By Jedediah Blinks
September 25, 2029
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Arkansas announced today that it will eliminate special education programs from K-12 schooling beginning in January, now that no federal law mandates such services.
“Our schools should be teaching core subjects like math and the New Testament. Anyone who wants to receive special services can turn to the free market,” said Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “Downsizing our K-12 budget will allow us to focus on core governmental services.”
Special education advocacy groups decried the move, arguing many students have severe needs that cannot reasonably be served outside of the public school system.
“Our public schools must be open to all and should serve all. It is nonsensical to assume that students can thrive at private academies. Worse, they may well find that no school at all is willing to admit them,” Save our Special Ed said in a statement. “We will fight this decision in court.”
However, it was unclear which law Arkansas could be violating, as the New Confederate Congress declined to reenact many educational mandates previously in effect in the former United States of America, alongside environmental protections, consumer safety laws, and anti-corruption measures.
Huckabee Sanders said the savings from eliminating special education will be redirected in part to corporate incentives for data center construction.
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