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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,450 posts) Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:52 PM Mar 7

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Arizona's school voucher program is reimbursing families for LEGOs. One family has spend $30K on LEGOs

At least $7.2 million in taxpayer funds spent on LEGOs through Arizona's school voucher program

12News uncovered the spending -- including one family spending $30,000 on LEGOs -- after suing Superintendent Horne and Treasurer Yee to obtain ESA public records.

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Arizona's school voucher program is reimbursing families for LEGOs. One family has spend $30K on LEGOs (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 7 OP

Prob selling them online SheltieLover Mar 7 #1

Hope they didn't sell it and invest in Bitcoin. Captain Zero Mar 7 #2

Link to article for those that don't want to watch the YouTube video. flvegan Mar 7 #3

Here I was thinking LEGO was some acronym I hadn't heard of before -- No, they mean LEGO. The original LEGO. eppur_se_muova Mar 7 #4

I can see spending 30k on Legos for a school district, indusurb Mar 7 #5

SheltieLover

(81,138 posts)

1. Prob selling them online

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:56 PM

Mar 7

Seems there should be a limit per family.

Captain Zero

(8,929 posts)

2. Hope they didn't sell it and invest in Bitcoin.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:57 PM

Mar 7

Let's wait and see if this is true.

flvegan

(66,349 posts)

3. Link to article for those that don't want to watch the YouTube video.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:03 PM

Mar 7

https://www.12news.com/article/news/investigations/i-team/education-impact/millions-in-taxpayer-funds-spent-legos-arizonas-school-voucher-program/75-7bc45088-ef46-4536-a190-21b5db0c210c

eppur_se_muova

(42,077 posts)

4. Here I was thinking LEGO was some acronym I hadn't heard of before -- No, they mean LEGO. The original LEGO.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:17 PM

Mar 7

indusurb

(341 posts)

5. I can see spending 30k on Legos for a school district,

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:58 PM

Mar 7

They're great for extracurricular robotics and Sped classes alike. But on person, on Star Wars collectable sets, they need to pull that money back

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