Arkansas districts appeal denial of school-choice exemption
February 21, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Department of Education denied four districts exemption from participating in Public School Choice Act student transfers across district lines in the 2018-19 academic year.
The Hope, Lafayette County, Junction City and Camden Fairview districts are now appealing the denials to the state Board of Education. The appeals will be heard on March 8, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported .
Leaders in the four districts said interdistrict student transfers will put their school systems in conflict with federal court-ordered school desegregation obligations. The e...
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