Policy Research

"Compliant taxpayers are suffering from a lack of service, as a result of lagged collection and payment activities" by Arkansans not paying their taxes. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Efficiency Project report, 2016   (May 2018) The state Department...

"Mission Statements. Agency officials expressed support for efficiency as a concept, though few mission statements include the term. Each agency should include the word efficiency in their mission statement and post it online in an...

  "Agency Strategic Plans. Only five state agencies post a strategic plan ... Each agency should have a strategic plan and post it online so it is accessible to citizens."  Policy Foundation Efficiency Project, October 2016   (May...

"Eighteen Arkansas school districts earned A's or A-minuses, and 14 other systems received failing marks in the latest in a series of Arkansas Policy Foundation studies."  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Sept. 28, 2008   (April 2018) A new...

(April 2018) Only eight Arkansas counties post annual budgets online for citizens while others publish an annual appropriation notice in the paper of record, a legal requirement. Every county should post its budget in an...

"I've been told this isn't going to help anybody unless your income is $100,000 a year." State Rep. Kim Hendren, R-Gravette "Question: Could you tell, since you indicated that perhaps Rep. Hendren's fig 529s &...

"The most callused aspect of the current education monopoly in Arkansas is that it willingly and deliberately forces children--except those whose parents have wealth--to attend bad schools.” Policy Foundation report,11998   (March 2018) The Policy...

(March 2018) A provision of the recently-enacted Republican federal tax cut, meant to increase competition in the delivery of education services was approved by the state legislature in mid-March and became law on March 20....

"School Improvement Coordinator Ms. Tiah Frazier said there were 28 districts with transitional support plans." Minutes, State Board of Education, December 14, 2017 "PA930 of 2017 requires districts with schools labeled under the state's previous school accountability...

"Scarce resources can be allocated toward fiscal goals ... when government does more with less."  Policy Foundation, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 20161   (February 12, 2018) Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson proposed using efficiencies and savings from the transformation...