October 17, 2013 The 2013 Special Session Governor Beebe has called a special session of the Arkansas General Assembly to begin today at 3:00 p.m. for legislators to address the health…
September 23, 2013 Some Arkansas Schools Allowed to Arm Teachers I wrote here last month about a recent Attorney General Opinion in which the AG said that school districts do not qualify under state law to…
August 5, 2013 AG Weighs In On Arming School District Staff As I recently discussed here, a bill was filed in the last legislative session that would have allowed school districts to contract with existing…
July 26, 2013 Eighth Circuit Finds School Choice Case Moot In May, I wrote about the new school choice law and how it will be applied in the upcoming school year. In that post,…
July 16, 2013 The Unintended Consequences of School Gun Laws I recently ran across this article from the New York Times that brings to light a problem that some school districts are facing when…
June 4, 2013 New NCLB Reauthorization Bill Filed Senator Tom Harkin (D – Iowa) introduced a new bill today to reauthorize No Child Left Behind. The bill, titled Strengthening America’s Schools Act of…
April 12, 2013 The Tim Tebow Bill: What’s Wrong With It? To some, nothing, which is why it’s probably going to pass, if it hasn’t already, through the Senate Education Committee this morning with flying…
April 3, 2013 Legislative Update I haven’t posted a legislative update in a while, so here are a few important happenings from this week: Yesterday, HB1897, the Parental Choice…
March 27, 2013 School Vouchers Constitutional in Indiana Yesterday, the Indiana Supreme Court issued an opinion upholding the state’s private school voucher program, which some have called the broadest in the nation….
March 11, 2013 Legislative Update Today is the filing deadline for all bills for the 2013 legislative session. Of course, there’s still plenty of time to amend the numerous…