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Proposition 212

Restrict Empowerment Scholarship Account Funds and Require State Board of Education Oversight Initiative

Did not qualify

Arizona · November 2026 general election · Citizen initiative · Election day November 3, 2026
Topics: Education

In plain language

Proposition 212, known to its campaign as the Protect Education Act, would have added an income cap of $150,000 for eligibility in Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program, required standardized testing and fingerprint clearance for staff at ESA-funded private schools, and given the State Board of Education added oversight of the program. The campaign, run by public-school advocates and union members, reported collecting about 420,000 signatures. On August 18, 2026, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a ruling requiring duplicate signatures to be removed before calculating the validity rate, which left the count below the roughly 255,949 valid signatures required, so it will not appear on the ballot.

Fiscal impact

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What supporters and opponents say

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What supporters say

  • The Protect Education campaign, made up of public-school advocates and union members, said the measure would add income limits and accountability requirements — including standardized testing and staff fingerprint clearance — to a voucher program they argued had grown with too little oversight.

Attributed to Protect Education.

What opponents say

  • The Center for Arizona Policy welcomed the measure's removal from the ballot, framing the signature ruling as protecting the state's Empowerment Scholarship Account program from the restrictions the initiative would have imposed.

Attributed to Center for Arizona Policy.

Official ballot language

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Sources

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