Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas State Board of Education has approved a waiver for the Blytheville Public School District that will allow the district to participate in the public school choice program beginning in the 2016-17 school year.
The program allows students to attend a school in a district other than the one in which they reside.
The Blytheville Courier News (http://bit.ly/1QaU82n ) reports that the waiver was approved on Thursday. Blytheville Superintendent Richard Atwill requested the waiver in December.
Atwill cited a letter from the education department's general counsel, Kendra Clay, that it appeared that the school district is no longer under an active desegregation-related court order, clearing the path for school choice.
The superintendent said at the time that the district had always wanted to participate in the program, but conflicting laws made it impossible to do so.
___
Information from: Blytheville Courier News, http://www.couriernews.net
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
