We cannot allow a child’s destiny to be determined by their zip code or the size of their parent’s bank account.
We must empower parents with the right to choose the school that’s best for their child.
When we give parents a choice, we give children a chance.
Opponents of
#SchoolChoice
assert special needs children are not served in their schools of choice.
The truth is parents have all the power in these environments because they can leave and take their funds.
There are currently more than 2000 special needs children on the EFA
#ARNews
!! Please let
#Arkansas
parents know they now have options for their children's education!
No longer do our military dependent, special needs, foster, homeless children and those attending failing schools have to languish in a classroom not able to meet their needs just
#ARKANSAS
VOTERS BEWARE!
Make sure to actually read and research the ballot initiative BEFORE you sign- it changes our constitution and gives a blank check to the union and uber leftist.
This is what
#Arkansas
#education
looked like a year ago- under the leadership and
Secretary Joseph Wood has my full support for Chairman of the Republican Party of Arkansas.
Under Joseph’s leadership, we will continue to defeat the radical left and elect conservatives who will stand strong in the fight for freedom.
Is anyone shocked that a wealthy democrat governor is opposed to giving all children the same advantages of private education that his own children experience?
It's been my experience that the majority of those who oppose
#SchoolChoice
are
1- Liberal teacher union members &
#Arkansas
parents!! Your child may be eligible for an Educational Freedom Account worth up to $6800 for K-12 educational options.
The scholarships are for private school tuition and fees, homeschool, microschool (hybrid school) students and other education needs. Therapies,
@AllisonForAR
I've read it through completely, in about 2.5 hrs, taking notes and cross referencing. I think you completely underestimate the people of Arkansas, we are much brighter than you give us credit for being.
"Florida is turning into Arkansas" Bret Baier last night talking about how red Florida is now. Hopefully
#Arkansas
will become more like Florida when it comes to education- our students, families and teachers deserve it!
This is an unconscionable manipulation of our students who I’m extremely confident have not read the bill or listened to the testimony. Exactly why LEARNS is needed for parents to protect their children from activist posing as teachers
#arnews
#arpx
#arleg
Lots of signs, plus chants: “freedom of speech, freedom to teach.” LR Central students, maybe more than 1,000, out here to protest the Arkansas LEARNS voucher bill.
Inflation-adjusted education spending per student in the U.S.
1960: $4,218
1970: $6,653
1980: $8,442
1990: $11,496
2000: $13,351
2010: $15,827
2019: $16,774
298% real increase since 1960.
This is what is wrong with education. Parents/families are being completely disregarded/disenfranchised, it’s time to make sure families TAKE a seat at the table when their child is concerned!
#arpx
#arleg
I’m ready to go straight to work for the people of Arkansas next week as your governor.
I know we can do phenomenal things to empower Arkansans, and I will unleash our full potential with bold, transformational reforms.
It happened her too! More than 90% of Senate and 76% of House primary races were won by
#schoolChoice
advocates.
#arleg
Families want options!
#arnews
#arpx
The incumbent made a point of making the race about
#schoolChoice
. Going as far to send a personalized letter out saying he stood against “vouchers”. Evidently the families in Dist 48 want to have options for their kids.
#Arleg
#arpx
Arkansas House District 48 Republican Primary Election Results:
Ryan Rose: 56.2%
Max Blake: 43.8%
Max Blake was endorsed by the incumbent and opposes school choice.
Ryan Rose supports school choice.
Wow!! Congratulations to those 6 who had the guts and intestinal fortitude to put the children of LA above the political agenda of the union.
#SchoolChoice
is WINNING
17 Oklahoma "Republicans" voted to kill a bill to fund students instead of systems.
Bullard
Burns
Coleman
Dugger
Garvin
Hall
Hamilton
Howard
Jech
Kidd
Merrick
Murdock
Pederson
Pemberton
Stanley
Stephens
Weaver
Byron Donalds: "Joe Biden & Kamala Harris sent their kids to high-priced private schools but .. they trap poor kids in failing schools
They say they're pro-choice, but not if you want a choice over what your kids are taught. Donald Trump believes every parent deserves a choice"
All good news! What women need to know is that there are literally 1000's of Health Clinics around the nation, in every state, that provide better services for women and NO abortions!
Relegating students to schools b/c of zip code is the ultimate segregation.
Poor neighborhoods = poor schools. All kids deserve
#educationalFreedom
to succeed
Our children should not be a causality of politics and status quo. Every child deserves a quality education
Because they know parents/ taxpayers will lose their minds when they realize how much money they are actuallyspwndong for the result we are getting. There’s NOT a funding problem in education there is a SPENDING problem
Washington Post just said schools in D.C. cost "$11,310 in base spending" per student.
D.C. actually spends $30,115 per student.
