LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Storied Little Rock Central High School, cited by Sarah Huckabee Sanders' campaign as formative in her rise to the Arkansas governor's mansion, will be the site Friday of a student walkout to protest the cornerstone of her legislative agenda -- the LEARNS Act, a massive education reform bill Sanders vows will be a 'blueprint' for the nation.
Students hold signs outside of Little Rock Central High School on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. -- Ruthie WallsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Storied Little Rock Central High School, cited by Sarah Huckabee Sanders' campaign as formative in her rise to the Arkansas governor's mansion, will be the site Friday of a student walkout to protest the cornerstone of her legislative agenda -- the LEARNS Act, a massive education reform bill Sanders vows will be a"blueprint" for the nation.
In her Republican response last month to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, Sanders mentioned Central as her alma mater while announcing she would release the details of her education plan the next day. The open letter -- with more than 1,300 signatures online since it was published Tuesday night -- calls her approach"completely antithetical to the values that Central High stands for.
The newly installed governor's first legislative foray has seen overwhelming support among Republican lawmakers in the state legislature, who hold a supermajority. It passed the Arkansas House 78-21 on Thursday, and Sanders said she expects to sign it into law"early next week," as soon as the amended text passes the Senate.
Two student co-chairs with the school's Young Leftists chapter, who spoke to ABC News in a phone interview on Thursday night, said they would continue to organize against the legislation despite its swift movement and likely passage. They're planning a protest at the state Capitol next week to symbolically deliver the letter to Sanders.
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