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Bills discussed (61)
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HB1728
Act 906
· 8 mentions in agenda, chapter, transcript
Matched: “…IC CHARTER SCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT A MOBILE PANIC ALERT SYSTEM. HB1728 Ennett TO REQUIRE REPORTING ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEI…”
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TO REQUIRE REPORTING ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A DISABILITY AT INSTITUTIONS … | Ennett | Notification that HB1728 is now Act 906 |
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HB1017
Act 904
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1017 A. Collins TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE … | A. Collins | Notification that HB1017 is now Act 904 |
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HB1139
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…NT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. HB1139 B. McKenzie TO CREATE THE RELEASED TIME EDUCATION ACT. HB18…”
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TO CREATE THE RELEASED TIME EDUCATION ACT. | B. McKenzie | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1482
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…NT AT EACH MEETING OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HB1482 Gramlich TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RE…”
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TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR A STUDENT WHO TAKES A … | Gramlich | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1492
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ENTS FOR A STUDENT WHO TAKES A GED TEST AND RECEIVES A GED. HB1492 Gramlich TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OPEN-EN…”
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TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT A MOBILE … | Gramlich | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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HB1709
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…Hope Duke RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1709 Steele TO AMEND THE HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS IN THE SCHOOLS P…”
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TO AMEND THE HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM; AND TO INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH … | Steele | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1710
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM. REGULAR AGENDA Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1710 Vaught TO PROHIBIT A SCHOOL FROM USING OR REFERENCING A PUB…”
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TO PROHIBIT A SCHOOL FROM USING OR REFERENCING A PUBLIC SCHOOL RATING IN ANY ADVERTISING, … | Vaught | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1727
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1727 L. Johnson TO AMEND THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ADULT EDUCATIO…”
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TO AMEND THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ADULT EDUCATION CHARTER SCHOOLS. | L. Johnson | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1747
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1747 Vaught TO CREATE THE BABIES AT SCHOOL ACT; AND TO ALLOW SCH…”
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TO CREATE THE BABIES AT SCHOOL ACT; AND TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO PERMIT EMPLOYEES WHO … | Vaught | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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HB1755
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…O PAY FOR INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID MATERNITY LEAVE. HB1755 T. Shephard TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN…”
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TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARKANSAS PREVENTION NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY. | T. Shephard | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1761
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…RENTS TO BRING THEIR INFANTS SIX MONTHS OR YOUNGER TO WORK. HB1761 D. Garner TO INCREASE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THE EST…”
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TO INCREASE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INCOME LIMITS FOR STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR EDUCATIONAL … | D. Garner | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1766
Act 907
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1766 Ennett TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS RESPOND, INNOVATE, SUCCEED, A…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS RESPOND, INNOVATE, SUCCEED, AND EMPOWER (RISE) ACT. | Ennett | Notification that HB1766 is now Act 907 |
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HB1806
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…MITISM IN STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. HB1806 Vaught TO PROVIDE CURRICULUM TRANSPARENCY FOR PARENTS OF KI…”
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TO PROVIDE CURRICULUM TRANSPARENCY FOR PARENTS OF KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE STUDENTS; AND TO ALLOW … | Vaught | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1864
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1864 Andrews TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO IMPROVE…”
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TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN STUDENT INSTRUCTION; AND TO … | Andrews | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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HB1866
Act 908
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1866 Brooks TO CREATE ELI'S LAW; AND TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHO…”
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TO CREATE ELI'S LAW; AND TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL TO INSTALL AN AUDIO RECORDING … | Brooks | Notification that HB1866 is now Act 908 |
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HB1874
Act 795
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…LOCKER ROOM AND DRESSING ROOM ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS. HB1874 B. McKenzie AN ACT TO AMEND THE USE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP…”
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE USE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT … | B. McKenzie | Notification that HB1874 is now Act 795 |
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HB1903
Act 911