Why didn't Washington Post report that number?🤔
That’s an interesting statement. Can you please share specifically the
#Arkansas
public school that’s ever been closed due to its lack of “oversight, transparency and accountability”? Because there are many with “D” & “F” scores that are still operating
#SchoolChoice
won the night! Jeremiah Moore, Ryan Rose, Mary Bentley, Blake Johnson, Clint Penzo, Stetson Painter, Charlene Fite, Josh Miller, Brandon Achor, and many more !
#arleg
#arpx
Arkansas House District 61 Republican Primary Election Results:
Jeremiah Moore: 57%
David Hillman: 30%
Hillman was an incumbent and opposed school choice.
Moore supports school choice.
This is the scenario in every state. Those who have the money & power have
#SchoolChoice
. The refuse to allow access to every family to all education in America has to offer.
They don't want truth out- then people see RT
@sbalist
: 6️⃣ Twitter banned a tweet by our president
@marjoriesba
which included a
#ProLife
quote by Mother Teresa. They cited their "Health and pharmaceutical products and services" policy as their reason
It’s so ironic,
@AllisonForAR
working to kill
#SchoolChoice
while her family has taken advantage of the Succeed scholarship, a true voucher, to send her kids to private school.
Are there still Christians backing Joe Biden now?
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.”
BREAKING: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey just announced a program allowing families to take their children's education dollars elsewhere if their public schools close, mandate masks, or subject children to other COVID-19 constraints.
BREAKING: Texas Governor Greg Abbott: "Empowering parents means giving them the choice to send their children to any public school, charter school, or private school with state funding following the student."
There’s not a funding problem to education in
#America
there’s a spending problem, as in the funds that are allocated are not being spent properly, effectively or efficiently.
#education
is too heavy.
Wow,
#Arkansas
the entire nation is moving in the direction of focusing on kids, while we are still allow superintendents to run the legislature ...
#arpx
#ared
@andrewcollinsAR
Agreed, conversely those who believe in
#schoolChoice
can be strong advocates for public schools as well. So those of us who want families who don't have your income or address to have options are not admirable?
Actually a life long Arkansan, born to a family of 2nd generation immigrants living in trailer park in Pine Bluff, then SW LR & graduate of Central High after which I joined
@USNavy
as my only way out. To defend you hiding behind your “fake” twitter name- you are the problem
#Arleg
in just a few months you will be convening at our Capitol to work for the people of
#Arkansas
. Our hope, the large majority, want you to address the inequality of
#education
& give families options for their children.
#arpx
#arnews
The average private school tuition in
#Arkansas
is approx $6k, which is literally half of what we pay for each student's public education across the state.
Since we have approx 30k kids in private schools (and just as many homeschooling) across the state, only 5.6% of Arkansans
Low-cost private schools have to constantly struggle for survival because the public school monopoly refuses to share.
And then we have to hear "private schools are only for the rich."
It's unconscionable what the union and their fawners perpetrate on our children in the name of eduction to salvage their political prowess.
#arleg
#arpx
Because of
#LEARNS
-
There are now 5900 students on an EFA in
#Arkansas
of which 69% are special needs, foster, homeless, military dependents or students from "F"/"Level 5" schools. That's over 4000 kids who's lives will be changed.
The other 1900, who are just starting their
💯!! For decades parents and families (of all political persuasions) have been begging their leaders for opportunity and access to optima for their children’s education. You can only hold people down so long before they rise up!!
the GOP has a golden opportunity to become the Parents Party. Republicans who don't follow Glenn Youngkin’s blueprint for success deserve to lose in November.
#Schoolchoice
is saving
#Arkansas
money.
The AR Education Freedom Accounts is unto $6600 per student.
AR public schools cost $12,000 per student but can be much higher.
For one full school year the public school district keeps 100% of the funds for any student leaving the
School choice is saving Arizona money.
The AZ Education Savings Account is for $7000/student.
The public school cost to educate the average AZ student is $14,000.
$7000 is less than $14,000.
Arizona saves $7000/ESA, and doesn't have to educate that student.
#waleg
BREAKING: The Arkansas teachers union-backed group just announced they fell short of the signatures needed in their attempt to block the state’s new universal school choice program.
They needed about 55,000 valid signatures and they said they fell about 500 short.
It's unlikely
Thanks for the members of the House Education Committee who stand for students over the Superintendents/union.
#Arkansas
voters by > 60% want options &
#teachers
by > 56% want this program
Meeks yes
Love no
Murdock no
Deffenbaugh no
Lowery yes
Womack yes
Bragg yes
Fite yes
Beck yes
Speaks no
Brown yes
Vaught yes
Maddox no
Hollowell no
Johnson no
McKenzie yes
Godfrey no
Smith no
Evans yes
#HB1371
#arpx
#arleg
In
#Arkansas
we have several redline districts and “private” public schools that will not allow “those” kids to choice into.
This practice is how the haves keep the have nots “in their place”
Anyone that tells you “public schools have to take all children” are either ignorant
.
@wendyhorman
said “One of the loudest arguments against school choice is that it creates segregation. Let me tell you what, we already face that. The problem with that argument is too often our neighborhoods are already divided along racial and economic lines. Students pay a
It’s time for parents across this nation to become informed and engaged to take a seat at the table of our education system!
@1ReformAlliance
will work with you to set up a parent network to get involved!
#arnews
#arpx
This year, we targeted 27 legislators for opposing school choice in the primaries.
18 of them are now gone.
That's a 67% win rate against incumbents
Taking out a sitting legislator is the hardest thing to do in politics–they usually win 95% of the time
Political earthquake.
“Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
came out of her long campaign in Arkansas eager to establish herself as the ‘Education Governor’ and thus far is doing just that.”
It’s been said numerous times that 96 people showed up yesterday to express their concerns. What has not been noted is close to 40 ppl showed up in support. Teachers, parents and students.
#sb294
#arnews
#arleg
#arpx
A few loud voices on Twitter wld have you believe Arkansans oppose Gov
@SarahHuckabee
LEARNS plans but the fact of the matter is the voters of Arkansas elected her, 49 Reps & 23 Senators all who supported
#schoolChoice
in their campaigns. Arkansans want LEARNS
@arpx
#arleg
Seems to be a sentiment of opponents to education freedom in
#Arleg
as well. ‘Forget those struggling families whose kids are falling through the cracks and can’t read or do math, we need them to sit in those seats to collect those dues’
Regardless of the temperature, Monday is going to be scarf weather! National
#SchoolChoiceWeek
is in the air in
#Arkansas
! Join us at 11 AM for our rally at the Statehouse Convention Center, featuring Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
Sanders and national expert
@DeAngelisCorey
.
JUST IN: SCOTUS just denied Planned Parenthood's petition in Planned Parenthood vs. Jegley. This means that Arkansas has for now effectively banned medication abortion & ended access to abortion at all but ONE health center.
#CourtsMatter
#StopTheBans
Those involved in the "For AR Kids" campaign are the same union backed actors who have been demanding more money for decades- and getting it.
Not using it to:
Pay our teachers
Serve our students
Empower our families
but to increase their political prowess and coffers to
Interesting the bus is running over AR kids… because that’s what they doing.
Wanting to trap thousands of special needs children in schools not able to serve their needs
Risk teachers losing all the raises and benefits they realized through
#ArkansasLEARNS
Cost
#Arkansas
This is what
#ArkansasLEARNS
is doing for
#Arkansas
families! Thank you Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
and
#ARleg
for making sure our
#education
system is focused on students and not systems!
Now families like Cindy's can find solutions for their children allowing them to thrive in
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "This time next year, we will have universal education freedom for the first time in Arkansas history."
Their school choice initiative expands to all students next year.
Legislators across America can no longer justify not giving families options outside their zoned government school
While many schools do a wonderful job, 33% of Arkansas schools are D/F and are failing our kids year after year.
Louisiana Democrat Rep. Jason Hughes:
"I can't close my eyes to the 67% of 3rd graders in public schools who cannot read.
I cannot close my eyes to the number of kids living in poverty in our state that are trapped in failing schools."
He just voted for school choice today.
During my devotional this morning, I heard “stop listening to the loudest voice, and start listening to the truest voice”. Right is rarely easy but it’s always right.
#arleg
#arpx
Opposers of
#SchoolChoice
have no regard for our children, teachers or communities.
They are completely myopic on saving and funding the teachers union- full stop.
Their desire to control all the
#education
funds and minds of our kids with billions of $ and political power
Condoleezza Rice ON FIRE for school choice:
"How can you say you're for civil rights? How can you say you're for the poor? When you're condemning those children to not being able to read?"
She also calls out hypocrites opposing school choice who send their own kids to private.
Thank you Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
for supporting students and their families, making education about our children and their needs! Thousands of students across
#Arkansas
now have access to schools they’d never have been able to attend before!
#arpx
#NSCW2024
Right? The majority of private schools in
#Arkansas
charge 1/2 of what our public schools do!
Parents are able to opt-in to private schools, knowing what their children are being taught and able to choose the environment unlike government schools where parents are
For those who think private schools raising tuition from around $5,000 to $6,800 with school choice programs, while public schools spend around $15,000, is somehow horrible, a little reminder of what people needed under COVID:
Affordable CHOICE.
"Tuesday night’s primary results demonstrate that Arkansans are showing up at the ballot box for school choice supporters just like those lawmakers showed up to expand education freedom for them."
@Tommy_USA
#SchoolChoiceNow
#SchoolChoice