Arkansas Advocate: How is the state’s public school funding amount set?
While Arkansas lawmakers prepare to debate the rising cost of the state’s school voucher program, the Legislature must also determine the cost of an adequate public education
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Arkansas Advocate: State officials mark LEARNS Act anniversary as school voucher cost concerns continue
Arkansas leaders marked the third anniversary of a 2023 education overhaul law Monday with a visit to an elementary school that has markedly improved its student outcomes in the past few years
Issue Spotlight: What Democrats running for Arkansas governor say about education
The rising cost of Arkansas’ school voucher program has prompted concerns from Democrats and some rural Republican legislators who say it will be devastating to public schools
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
Rick Shumate: ‘Free money’ is popular but never really free
Gov. Sarah Sanders’ school vouchers program has taught us once again a self-evident lesson about human nature: Free money is popular