Federal judge in LEARNS lawsuit plans to apply for LEARNS vouchers, won't recuse

The judge assigned to a federal lawsuit challenging a section of Arkansas LEARNS, the K-12 education overhaul championed by Gov. Sarah Sanders, is planning to apply for a school voucher for his family under a program created by LEARNS — but doesn’t intend to recuse from the case.

U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky, a Trump appointee and member of the conservative Federalist Society, disclosed that information in a statement posted to the case docket on Friday.

The lawsuit names Sanders and her education secretary, Jacob Oliva, as defendants and asks the court to block the section of the law containing the ban on so-called indoctrination. That section is distinct from the portion of the law that created the school voucher program — known as “Education Freedom Accounts” in the parlance of LEARNS — which gives public money to private school and homeschool families to use for tuition, fees and other costs.

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https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/04/01/federal-judge-in-learns-lawsuit-plans-to-apply-for-learns-vouchers-wont-recuse

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