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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Arizona's largest teachers' union is joining the fight inside Utah to kill the nation's broadest school voucher program.
It is asking volunteers to participate in a telephone tree and speak to Utah voters ahead of a November 6th referendum.
Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature created a voucher program earlier this year that gives parents $500 to $3,000 per child, depending on income, to use on tuition at a private school.
Unlike voucher programs in other states, even affluent families in well-performing districts qualify for the program.
Voucher proponents say the program gives parents a choice in which schools their children can attend.
Both sides have been pouring millions of dollars donated by out-of-state organizations into the debate. Each side believes that if the voucher program is upheld in Utah, it will quickly spread to other states.
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