ESAs; authorized expenses; special education

HB 2888 clarifies eligible expenses for Arizona's Education Savings Account (ESA) program, which provides state-funded education options for students. It directly affects parents of enrolled students and participating schools by specifying allowable uses for ESA funds, including tuition, textbooks, therapies for students meeting special education criteria, vocational training, assistive technology, tutoring, and transportation. Key provisions expand permitted expenses to cover educational therapies (like speech or occupational therapy), vocational programs, and computer hardware for learning, while requiring annual evaluations for students nearing age 22 to continue eligibility. The bill prohibits using ESAs concurrently with school tuition organization scholarships and bans homeschooling affidavits for ESA-eligible students.