LEARNS: Vouchers & Charters
A hearing Friday evening on draft rules for carrying out the state's new Educational Freedom Account Program drew almost 40 people who were split on the taxpay…
by Cynthia Howell August 26, 2023A private school in Tennessee is among the more than 90 private schools authorized by the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to accept Ark…
by Cynthia Howell August 21, 2023More than 80 of Arkansas' private and parochial schools have applied to date to participate in the state's new Educational Freedom Account Program, enabling el…
by Cynthia Howell , Ainsley Platt July 30, 2023A new paradigm for Arkansas education begins Tuesday when Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul, the LEARNS Act, comes into effect.
by Neal Earley July 30, 2023State lawmakers endorsed Monday emergency rules for private school vouchers under the LEARNS Act as the state readies for the law to take effect in about two w…
by Neal Earley July 18, 2023Newly appointed Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Cody Hiland has recused from the LEARNS Act case, according to a letter he filed Friday.
by Neal Earley July 15, 2023The Arkansas Supreme Court has agreed to expedite the briefing schedule for the LEARNS Act case. The first briefs in the case will be due July 28, with a respo…
by Neal Earley July 13, 2023The state Department of Education will take over day-to-day operations of the Marvell-Elaine School District because of a judge's June 30 decision that the Ark…
by Bill Bowden July 8, 2023Until a Pulaski County judge on Friday blocked for now the enforcement of the Arkansas LEARNS Act, student applications were being accepted through July 31 for…
by Cynthia Howell July 2, 2023The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education has published the selection of individuals for three of six work groups that will provide ideas, ex…
by Cynthia Howell May 12, 2023Three Phillips County residents and two public school advocates filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the LEARNS Act, aiming to stop the Marvell-Elaine School Dis…
by Neal Earley May 9, 2023Following the direction of newly elected Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, lawmakers this legislative session made education their top priority.
by Neal Earley May 8, 2023Arkansas education leaders on Friday authorized the tiny, state-controlled Marvell-Elaine School District to enter into a first-of-its-kind-in-Arkansas "transf…
by Cynthia Howell May 6, 2023While Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the LEARNS Act, her signature education overhaul, into law almost two months ago, what the legislation will look like …
by Neal Earley May 1, 2023As many as 18 new open-enrollment charter schools are on the drawing board for the 2024-25 school year for locations that include Pulaski County, Northwest Ark…
by Cynthia Howell April 23, 2023