Education Committee - Senate

The. Beating a sent education committee to two order we have a corn here and do we have a a couple of bills on the agenda here sender davis you would like to have to take the seat at the end of the table. Yeah. And you're recognized. Thank you madam chair this bill is just idea but i'm sorry bring and david state senate restaurant twenty five it's been a while sometimes session clearly i'm a little rusty this bill is just a clean at bill for him session and it makes two corrections left over in session that we thought we addressed but and do not exactly correctly address in this applies specific leader students with disabilities as identified under the idea it deals specifically with philanthropic investment arkansas kids scholarship program and the education freedom accounts created in the learns act and right now and. Schools excuse me students that qualify for an iak that the act they have to have attended a private excuse me a public school the previous year and most students have not so this correction just extends to students who were in a private school the previous year and can qualify to stack both of those things and as I said it's specific to students who qualified in her succeeds so and they have to have a disability in also be low income so it's very narrow the scope and so we're just cleaning that up and creating a grandfather clause for those students who were formally under the succeed scholarship program and attending schools like easter sales academy it just clarifies that those students will continue to receive the same amount of funding under the education freedom accounts as they received under succeed every year until they graduate or leave the school without am happy to take any questions thank you are there questions from the committee. Is there anybody in the items in the light speak or against the bill okay with her run esco hip you are given your name in your organization you'll be recognized thank you madam chair my name is ron extreme and I serve ACE o for easter sales arkansas. I am here to lend support for the bill. And when we worked on this amendment to the learns act with senator davis during the session i'm one of the technical things we did not identify was that any returning students. Couldn't qualify for the piec it was only going to be for new applicants because the piec requirements stated you have to be coming in from out of state starting kindergarten for the first time or having had attended a public school the prior year which works for all of the hundred and fifty people we have on the weightless but didn't work for the seventy five students that were actively serving so we did an analysis and it looks like there's like twenty seven students and families that would qualify because of not only having a child with the disability but also because of income they're below the two hundred percent of the federal poverty level and so I am here just to let my support talk about the impact or school has flourished under the succeed scholarship program and we've had a number of senators and representatives recently tour the program to see it in action and have come away very impressed with the quality of services and education that the kids are getting her so I will stop there and kiss there is any questions that you'd have for me aren't there any questions from the committee. Seeing none thank you very much thank you very much. Would you like to close for your bill and I move I am close try bill and move a dupass do I hear a second on the road i'll pays thank you very much okay. That should change. Period. Right center english you are recognized to present your bill thank you very much saturday jane english district thirteen and this bill said it bill for basically clearifies that all public schools charter schools and private schools must have closed a lot nowhere exterior doors when students are present during the day are there any questions by the committee center letting your recognized thank you i'm sure this is the case i'm just making sure obviously large from the outside right there would still be always there any other questions by the committee is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak for or against the bill okay seen which I turn close for your bill i'm close for the building and make a motion do pass the motion in a second all those in favor they say I oppose no motion carries much second. You're recovering you would be good I think that's it a debt so seeing no further business we are adjourned i'm sorry would that be well it's kind of hard in today's today i'd figure out what's going to happen so anyway we are joint. The.