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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsArizona'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
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
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SheltieLover
(79,619 posts)1. Prob selling them online
Seems there should be a limit per family.
Captain Zero
(8,860 posts)2. Hope they didn't sell it and invest in Bitcoin.
Let's wait and see if this is true.
flvegan
(66,167 posts)3. Link to article for those that don't want to watch the YouTube video.
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.
indusurb
(331 posts)5. I can see spending 30k on Legos for a school district,
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