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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Special investigators for the state Supreme Court released a scathing report Monday, saying legislators reneged on a promise to make public education Arkansas' top spending priority.
The Supreme Court masters faulted legislators on almost every front — particularly their failure to increase per-pupil spending while approving cost of living increases for state agencies and themselves.
"We were able to prove that we're not a bunch of whining school folks. I'm gratified," said David Matthews, an attorney for the Rogers School District, which was among 49 districts that sued Arkansas over 2005-06 funding levels.
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