Policy Research

(April 2019) K-12 students enrolled at Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association-affiliated schools outside of Pulaski County compose 51.7% (9,812) of total ANSAA enrollment in 2018-19.1 Enrollment at ANSAA-affiliated schools is 18,987.These schools serve students in...

(April 2019) A massive 2,047-page bill approved by the state General Assembly and signed into law this month by Gov. Asa Hutchinson is the foundation for the biggest Arkansas state government reorganization in nearly 50...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson said one-third of the recommendations "are likely to be" practical, while one-third "might be" and the other one-third "may not be" feasible. Policy Foundation, 20th anniversary event, December 2015                                      (March 2019)...

(March 2019) Critics argue school choice benefits only the wealthy1 but records show most2 Arkansas private schools serve the middle-class, charging annual tuition rates less than the $6,781 state K-12 student foundation grant.3 Fayetteville Christian...

"Government, in order to be lean and effective, needs to be infused with market forces; less of a monopoly provider of services and more a broker of services in a competitive; and measured for accountability...

"Market-based economists have opposed the taxation of food for more than 200 years ... The outstanding example is France in the (late) 18th Century .... French economist A.R.J. Turgot (1727-1781) ... attempted to stop the French...

"State agencies are using consolidation to advance efficiencies.  The practice should be applied to other governmental units ..." Efficiency Project, 20161   (January 2019) Gov. Asa Hutchinson proposes reorganizing state government from 42 to 15 agencies, the...

(January 2019) Sixty-five percent (65%) of the nearly 4,800 K-12 students enrolled in Little Rock open-enrollment public charters in 2018-19 attend schools in zip codes with median household incomes less than $62,258, Arkansas Department of...

"Capital flight is an economic problem in Arkansas. Entrepreneurs have fled Arkansas, which has the highest top income tax rate (6.9) among border states. Three in the region ... do not levy an individual income...

(January 2019) Only 17 states have job creation rates1 greater than the U.S. average in the current economic expansion that is in its ninth year.2   Utah 29.6% Nevada 23.6% Colorado 23.4% Texas 23.1% Florida...