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Board counsels on possible district intervention in state voucher litigation; staff to prepare materials
Summary
Legal counsel briefed the Little Rock School District Board of Directors on Sept. 11 about the option to intervene in Falconberry, a lawsuit challenging the state’s Learn voucher provisions; intervention would allow LRSD to participate in discovery and document alleged financial harm from voucher recipients leaving the district.
Little Rock School District legal counsel briefed trustees on Sept. 11 about the pending Falconberry litigation, in which parents and teachers challenge parts of the state’s Learn voucher program. Counsel described the procedural and evidentiary differences between (a) intervening as a party to the case and (b) filing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs.
Counsel explained that intervention would give the district standing to participate in discovery and to present evidence about direct financial impacts to the district — for example, identifying…
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