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Superintendent warns expanding state vouchers are shifting funding away from Show Low schools and lack state accountability
Summary
Superintendent Farnsworth briefed the board on growing use of state education vouchers and their financial impact on the district, saying state oversight of voucher recipients is minimal or nonexistent and presenting district and statewide figures.
Superintendent Dr. Farnsworth told the board the district has seen a steady rise in families using state education vouchers and described the fiscal and accountability implications for the district.
Farnsworth presented district figures for school-year 2024: 291 voucher students in the state's first quarter, 349 in quarter two and 383 in quarter three. Using a rough per-pupil estimate of about $10,000, he said the district could be losing roughly $3.8 million in state funding associated with students leaving the public system for private providers receiving voucher dollars. He also cited state-level figures the district…
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