Arizona is likely in its final months of school choice after one Republican successfully worked against efforts to save it. Their initial effort to stop universalization more than four years ago, when the ESA program had first been expanded to all students, had been underbaked and rushed. The Protect Education Act emerged in February, representing the most significant rollback of school choice in the country. Nearly all Republicans understood the deal for what it was: manageable reforms that would preserve the universality and accessibility of school choice. Reform talks were reattempted throughout the end of June to early July, with even school choice opponent Gov.