KUAR | By Antoinette Grajeda / Arkansas Advocate
From the Arkansas Advocate:
Arkansas’ attorney general on Thursday approved for the 2026 ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would require public and private schools that receive state funds to be held to the same standards.
The constitutional amendment is backed by For AR Kids, a ballot question committee that failed to collect enough signatures to qualify an identical measure for the 2024 ballot. Attorney General Tim Griffin in July certified two other measures for the 2026 ballot that target government transparency and eliminating the sales tax for feminine hygiene products. Those proposals also failed to qualify for the 2024 election.
Griffin rejected For AR Kids’ initial 2026 submission in August because it did not include the full text of the measure as required by law. The committee resubmitted the full proposal last week.
Arkansas AG certifies education coalition’s 2026 ballot proposal
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Bill Kopsky, executive director of the Arkansas Public Policy Panel, talks about the governor’s proposed education legislation during a rally on Feb. 15, 2023. Groups concerned with public education rallied, on the steps of the State Capitol.