Arkansas Republican lawmakers may be waking up to fiscal ramifications of school vouchers

By: Rich Shumate, Columnist

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: January 23, 2026

Words: 1,009

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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During last week’s meeting of the Arkansas Legislative Council, where members were asked to pour $32 million more into Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ school voucher subsidies, Republican Sen. Breanne Davis of Russellville unintentionally drew attention to a bit of the program’s perverse financial logic.

Rep. Jim Wooten of Beebe, one of a handful of Republicans who voted against the vouchers scheme when it was approved in 2023, noted that by drawing students away from …

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