by David SafierIf you read my post just before this one, you know I'm skeptical about a company Yarbrough set up, HY Processing, charging his STO about $400,000 a year for data processing. I've looked at the tax returns of a few other large Student Tuition Organizations, and none of them list any expenses related … Read more
by David SafierThe story I wrote about last night — Steve Yarbrough's Student Tuition Organization and the expenses it claims — is in the Star and the Republic today. Jen Darland and Lisa Hawkins, both from Tucson, held a press conference in Phoenix on the topic Monday, and both papers covered it in reasonable detail. … Read more
by David SafierThe Arizona Economic Council has put out a scorcher of an ad about our education funding.
by David Safier A special session to create new private school tax credits is the big ed news right now. That puts one of the two main proponents of the bill, Steve Yarbrough, into the spotlight, because, as well as being a state representative, he runs Arizona's largest Student Tuition Organization (STO). (All tuition tax … Read more
by David SafierThe East Valley Trib has written an excellent article on the push to create a new private school tax credit to replace vouchers the AZ Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional. The article answered one question I had: why call a special session? The reason is, if the bill is passed in the special session, … Read more