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…CATION TO INCLUDE CHIROPRACTORS OR CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS. HB1903 Walker TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO PROVIDE…”
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TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH FLEXIBILITY REGARDING ALTERNATIVE … | Walker | Notification that HB1903 is now Act 911 |
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HB1919
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ARDS DURING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC STANDARDS REVISION CYCLE. HB1919 McAlindon TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCESS AND TRANSPAREN…”
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TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ACCESS TO … | McAlindon | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1924
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1924 Puryear TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE BOARD OF E…”
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TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ESTABLISH RULES REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION … | Puryear | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1933
Act 912
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1933 McCollum TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOAR…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND TO CREATE A … | McCollum | Notification that HB1933 is now Act 912 |
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HB1938
Act 807
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…MOVAL FOR A MEMBER OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HB1938 Joey Carr TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNI…”
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TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE CREATION OF DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLANS AND … | Joey Carr | Notification that HB1938 is now Act 807 |
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HB1939
Act 808
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1939 Joey Carr TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE AND ME…”
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TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE AND MERIT PAY; TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS; … | Joey Carr | Notification that HB1939 is now Act 808 |
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HB1940
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1940 Walker TO ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL DI…”
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TO ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INITIATES AND MAINTAINS A FOUR-DAY … | Walker | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1941
Act 809
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…NTAINS A FOUR-DAY SCHOOL WEEK; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HB1941 Joey Carr CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS AND COM…”
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CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO PROTECT ARKANSAS STUDENTS BY ENSURING THE … | Joey Carr | Notification that HB1941 is now Act 809 |
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HB1945
Act 913
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1945 McCollum TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CH…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT; TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE … | McCollum | Notification that HB1945 is now Act 913 |
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SB352
Act 721
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…EEDOM ACCOUNTS IN THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER. SB352 Stone TO PROHIBIT ANTISEMITISM IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SEC…”
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TO PROHIBIT ANTISEMITISM IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS; AND TO PROHIBIT ANTISEMITISM IN STATE-SUPPORTED … | Stone | Notification that SB352 is now Act 721 |
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SB373
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ED TO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. SB373 Irvin TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMMISSION.…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMMISSION. | Irvin | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB390
Act 695
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB390 J. English TO ESTABLISH THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY ACT…”
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TO ESTABLISH THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY ACT. | J. English | Notification that SB390 is now Act 695 |
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SB402
Act 725
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB402 C. Penzo TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EDUCAT…”
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TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COOPERATIVE FROM REQUIRING OR TAKING … | C. Penzo | Notification that SB402 is now Act 725 |
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SB467
Act 645
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB467 C. Penzo TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "HEALTHCARE PROVIDER"…”
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TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "HEALTHCARE PROVIDER" REGARDING STUDENT ATHLETE CONCUSSION EDUCATION TO INCLUDE CHIROPRACTORS … | C. Penzo | Notification that SB467 is now Act 645 |
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SB470
Act 646
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…RNING ENHANCED TRANSPORTATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. SB470 J. Dotson TO REQUIRE AN ADULT APPROVED TO OVERSEE THE ADMIN…”
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TO REQUIRE AN ADULT APPROVED TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT TO … | J. Dotson | Notification that SB470 is now Act 646 |
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SB515
Act 647
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…STUDENTS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. SB515 J. Petty TO REQUIRE THAT A UNIT DEDICATED TO ARKANSAS VETER…”
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TO REQUIRE THAT A UNIT DEDICATED TO ARKANSAS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES BE INCLUDED WITHIN … | J. Petty | Notification that SB515 is now Act 647 |
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SB522
Act 648
