LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Educators and parents are reacting to proposed changes to Arkansas’ school voucher program, known as the Educational Freedom Accounts, as lawmakers look to fine tune the Arkansas LEARNS Act. The Arkansas Department of Education began accepting public written comments about these potential changes on Tuesday, December 2nd.
Channel 7 News made a FOIA request to access those public comments. One proposed change seemed to spark the most concern from the public, and that is the proposal to ban the Educational Freedom Accounts’ use for athletics for homeschoolers.
Parents like Raegon Barnes and Paul Bradley made public comments, saying they are concerned about the future of this program…