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October 30, 2024
Arkansas News, News

New Arkansas Education Freedom Account numbers released

ED 88
October 30, 2024
Arkansas News, News

KUAR | By Josie Lenora

An annual report accounting for state school voucher money shows that most of the dollars go to students already in a private school, though at slightly lower numbers than the last school year. This is in keeping with the same report data from 2023-2024.

“Education Freedom Account” money is a pile of tax money allocated to private, religious and homeschool students. It is the result of a massive education law known as Arkansas LEARNS, signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last year.

A main criticism of the LEARNS EFA program is that funds typically go to children already enrolled in private schools. For the 2023 school year, 95% of the money went to kids already in a private school. For the 2024 school year, that number fell slightly, but 82% of kids were not enrolled in a public school before they received the money. The report says, 90% of the students who received the money last year kept with the program for this school year.

New Arkansas Education Freedom Account numbers released

Tagged: Education Freedom Account, LEARNS, KUAR, Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders, Public Schools, Private Schools

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