Arkansas NAACP, Little Rock Central teacher join as plaintiffs in lawsuit challenging LEARNS Act

Colton Gilbert, then a teacher at Parkview High School in Little Rock, asks a question during a Little Rock School District town hall meeting in the Old Supreme Court Chamber at the state Capitol in this Aug. 24, 2017 file photo. Gilbert, who went on to teach at Little Rock Central High School, was added as a plaintiff to a lawsuit challenging the Arkansas LEARNS Act on Friday, April 12, 2024, officials said. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
Colton Gilbert, then a teacher at Parkview High School in Little Rock, asks a question during a Little Rock School District town hall meeting in the Old Supreme Court Chamber at the state Capitol in this Aug. 24, 2017 file photo. Gilbert, who went on to teach at Little Rock Central High School, was added as a plaintiff to a lawsuit challenging the Arkansas LEARNS Act on Friday, April 12, 2024, officials said. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)


The Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP and a Little Rock Central High School teacher were added Friday as plaintiffs to a lawsuit challenging the LEARNS Act and seeking to temporarily halt enforcement of a section of the law targeting "indoctrination."

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