early childhood education
Panel approves removing limit on transfer cap for pre-k alum
(This story was updated Feb. 8, 2023 to reflect passage of the bill by the House.) The Arkansas House of Representatives passed on Wednesday a bill that will remove a cap on school choice transfers when a student has attended pre-K in a nonresident school district. Sponsored by Rep. Julie Mayberry (R-Hensley), House Bill 1185 […]
Sanders signs wide-ranging executive order on education, promises bill ‘very soon’
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders continued to detail her education agenda Wednesday, her second day as governor of Arkansas, by signing an executive order covering a variety of issues, including literacy, school choice and early childhood education. Sanders called the order “a comprehensive approach [to] education that we want to parallel” with a single bill that […]