In January 2022 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey introduced the The Open for Learning Recovery Benefit program. Under the program families of public school children would be offered up to $7,000 for private school tuition and other expenses that might be incurred because of a campus closure. “We know parents are best equipped to make decisions around their child’s education — they’re the ones in the driver’s seat,” Governor Ducey said in a press release. Ducey allocated $10 million of federal COVID relief funds to fund the program. Proponents argue that public schools are a necessity and closing them hits families with a variety of unexpected financial expenses. Opponents argue that underfunded public schools should get the funding instead.
@92G3YPH2yrs2Y
No, schools should never have been closed due to COVID
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Yes, but only for low income families.
@93WZ6CCIndependent2yrs2Y
No, schools should never have been closed for COVID
@97FKYSR1yr1Y
Yes, but only for low-income families
@99CGC4G1yr1Y
Yes, because the government is responsible for those closures.
@99CCR5J1yr1Y
Yes, but only for families who are poor or in the lower class
@99JNZVH1yr1Y
I feel like you shouldn't try to push people into private schools due to the long term expenses but its reasonable to give some fund to family because students will be at home and not be served lunch and breakfast at school. The rest should go to public schools and during shut down it should be enforced that public schools upgrade their teaching equipment
@99C4S3J1yr1Y
yes, and teachers and school administrators who kept schools closed should be fired and banned from teaching ever again.
@92CFP8P2yrs2Y
We should cut public school and refund the tax dollars wasted to the people, anything left over should go to charter schools or religious institutions
@8ZTHCHSConstitution2yrs2Y
No, the closures shouldn't have happened in the first place.
@8ZMW7CVLibertarian2yrs2Y
No schools should not have been closed.
@83VCCTMLibertarian 3mos3MO
No, change all schooling to a voucher system depending on income and allow parents to choose between public, charter or home schooling.
@9B5QX291yr1Y
No they should just open the schools
@9B5BV9ZConstitution1yr1Y
Again, we should be teaching resiliancy. NOT bailouts. As a community we should be empowering every person with freedom to make choices that benefit them. Stop believing that we cannot do for ourselves.
Yes, but only in the form online learning options
@9B4SBPB1yr1Y
Yes but only to parents with students in the 8th grade or lower.
@9B4PXGCRepublican1yr1Y
yes, but only for low income
@9B4NCZM1yr1Y
The whole COVID Pandemic was blown out of proportion. There were stimulus checks to solve this problem already and this question is no longer relevant.
@9B4LPNR1yr1Y
No, financial aid does not help for a lack of education
@9B4GMWPRepublican1yr1Y
No because taxes will increase later down the road.
@9B45L6V1yr1Y
Yes, but only give them a pathway that can get them back on track financially.
@9B3VN6R1yr1Y
Only for low/very-low income families
@9B37L3V1yr1Y
No, people need to get back to work and create wealth in society again
@9B2T2CJ1yr1Y
Covid is a joke do not close schools for it
@9B2RC5L1yr1Y
Yes, but only temporary until the schools open again
@9B2LX85Libertarian1yr1Y
Yes, and issue an official apology for closing schools in the first place.
Absolutely, they were working and couldn’t help that
@9B23TWG1yr1Y
Yes, as long as it does not defund public schools.
No, but nationalized healthcare, a planned economy, a ban on private industry, worker cooperatives, a living wage, and a universal basic needs program would have offset the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, on the working class
@99ZRSL71yr1Y
No, the government should reopen schools.
@99ZP7NHIndependent1yr1Y
Yes, using funds already dedicated to the school that is not being used as the school is closed.
@99Z7PH81yr1Y
We should restructure society so that there are better options than government interference.
There are more important things to focus our country’s money on.
@99Z2ZLCRepublican1yr1Y
No, states are responsible for the welfare of their own citizens
@99YHWMF1yr1Y
Yes, 60% of wages lost.
Perhaps amnesty on behalf of schooling, maybe not financial aid
@99XRJ7CProgressive1yr1Y
yes, they should provide aid to families affected by any school closures
@99X9W79Independent1yr1Y
Yes but only to parents with students in eighth grade or a lower.
@5GGCZFF1yr1Y
Governments should provide school vouchers.
@99VGH7B1yr1Y
No, schools should not have been closed.
@99VFKLW1yr1Y
Yes but only for parents with students in eighth grade or lower.
@99VCHDG1yr1Y
they should've doen this instead of sending all this money to ukraine, although we have been paying for the stimulus checks now that we receieved years ago.
@99V2THF1yr1Y
Since Covid was a scam, yes.
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