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The new corporate scholarship tax credit law is named after Lexie Weck, a seven-year-old girl with autism, cerebral palsy and mild mental retardation. Weck relied on a voucher program to attend the Chrysalis Academy, a small private school in Tempe that specializes in working with autistic children…..read more here.

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Today’s Arizona Republic editorial sums this issue up well:
Empathy for the downtrodden and needy.
Historically, this is the prevailing sentiment of Democrats, who seek to smooth the rougher edges of the lives of citizens.
The prevailing sentiment except where public-school interests are concerned, that is.
State lawmakers have created a new tuition tax-credit organization that will pay the bills [...]

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