Arkansas’ attorney general says he’s considering a proposal that would place tough restrictions on open-enrollment charter schools in hopes of ending the decades-long desegregation lawsuit.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says he met Tuesday with attorneys from the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts over a proposed settlement in the desegregation case. The state has paid the three districts more than $1 billion for desegregation efforts.
McDaniel says he will analyze the proposal and plans to meet with the schools’ attorneys next week to discuss it.
The Little Rock School Board has authorized its attorney to sue the state over open-enrollment charter schools, which they say hurt their efforts to successfully desegregate their schools.