Proposed rules changes to the Educational Freedom Account program, including a ban on the accounts’ use for team sports, are likely to spark several rounds of public comments in the coming days, Arkansas Department of Education officials predict.
A Russellville lawmaker who was one of the leading sponsors of the sweeping legislative package that created the accounts program said she and her co-sponsor were also in conversations with the Education Department and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office to ensure account funds that have been allowed for sports-related expenses aren’t


