GIVE THANKS TO GOD!

From Dan Kuiper, Executive Director of the Arizona Christian Education Coalition: 

Yesterday the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Proposition 212 - the anti-school choice measure funded by out-of-state special interests - failed to submit enough valid signatures to appear on the November ballot. According to the legal team leading the challenge, the measure fell approximately 12,000 signatures short.

With today's decision more than 100,000 Arizona children currently thriving on Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, and the thousands of students to come, are safe from this particular attack.

Arizonans saw through it.

Out-of-state special interests poured money into our state for one purpose: to wrestle educational freedom away from Arizona families. They hired paid circulators and had every advantage money can buy.

Yet Arizonans when asked, saw through it and declined to sign. In numbers so overwhelming that the opposition couldn't hit their threshold through legitimate means and resorted to cutting corners the Court threw out.

This is what a true grassroots effort looks like. The people of Arizona were asked to put this measure on the ballot, and they declined. Loudly.

This is answered prayer. Please take a moment today to thank God for His protection over Arizona families and for the organizations that have been working around the clock to defend educational freedom, specifically:

• Goldwater Institute
• Love Your School
• Arizona Free Enterprise Club
• Attorney Kory Langhofer
• AZ Loves ESAs

There are more we couldn't name in this short note, and every one of them deserves our thanks.

To every school leader, family, pastor, and supporter who prayed, showed up, made calls, and spoke out: your involvement mattered.

But the work isn't finished. Our full attention now turns to the mid-term elections this November.

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CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS

URGENT! Contact Your State Legislators Immediately and Tell Them You Support a Special Session to Save ESAs!

We have an opportunity to protect Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs), which have empowered the parents of over 102,000 children in Arizona. The Arizona Christian Education Coalition, along with other school choice advocates, have been working with lawmakers on an agreement that would protect Arizona families by ensuring the anti-ESA ballot measure that has been circulating throughout the state since March (paid for by money from out of state) will not be placed on the ballot!

We are faced with a well-funded campaign by out-of-state education unions who have already poured over $4 million into Arizona to chisel away your ability to exercise that right and to specifically target private Christian schools such as ours.

Your lawmakers need to hear from you. Please email them as soon as possible and tell them that you support a special session to save ESAs. It is that simple.

You can find your legislators’ information at this link (https://www.azleg.gov/findmylegislator/).

Legislative leadership has stood shoulder to shoulder with us as we have fought to make Arizona the nation’s leader for school choice and parent empowerment. They deserve credit for this courageous effort. After you have emailed your lawmakers, please also send an email to the President of the Senate, Warren Petersen (wpetersen@azleg.gov), and the Speaker of the House, Steve Montenegro (smontenegro@azleg.gov), to thank them for taking this bold action to save ESAs.

Finally, please forward this message to your friends who care about protecting ESAs.

ACTION ALERT - VOTE!

One Week Left. Now Is the Time to Vote.

In just one week, Arizona voters will choose the leaders who shape decisions about our families, our freedoms, and our future. Your vote matters in this primary election.

If you vote early, your ballot has likely already arrived — don’t set it aside. Complete it and return it as soon as possible. To make sure it arrives by election day, please mail your ballot by Wednesday, July 15. After Wednesday, it is best to bring your ballot to an official ballot dropbox location.

Planning to vote in person? Make your plan today: Election Day is Tuesday, July 21.

You have a voice in the vote to express your views on many topics that affect our daily lives. While our views may differ widely from person to person, it seems likely that one area in which we are solidly in agreement is the matter of school choice. Here we can take a stand to protect and strengthen the blessings of the Arizona Tax Credit Program and the universal Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA).

Take action today:

• Research all candidates on your ballot. Look up every race and every candidate so you can vote informed, top to bottom. This tool can help you with your choices: azvoterguide.com (note especially Question #5 in most cases dealing with school choice)
• Vote — and don’t wait. 
• If you’re voting early, return your ballot this week. 
• If you’re voting in person, head to the polls on Tuesday, July 21.

Then take one more step: encourage your family, friends, neighbors, and church community to vote, too. Forward this message. Text a friend. In close elections — often decided by just a handful of votes — one conversation can lead to the vote that changes the outcome.

