Yassamin Ansari: “Families use voucher dollars on luxury items, pianos, ski…”

“The oversight also has been a disaster. We had a hearing on this with Secretary McMahon at and she was unaware of the rampant misuse we have seen in Arizona. Families use voucher dollars on luxury items, pianos, ski trips and even video game consoles. This disaster of a policy has also led to over a billion dollars of a budget deficit in our Arizona state budget. It's an issue every single year that the legislature has to deal with.” (01:29–01:37)

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