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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,882 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:52 PM 5 hrs ago

Arizona's school voucher program is reimbursing families for LEGOs. One family has spend $30K on LEGOs

At least $7.2 million in taxpayer funds spent on LEGOs through Arizona's school voucher program

12News uncovered the spending -- including one family spending $30,000 on LEGOs -- after suing Superintendent Horne and Treasurer Yee to obtain ESA public records.


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Arizona's school voucher program is reimbursing families for LEGOs. One family has spend $30K on LEGOs (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago OP
Prob selling them online SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #1
Hope they didn't sell it and invest in Bitcoin. Captain Zero 4 hrs ago #2
Link to article for those that don't want to watch the YouTube video. flvegan 4 hrs ago #3
Here I was thinking LEGO was some acronym I hadn't heard of before -- No, they mean LEGO. The original LEGO. eppur_se_muova 4 hrs ago #4
I can see spending 30k on Legos for a school district, indusurb 3 hrs ago #5

eppur_se_muova

(41,683 posts)
4. Here I was thinking LEGO was some acronym I hadn't heard of before -- No, they mean LEGO. The original LEGO.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:17 PM
4 hrs ago

indusurb

(331 posts)
5. I can see spending 30k on Legos for a school district,
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:58 PM
3 hrs ago

They're great for extracurricular robotics and Sped classes alike. But on person, on Star Wars collectable sets, they need to pull that money back

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