School voucher regulation measure Prop. 212 is pushed off the ballot

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 1,163

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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A ballot measure that would ask voters to institute sweeping regulations to Arizona’s billion-dollar universal school voucher program is effectively dead.

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the backers of Proposition 212, upholding a lower court’s decision that disqualified a number of voter signatures in support of the measure, putting it below the threshold to make the ballot.

Prop. 212, also known as the Protect Education Act, submitted