14 states file brief supporting Arkansas’ defense against lawsuit that challenge section of LEARNS Act

FILE - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs an education overhaul bill into law on March 8, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Four Arkansas residents filed a lawsuit on Friday, June 7, 2024, challenging the school voucher program created by the bill, saying it violates the state constitution's protections for educational funding. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)
FILE - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs an education overhaul bill into law on March 8, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Four Arkansas residents filed a lawsuit on Friday, June 7, 2024, challenging the school voucher program created by the bill, saying it violates the state constitution's protections for educational funding. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)


Iowa and 13 other states have filed a brief supporting Arkansas' defense against a lawsuit that challenges a section of the LEARNS Act, arguing the federal judge in the case erred in applying a 1982 Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that they say is "dead."

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