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB522 M. McKee TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; AND … | M. McKee | Notification that SB522 is now Act 648 |
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SB547
Act 728
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…AND FEES PAID BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ONLINE PROGRAMS. SB547 D. Sullivan TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A HOMESCHOOLED S…”
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TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT LIVE WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF A … | D. Sullivan | Notification that SB547 is now Act 728 |
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SB90
Act 902
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…CHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003. SB90 J. English TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE AFFORDED…”
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TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENT … | J. English | Notification that SB90 is now Act 902 |
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HB1020
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…YPES OF ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY PROVIDE TO STUDENTS. HB1020 A. Collins TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FR…”
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TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM; TO CREATE A NEW EDUCATION FUNDING … | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1023
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. HB1023 A. Collins TO AMEND THE STATE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM; AN…”
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TO AMEND THE STATE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM; AND TO AMEND THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LOAN … | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1025
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…EPAYMENT AMOUNTS UNDER THE STATE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM. HB1025 McGruder TO CREATE THE TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT OF 2025.…”
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TO CREATE THE TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT OF 2025. | McGruder | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1027
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…LEARNING MATERIALS. DEFERRED BILLS Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1027 D. Garner TO CREATE THE BRIGHTER START ACT OF 2025; AND TO…”
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TO CREATE THE BRIGHTER START ACT OF 2025; AND TO REQUIRE THE TREASURER OF STATE … | D. Garner | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1030
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…TING AND FUTURE ARKANSAS BRIGHTER FUTURE FUND PLAN ACCOUNT. HB1030 T. Shephard TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OR LAW ENF…”
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TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION IN YOUTH … | T. Shephard | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1031
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…OUNSELOR TO RECEIVE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING. HB1031 D. Garner TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE EDUCATIO…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE EDUCATION ACT OF 2025; AND TO ENSURE THE HEALTH … | D. Garner | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1081
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1081 B. McKenzie TO REPEAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMEN…”
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TO REPEAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. | B. McKenzie | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1144
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…McGruder TO CREATE THE TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT OF 2025. HB1144 Wooten TO REQUIRE A PARTICIPATING SCHOOL UNDER THE ARKANSAS…”
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TO REQUIRE A PARTICIPATING SCHOOL UNDER THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM TO COMPLY … | Wooten | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1197
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO WHICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE SUBJECT. HB1197 S. Meeks TO PROHIBIT SCHEDULING, HOSTING, OR REQUIRING AN O…”
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TO PROHIBIT SCHEDULING, HOSTING, OR REQUIRING AN OUTDOOR PRACTICE, SCRIMMAGE, GAME, OR ACTIVITY FOR AN … | S. Meeks | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1239
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…IC SCHOOLS ADDRESSES CERTAIN HEALTH ISSUES FACING STUDENTS. HB1239 A. Collins TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003;…”
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TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003; AND TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CATEGORY … | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1242
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…DITIONAL CATEGORY OF FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING. HB1242 J. Mayberry TO AMEND THE MECHANISM BY WHICH SCHOOL NURSES A…”
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TO AMEND THE MECHANISM BY WHICH SCHOOL NURSES ARE COMPENSATED. | J. Mayberry | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1312
Act 909
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…ENT DISTRICT. PENDING FISCAL IMPACT Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1312 Brooks TO AMEND PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS UNDER THE PUB…”
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TO AMEND PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003. | Brooks | Notification that HB1312 is now Act 909 |
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HB1490
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…TIONAL EDUCATION CATEGORY OF FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. HB1490 Wardlaw TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUD…”
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TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT RETURN TEMPORARILY ISSUED ITEMS, RESOURCES, MATERIALS, … | Wardlaw | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1528
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…AMEND THE MECHANISM BY WHICH SCHOOL NURSES ARE COMPENSATED. HB1528 McGruder TO REQUIRE A REPORT CARD TO INCLUDE A STUDENT'S CU…”
