Darrell Smith (foreground), assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment in the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Stacy Smith, the commission's deputy commissioner, are shown in Little Rock in this March 6, 2024 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Cynthia Howell)
Just over 7,000 new student applications for the state's Educational Freedom Accounts program, a publicly funded private school voucher system, have been submitted for the 2024-25 school year, and at least 6,000 have so far been approved, state education leaders said Thursday.
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