Together, we can elect leaders who will protect life, strengthen families, defend religious freedom, and advance policies that reflect Arizona values.

Arizona’s future will be shaped by those who vote — make sure your voice is one of them.

Vote early if you can. Vote on July 21 if you can't. Encourage others to vote.

Help shape Arizona’s future.

SAVE ESAs

URGENT! Contact Your State Legislators Immediately and Tell Them You Support a Special Session to Save ESAs!

We have an opportunity to protect Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs), which have empowered the parents of over 102,000 children in Arizona. The Arizona Christian Education Coalition, along with other school choice advocates, have been working with lawmakers on an agreement that would protect Arizona families by ensuring the anti-ESA ballot measure that has been circulating throughout the state since March (paid for by money from out of state) will not be placed on the ballot!

We are faced with a well-funded campaign by out-of-state education unions who have already poured over $4 million into Arizona to chisel away your ability to exercise that right and to specifically target private Christian schools such as ours.

Your lawmakers need to hear from you. Please email them as soon as possible and tell them that you support a special session to save ESAs. It is that simple.

You can find your legislators’ information at this link (https://www.azleg.gov/findmylegislator/).

Legislative leadership has stood shoulder to shoulder with us as we have fought to make Arizona the nation’s leader for school choice and parent empowerment. They deserve credit for this courageous effort. After you have emailed your lawmakers, please also send an email to the President of the Senate, Warren Petersen (wpetersen@azleg.gov), and the Speaker of the House, Steve Montenegro (smontenegro@azleg.gov), to thank them for taking this bold action to save ESAs.

Finally, please forward this message to your friends who care about protecting ESAs.

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED

URGENT! Contact Your State Legislators Immediately and Tell Them You Support a Special Session to Save ESAs!

We have an opportunity to protect Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs), which have empowered the parents of over 102,000 children in Arizona. The Arizona Christian Education Coalition, along with other school choice advocates, have been working with lawmakers on an agreement that would protect Arizona families by ensuring the anti-ESA ballot measure that has been circulating throughout the state since March (paid for by money from out of state) will not be placed on the ballot!

We are faced with a well-funded campaign by out-of-state education unions who have already poured over $4 million into Arizona to chisel away your ability to exercise that right and to specifically target private Christian schools such as ours.

Your lawmakers need to hear from you. Please email them as soon as possible and tell them that you support a special session to save ESAs. It is that simple.

You can find your legislators’ information at this link (https://www.azleg.gov/findmylegislator/).

Legislative leadership has stood shoulder to shoulder with us as we have fought to make Arizona the nation’s leader for school choice and parent empowerment. They deserve credit for this courageous effort. After you have emailed your lawmakers, please also send an email to the President of the Senate, Warren Petersen (wpetersen@azleg.gov), and the Speaker of the House, Steve Montenegro (smontenegro@azleg.gov), to thank them for taking this bold action to save ESAs.

Finally, please forward this message to your friends who care about protecting ESAs.

SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS

Right now, opponents of school choice are actively collecting signatures to place anti-ESA measures on the 2026 ballot. If they succeed, these measures would kick tens of thousands of students off the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, disrupt special needs families, and open the door to unlimited government regulation of private schools.

This is not a distant threat. Signature gatherers are in grocery store parking lots, at community events, and on neighborhood sidewalks across Arizona right now. Many of the people they approach don't know what they're signing - and that's exactly what the opposition is counting on.

We need your help to change that.

The opposition is funded by out-of-state special interests spending millions to eliminate school choice in Arizona. They're building their campaign on a fraud narrative that has been thoroughly debunked - actual fraud in the ESA program is 0.3%, far below Medicaid, food stamps, or unemployment insurance.

But debunked or not, the narrative works if families never hear the truth. That's why this moment matters so much. We cannot let up in June. The signature collection window is open, and every conversation a school family has with a neighbor, a fellow church member, or a friend is an opportunity to protect the program that serves more than 102,000 Arizona children.

It's going to take all of us! Please download the flyer and share it with your friends, neighbors, and family.