounts grew from about 12,000 students to more than 100,000 in four years and ran over budget two years in a row.
I'm a constituent. Public money needs public reporting.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

18 states offer vouchers or education savings accounts to all or most students (April 30, 2026) (source)
18 of 27 voucher programs GAO reviewed that required participating schools to give an academic test (source)
101,602 Arizona students using education savings accounts in 2026, up from 12,049 in 2022 (source)

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