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TO REQUIRE A REPORT CARD TO INCLUDE A STUDENT'S CURRENT READING GRADE LEVEL. | McGruder | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1539
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…RT CARD TO INCLUDE A STUDENT'S CURRENT READING GRADE LEVEL. HB1539 A. Collins TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003;…”
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TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003; AND TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL EDUCATION … | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1541
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…N AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN DECLARED. Page 4 of 5 HB1541 Wooten TO REQUIRE A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT ACCEPTS STATE FUNDI…”
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TO REQUIRE A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT ACCEPTS STATE FUNDING OF ANY TYPE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION … | Wooten | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1542
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…TRANSPORTATION TO CERTAIN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL. HB1542 Wooten TO REQUIRE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO ADMINISTER AN ANNUAL S…”
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TO REQUIRE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO ADMINISTER AN ANNUAL STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT; AND TO REQUIRE PRIVATE … | Wooten | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1756
Act 803
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…UNDING AMOUNTS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003. HB1756 Vaught TO ALLOW A PARENT, LEGAL GUARDIAN, OR PERSON STANDIN…”
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TO ALLOW A PARENT, LEGAL GUARDIAN, OR PERSON STANDING IN LOCO PARENTIS TO A STUDENT … | Vaught | Notification that HB1756 is now Act 803 |
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HB1825
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1825 Wooldridge TO ALLOW A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO REQUIRE AN ENRO…”
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TO ALLOW A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO REQUIRE AN ENROLLED STUDENT TO EARN ONE UNIT … | Wooldridge | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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HB1946
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…D MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS THE STUDENT OBTAINS. HB1946 Bentley TO REQUIRE HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION…”
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TO REQUIRE HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | Bentley | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1962
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HB1962 Vaught TO PROHIBIT A SCHOOL FROM SERVING OR SELLING ULTRA-P…”
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TO PROHIBIT A SCHOOL FROM SERVING OR SELLING ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS DURING … | Vaught | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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HB1966
Act 914
· 1 mention in agenda
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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TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS TO PETITION THE … | Barnett | Notification that HB1966 is now Act 914 |
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SB183
Act 724
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…Y AT THE RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. SB183 J. Dotson TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT…”
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TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS … | J. Dotson | Notification that SB183 is now Act 724 |
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SB303
Act 644
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…SCHOOL IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN A HOME SCHOOL. SB303 Dees TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVAT…”
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TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN … | Dees | Notification that SB303 is now Act 644 |
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SB450
Act 915
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…ENTARY SCHOOL OR SATELLITE SCHOOL UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. SB450 B. Davis TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE…”
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TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE A HUMAN FETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION … | B. Davis | Notification that SB450 is now Act 915 |
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SB545
Act 564
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB545 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY AND FIN…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY AND FINANCES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER … | M. Johnson | Notification that SB545 is now Act 564 |
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from a long recess. Um, members without
objection, uh, we're gonna move around to get on the agenda we're gonna hear as much as we can within reason, uh, at least maybe the next 45 minutes to an hour to just get some house bills out of here, um. Sorry, Representative Cozar, apologize if you
thought that it was. Uh, so first with the objection we're gonna hear HB 175656 by
Representative Bot. Thank you, sir, if you would please introduce yourself, you're
Representative DeAnn Vaught
Unverified
0:43
recognized. DMA District 87. This will just be where the parent, um, or person standing in loco parentist of a
student to keep up with the documented hours of their service, uh. Community service hours. And with that I'm closed. Representative Vaut has presented the bill. Are there questions on the bill?
See no questions. Is there anyone sign is uh speak for or against the bill. See no one signed up to speak for or against or you were closed for your bill. She made a motion pass. Ba has presented her bill and has a motion to passes we have any discussion on the motion? See no discussion on the motion. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Congratulations, Representative Vault. You've passed your bill. Uh,
members with that objection, I'm going to yield the chair to representative Cozart.
Speaker 12
1:47
There may be objection. I apologize. Sure. As soon as
Speaker 16
1:55
he passes that bill. 1866. 18661866, there is an amendment that staff is passing out.
