The Arkansas House Education Committee passed Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s education reform bill on Wednesday to create the Arkansas LEARNS Act.
Sanders unveiled Arkansas LEARNS in February, a bill that combines a raise in the minimum teacher salary with other changes including a voucher program directing public money to private schools.
The House initially began hearing testimony for House Bill 294 on Tuesday, meeting from 2:25 p.m. to 9:10 p.m., in which the panel heard from a variety of educators who opposed the voucher plan. 
The meeting was continued and adjourned the following day, with Republican state Rep. Keith Brooks delivering the closing speech to the panel….