Lawmakers Approve $90 Million Request From Reserve Fund for Education Freedom Account Program | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Lawmakers approve $90 million request from reserve fund for Education Freedom Account program | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

An Arkansas panel of lawmakers approved Tuesday a request for $90 million from a set-aside of the Restricted Reserve Fund for the state's Education Freedom Account program.

Funding Education Opportunity: Study finds more than 1.6 million students using K-12 open enrollment in 19 states

Good morning, More than 1.6 million students are using open enrollment, meaning approximately 6% of public school students in the 19 states examined use it to choose a public school, according to a new Reason Foundation report, “Open Enrollment by the Numbers: 2025.” The study reviews K-12 open enrollment, which lets students attend public schools other than their residentially assigned ones when there are open seats.  Table 1 shows open enrollm…