early childhood education

Novella Humphrey, Rep. Julie Mayberry

Panel approves removing limit on transfer cap for pre-k alum
BY: - February 8, 2023

(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 […]

Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva (second from right) lists some of the priorities in the executive order signed Wednesday by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (right). The order was the second in Sanders' first two days in office to focus on Arkansas' education system. (Photo by Hunter Field/Arkansas Advocate)

Sanders signs wide-ranging executive order on education, promises bill ‘very soon’
BY: - January 11, 2023

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 […]

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