Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (center) and Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva (right) answer questions about the education bill following Sanders speech to homeschoolers on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
A group of Arkansas citizens has asked a Pulaski County circuit judge to stop what they say is the state's unconstitutional Educational Freedom Account that provides taxpayer funding for tuition and other private and home school costs.
The four plaintiffs -- Gwen Faulkenberry, Special Renee Sanders, Anika Whitfield and Kimberly Crutchfield, who are represented by Richard H. Mays -- filed suit late Friday against Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Arkansas Department of Education, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Education Secretary Jacob Oliva, secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration Jim Hudson and eight of the nine-member state Board of Education. One board position is vacant.
The plaintiffs argued to Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Morgan Welch that the voucher program is unconstitutional and void.
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