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House passes school voucher bill House passes school voucher bill FIGHTING VOUCHERS: Rep. David Tollett The House got a second crack at a school voucher bill — $2 million worth to start versus $4 million in a bill defeated earlier — and it voted 52-40 to approve the bill, which now goes to the governor, who supports it. Advertisement The arguments were familiar and, again, disingenuous in the case of supporters. Of course, the voucher program will grow. The existing voucher program for students with learning problems has grown exponentially, 10 percent this year alone (against a 2.3 per...

Credit Arkansas Legislature Following hours of debate, members of the Arkansas House Education committee narrowly passed a bill that would provide private school scholarships for low-income students. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 11 to nine in favor of House Bill 1371, sponsored by Republican Rep. Ken Bragg of Sheridan. The bill would create a tax credit for individuals and businesses to donate to two funds, which would be run by a private nonprofit. One would provide up to $6 million in credits for donations to provide grants to public schools, while the other would provide $4 million in credit...

House defeats school voucher bill in 44-52 vote March 17, 20213:30 pm REP. DAVID TOLLETT: In opposing voucher bill, he suggested coming together for a bil helping all children. After more than an hour and a half of impassioned debate, the Arkansas House today defeated a bill to double from about 500 the number of students in Arkansas who could receive state money for vouchers to attend private schools. The vote was 44-52, with two voting present and two not voting. Advertisement A motion to clinch the outcome failed, so the bill may come up again. UPDATE: Here’s the roll call. The debate co...

School voucher expansion narrowly approved by House Education Committee School voucher expansion narrowly approved by House Education Committee FOR VOUCHERS: Rep. Ken Bragg gives closing argument for his voucher bill. The House Education Committee took up an expansion of private school vouchers this morning and ran into opposition at taking money from public schools and placing an additional burden on the Education Department. Advertisement In the end, the bill received a do-pass on an 11-9 vote. The initial roll call was 10-9, but chair Rep. Bruce Cozart gave the bill the 11th voted needed...