Arkansas Supreme Court upholds procedural vote on governor's education overhaul

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The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the procedural vote that allowed Gov. Sara Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul to take effect immediately. The ruling Thursday from the court doesn't affect Sanders' law creating a new voucher program and raising minimum teacher salaries.

FILE - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs into law an education overhaul bill, Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, upheld the procedural vote that allowed Huckabee Sanders’ education overhaul to take effect immediately, rejecting a judge’s ruling that threw into question the way state laws have been fast-tracked into enforcement over the years. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

But the ruling rejects the argument that the Legislature violated the state constitution with its votes for the measure to take effect immediately. Opponents of the law argued that the emergency clause for the law, which requires a two-thirds vote, should have been taken up separately from the legislation. Lawmakers commonly vote on a bill and its emergency clause at the same time.

 

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