Effort to rein in LEARNS stalls, as expected
Rep. Jim Wooten, R-Beebe, knew his resolution meant to reduce spending for the LEARNS Act’s educational freedom accounts would not gain much traction. In fact, he said so.
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Arkansas Advocate: Legislative panel to consider extra $32 million for school voucher program
Lawmakers will decide Friday whether to send an additional $32 million to Arkansas’ school voucher program, which has seen a large increase in participation after opening to all students for the first time last fall
Arkansas Advocate: State panel advances plan to steer more funding to voucher program
An Arkansas lawmaker raised concerns about how to fund the state’s school voucher program in the future after advancing a request for more money that would raise its cost this year to nearly $310 million
LEARNS Act applications triple this year
As of Thursday morning, families had submitted 44,573 applications for this upcoming school year – the first when enrollment has been open to anyone
Arkansas Advocate: Heads of private schools participating in state voucher program cite aid to families
As Arkansas students head back to the classroom this month, around 12,000 will be attending one of more than 120 private schools that have been approved for the second year of the state’s school voucher program
Arkansas Advocate: Private school participation grows in voucher program’s second year
More than two dozen private schools have applied as first-time participants in the second year of Arkansas’ school voucher program