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LRSD still not free, state senators vote down a bill that would return local control
March 8, 20216:58 pm Sen. Joyce Elliott tried to free LRSD from state control Monday, but her bill didn t pass. Brian Chilson
The state took over control of the
Little Rock School District in January of 2015 and has yet to hand it back over to full local control, even though the five-year deadline for doing so has passed. On Monday, state senators on the Education Committee voted to allow the open-ended guardianship of the district continue.
Sen. Joyce Elliott (D-Little Rock) that would spring the district from the state’s colonization. But the bill needed five votes to pass. Yes votes came from Elliott,