This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It. by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen Co-published with Arkansas Times July 15, 2026, 6:00 am

This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It. by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen Co-published with Arkansas Times July 15, 2026, 6:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/arksansas-private-schools-vouchers-delta-institute-developing-brain-autism-harm?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature Reporting Highlights Private School Abuse: At an Arkansas school, a boy was hit by the school’s founder and attacked by classmates in a group session the founder led, prompting a complaint and her arrest. State Money Still Flows: Despite a jail term for the school’s founder, The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain continues to operate and Arkansas still sends it public funds. Unregulated and Growing: By design, private schools get little oversight in Arkansas even as new opportunities to receive state money have spurred a boom in openings since 2023.