Arizona actually does not pay tuition for private schools with the exception of a small program targeted towards special education students that includes about 8,200 students out of about 60,000 private school students; what it really has in the way of a broad program is is tax credits for contributions to private schools. New York has over 9x the private school enrollment of AZ — well over half a million students — with less than 3x the population. Arizona also has low property taxes and the programs are funded with state funds, not local.
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