Proposed rules changes to the Educational Freedom Account program, including a ban on the accounts' use for team sports, are likely to spark several rounds of public comments in the coming days, Arkansas Department of Education officials predict.

A Russellville lawmaker who was one of the leading sponsors of the sweeping legislative package that created the accounts program said she and her co-sponsor were also in conversations with the Education Department and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office to ensure account funds that have been allowed for sports-related expenses aren't "unintentionally (tied) up" in efforts to tighten the program.

The comment by Republican Sen. Breanne Davis came after the state Board of Education voted Thursday to release the revisions for a 30-day public commen

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