HB1966
To Authorize an Incorporated Town or a City of the Second Class to Petition the State Board of Education for the Establishment of a Local Public Elementary School or Satellite School Under Certain Conditions.
Barnett · 2025 Regular Session · Notification that HB1966 is now Act 914
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TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS TO PETITION THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR SATELLITE SCHOOL UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
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17 mentions · 10 meetings · 4 named speakers
April 16, 2025
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Matched: “HB1966 Barnett Murdock TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY…”
will take up House Bill 1966. House Bill
up the ballot. By vote of 35 yeas, 0 nay, House Bill 1966 passes. Please return to the House.
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April 14, 2025
Matched: “Calendar. Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill 1966 by Representative Barnett, recommended due pass. Calendar.…”
Calendar. Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill 1966 by Representative Barnett, recommended due pass. Calendar. Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill 1986 by Representative Nazarco, recommended due pass. ...
April 14, 2025 · Education Committee - Senate & House Meeting Jointly with Advanced Communications & Information
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Matched: “HB1966 Barnett TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE…”
House bill 1966 you identify yourself you'll be
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April 9, 2025
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Matched: “HB1966 Barnett TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE…”
- Madam Clerk, please read House Bill 1966. -
and good afternoon, members. I am before you today to present House Bill 1966.
for school each day. House Bill 1966 seeks to provide rural communities within a formerly consolidated school district a pathway to having a local school choice option. House Bill 1966 empowers rural municipalities with the ability to partn...
...ty as it relates to how the school is staffed and operated within that context. House Bill 1966 requires that the rural small municipality has the ability to provide adequate facilities. It also provides that the school and the municipality...
...ommunity involvement while giving proper respect to local control. At its core, House Bill 1966 requires cross collaboration and community support which is essential to providing our children with a quality education that is accessible and ...
Representative Barnett is closed for the bill. Question before the house is the passage of House Bill 1966, repair the machine, Madam Clerk. It's everyone
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April 8, 2025
Matched: “…House Bill 17, 19, House Bill 17, 18, 74, House Bill 1945, House Bill 1966, House Bill 1986, Senate Bill 303, Senate Bill 467, Senate…”
..., Vice Chair. Mr. Speaker of your Committee on Education, to whom is referred House Bill 10, 17, House Bill 17, 19, House Bill 17, 18, 74, House Bill 1945, House Bill 1966, House Bill 1986, Senate Bill 303, Senate Bill 467, Senate Bill 470,
April 8, 2025 · Education Committee (House)
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Matched: “HB1966 Barnett TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE…”
for the record you're recognized present house bill 1966 All right.
you today to present House Bill 1966. This bill intends to promote school choice and local control, community and civic engagement, and most importantly, local public education that is accessible. Many of our rural school districts
House Bill 1966 seeks to provide rural communities within a formerly consolidated school district a pathway to
...ool board approves the appeal and the joint partnership and plan is established, House Bill 1966 empowers the school board and municipality to jointly appeal to the Arkansas Board of Education to establish the elementary school or satellite
...gs such as utility costs, cost sharing, free use of city facilities, et cetera. House Bill 1966 creates a means for school districts to expand choice within their districts, and it would also help reduce commute time for rural elementary sc...
providing our children with a quality education that is accessible. Often we hear of expanding school choice, and it is done as a means to provide school choice options outside or beyond public schools. However, House Bill 1966 promotes
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April 7, 2025 · Education Committee (House)
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Matched: “…SED FOOD ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS DURING THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY. HB1966 Barnett TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE…”
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April 7, 2025 · Education Committee (House)
Matched: “…HE SCHOOL CAMPUS DURING THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY. Page 3 of 5 HB1966 Barnett TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE…”
April 3, 2025 · Education Committee (House)
Matched: “…SED FOOD ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS DURING THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY. HB1966 Barnett TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE…”
April 3, 2025 · Education Committee (House)
Matched: “…SED FOOD ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS DURING THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY. HB1966 Barnett TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE…”
Documents (6)
- Agenda — EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE MEETING JOINTLY WITH ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION, Apr 14, 2025 · April 14, 2025
- Agenda — EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 8, 2025 · April 8, 2025
- Agenda — EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 7, 2025 · April 7, 2025
- Agenda — EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 7, 2025 · April 7, 2025
- Agenda — EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 3, 2025 · April 3, 2025
- Agenda — EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 3, 2025 · April 3, 2025
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