The landscape in an effort to place a proposed education-focused constitutional amendment on the November ballot shifted last week as one group declared a neutral stance on the initiative and another formed in opposition. The Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024 aims to hold private schools that receive state funding to the same standards as […] The post Arkansas groups declare neutrality, opposition to proposed education ballot initiative appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.
The liberal education group CAPES has broken away from a coalition of nonprofits that are campaigning for the Educational Rights Amendment, a proposal to require private schools that accept state funds to follow the same regulations as public schools.
The liberal education group CAPES has broken away from a coalition of nonprofits that are campaigning for the Educational Rights Amendment, a proposal to require private schools that accept state funds to follow the same regulations as public schools.
Fundraising for proposed constitutional amendments or initiated acts ranged wildly in January, from one group raising $88,000 to another reporting $150 in contributions, according to financial disclosures filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission.