AR HR1006

The House of Representatives opposes the "Educational Rights Amendment of 2024" and encourages all registered Arkansas voters to oppose it.

The resolution claims the amendment would cost at least $1 billion per year with no cost projections or funding mechanisms provided.

The amendment would create multiple new welfare programs as constitutional rights without work requirements, time limits, or income restrictions, potentially allowing wealthy Arkansans to access benefits.

The amendment would impose extreme regulations on private schools designed to eliminate them from the Education Freedom program and would unconstitutionally restrict religious liberty by prohibiting private schools from teaching religious subjects.

The amendment would cement policies into the state constitution that would handicuff future General Assemblies, jeopardize teacher pay raises, require tax increases, and reverse education tax reform progress.