Critics question findings in new report on Arkansas EFA school choice vouchers

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — This is the third year that Arkansans have access to the Education Freedom Account school choice voucher program, created by the LEARNS Act, which provides state funding for eligible families to send their children to private schools or homeschool.

Has the program been a success? KATV looked at the state’s report for the EFA program last school year, published this month.

The report says that last school year, the EFA program showed encouraging indicators of family satisfaction and student performance, but critics say some of its findings are compromised…

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