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How free are Education Freedom Accounts in New Hampshire? Why do some people call them school vouchers? 

Liz asks Christina why this funding is being prioritized when other services are needed, and Christina asks Liz for a little time to draft a tagline.

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This episode pairs well with the School Funding episode with Zack Sheehan.

Links:

• Inside EFAs: A quarter of all Education Freedom Account tuition dollars went to five Christian schools, Monitor analysis finds (Concord Monitor)
• Report on Qualifying EFA Families Shows Errors in a Quarter of Applications (InDepthNH)
• Democrats call for deeper audit of New Hampshire Education Freedom Account after initial review (NH Bulletin)
• Ayotte signs bills to eliminate school voucher income cap and codify parental rights (NHPR)
• Universal voucher program signed into law despite concerns (Reaching Higher NH)
• Universal EFA program sees 500 applications in day one of expansion (Concord Monitor)
• Official in charge of NH school voucher program attends Trump ceremony dismantling US Department of Education (Granite Post)
• School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget. (ProPublica)
• Understanding the Cost of Universal School Vouchers: An Analysis of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account Program (Learning Policy Institute)
• Florida Continues to Drain Much-Needed Fu

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