The Plot to End
Education Freedom
in Arkansas and
Raise Your Taxes
Thanks to historic reform in recent years…
Every child in Arkansas is finally gaining access to quality education options.
We now have the highest starting teacher pay in the country.
We are well on our way to eliminating our work-punishing state income tax.
But that’s all at risk
with the seemingly harmless:
What would this amendment really do?
What are they not telling you?
1. CEMENTS A BLANK CHECK INTO OUR CONSTITUTION:
This union-backed amendment would create a series of new, universal welfare programs – and Arkansas taxpayers will be left holding the bag. Conservative estimates suggest these programs will cost a minimum of $1,000,000,000 annually. The programs would be cemented as “constitutional rights.” And in reality, no one really knows how much these programs will cost taxpayers for sure. No cost estimates. No funding mechanisms. Just a blank check.
2. RAISES TAXES ON ARKANSAS WORKERS & FAMILIES:
The damning last sentence of Section 5 in the amendment compels the Arkansas legislature to implement and fund this proposed amendment – but without any funding mechanism. That means massive tax increases on Arkansas families to pay for this union-backed wish list.
3: STOMPS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
The amendment would force religious schools to teach concepts that violate their religious beliefs and ban them from teaching any religious topics. This is unconstitutional—and an attack on the core American principle of religious liberty.
4: ENDS EDUCATION FREEDOM:
Under these conditions, schools and families would be forced to stop participating in Arkansas’ education freedom programs, ripping critical funding away from thousands of Arkansas families and students with special needs.
BOTTOM LINE
THIS UNION-BACKED AMENDMENT WOULD RAISE TAXES, END EDUCATION FREEDOM, AND HURT ARKANSAS FAMILIES
Learn more about this initiative.
True education freedom means:
All students have access to a wide variety of education settings that meet their needs – and that’s where Arkansas is headed. But this union-backed scheme would end that forever by forcing impossible regulations on private schools and ripping quality options away from thousands of Arkansas students and families.
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