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Report: Tuition Tax Credit Program Costs Arizona $10,000 Per Student

There’s been a lot of talk at the Capitol this year about the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program.

Efforts to expand it to allow any student in Arizona to use public money to attend a private school have faced opposition. At the same time, the Grand Canyon Institute has been looking into another aspect of the private vs. public education debate - the state’s tuition tax credit program.

Dave Wells is the institute’s research director. He spoke about the topic.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.