Arkansas House Education Committee Passes LEARNS Act
The Arkansas House Education Committee passed Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s education reform bill on Wednesday to create the Arkansas LEARNS Act.
Sanders unveiled Arkansas LEARNS in February, a bill that combines a raise in the minimum teacher salary with other changes including a voucher program directing public money to private schools.
The House initially began hearing testimony for House Bill 294 on Tuesday, meeting from 2:25 p.m. to 9:10 p.m., in which the panel heard from a variety of educators who opposed the voucher plan.
The meeting was continued and adjourned the following day, with Republican state Rep. Keith Brooks delivering the closing speech to the panel….