(The Center Square) – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wants the Department of Education to reconsider a new policy that fast-tracks low-dollar spending of Empowerment Scholarship Account funding, but the state’s top public school official asks why she signed it into law.

The Arizona Department of Education announced earlier in December that it would shift to “risk-based auditing” in ESA spending requests under $2,000. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said the delay in reimbursements had backed up to the point of taking months to approve.