Joint Education Committee recommends emergency rules to implement LEARNS Act Education Freedom Accounts
The joint Education Committee voted to recommend review and approval of emergency rules to implement Education Freedom Accounts under the LEARNS Act, while members pressed the Department of Education on teacher qualifications, private-school accountability, testing and auditing before the rules become effective Aug. 1.
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Courtney Solis Ford, chief of staff for the Department of Education, and Andreas Rhodes, the department's chief legal counsel, presented emergency rules the department said are needed to begin the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program under the LEARNS Act.
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