A massive education bill that includes a new school voucher program for Arkansas is headed to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' desk for her signature.
FILE - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks after taking the oath of office, Jan. 10, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday, March 7, approved a massive education bill that creates a new school voucher program, handing a major policy win to Sanders that critics said could threaten support for public schools. that creates a new school voucher program, handing a major policy win to Republican Gov.
Similar savings account programs exist in Arizona and West Virginia, and they’ve been proposed in at least a dozen other states this year. The overhaul also would raise minimum teacher salaries by 39% to $50,000 a year following calls by Democrats and Republicans over the past several months to raise starting pay from one of the lowest rates in the country.
Other provisions include a prohibition against classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation before 5th grade, similar to a Florida restriction that critics have called the. Another part of the legislation writes into law an executive order Sanders signed in January that prohibits teaching critical race theory,
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