Arkansas public schools face steepest enrollment drop in 20 years amid voucher rollout

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Public school enrollment in Arkansas has seen a significant decline this school year—the first for which school choice vouchers established by the LEARNS Act have been made universally available to Arkansas students.

The decline in public school enrollment from last school year is steeper than any year during the COVID-19 pandemic and possibly the last 20 years.

Arkansas public schools have lost a net total of 8,916 students since last school year, a decline of nearly two percent.

Read more at ABC7.

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