Representative Bruce Cozart
Unverified
2:00
I could pass out an amendment to you. And I'll let y'all
get that. It looks like it's got a couple of
Representative Bruce Cozart
Unverified
2:18
pages you might want to look at it a little bit. Everybody got it. a motion to
amend. Uh, so yeah, Keith works 6, 78 and this amendment is based upon feedback that we had in committee this morning. This is
the audio recording bill that we discussed, um, the amendment does. 4 things and again this is based upon the feedback from the folks who've been asking questions, uh, to try and incorporate all of that, uh, it says that a school shall not I Destroy the audio recording device, audio recording, uh, for a minimum of 90 days, uh, that way allows if there is an allegation, they have to maintain the audio recording, uh, for no longer than 12 months, so that addressed the
issue of keeping it forever, uh, it also says that, um, on there at the bottom of the second one, bottom of the 1st page. Uh, created that it can only be requested by certain people, so we're trying to limit the people who would have access to it, so, uh, public school district, open enrollment charter, uh, administrator or a parent legal guardian, someone saying local apprentice, uh, who may have a reason for allegation of wrongdoing so they can, they can request it, uh, and then it also, uh, dealing with the funding mechanism. It allows
schools to utilize the funding for school safety grants, so it allows them to request. That, uh, to the department and One other, oh sorry, the first part of top of the amendments, uh, we put a time frame on that so to allow uh school district until the 27, 28 school year to be able to uh implement this, the rationale for that time frame was so that number one, should there be grants that they can apply for specifically like Doctor Smith talked about this morning, uh, that they would
have ample time to apply for those grants to also utilize other potential funding mechanisms, frankly, also to give us A fiscal session and another general session to address any additional funding issues may be there to ensure that they can get this taken care of for schools and with
that I would make a motion to adopt the amendment. We have a motion on the amendment, any discussion? All in favor
Representative Bruce Cozart
Unverified
4:44
say aye. And you oppose no. All right, you're welcome to uh present your
bill as amended so you just heard me present the amendment
presented the bill this morning, uh, nothing has changed substantially from the bill outside of the amendment that I just discussed, so I'll be happy to take any questions on that amendment. Representative Duke. Thank you,
Representative Hope Duke
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Mr. Chair. Sorry. Just a quick one. So on the school safety grant that is, they do have that for those funds will be available for them to use. To apply for and use for this. There's funds for, will be funds for it. There are funds for the school safety ground. I'd be
happy to bring someone up from the department to discuss school safety grant funds if you'd like. Hello friends.
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Introduce yourself. You're welcome to Jacob Oliva, Department of Education. So we've been really fortunate that the legislature through their appropriation has allocated $50 million over the past few budget cycles to support um school safety priorities initiatives. What we've done as an agency is set a methodology, primarily based on enrollment to allocate funds to districts so that they can meet the needs of what we'd say is different tiered priorities.
Um, so when you're looking at implementing best practices and school safety, every campus is unique, so a one size fits all approach doesn't meet the needs, but I think most schools start with single point entries, fencing, cameras, some of those components. What we would do is amend the grant to make the purchase of equipment to meet this, um, Piece of legislation and allowable expense so that the schools can use the dollars that they're getting allocated to
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meet this as a priority. Any other questions? All right, see no other questions. Anyone in the audience like to uh. Speak for the bill. Or against the bill Seeing
them, would you like clothes for you? Uh, yes, Representative, and I appreciate the committee.
I appreciate your input. Everyone's been very helpful to again make this bill a better, a better bill, which is indicative of how we work in this committee, so I am closer to the bill. I'll make a motion to pass.
We have a motion to pass any discussion on the bill.
Representative Bruce Cozart
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As amended, seeing none, all in favor say aye. Any opposed? No. Congratulations, you passed your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I have no clue who's next, but I'm
sure there's somebody. OK. Represented if you would please introduce yourself for the record and you're recognized to present either HB 1728 or 1766, depending upon which one's going first.
Representative Denise Jones Ennett
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Good afternoon everybody. I am State Representative Denise Senate District 80 here downtown Little Rock and parts of Pulaski County. Um, I have Alison Guthrie here. She's an advocate and she's also a college student. She will be helping me present the bill. Um, today we're talking about House Bill 1728 and measure designed to strengthen our communities to students with disabilities in Arkansas's higher education institutions. By by requiring these institutions to report the
number of students receiving accommodations we aim to gather essential data that will inform police, oh sorry, policies and practices to better support these students academic and professional journeys. This bill is a step towards ensuring that students regardless of ability, have equitable opportunities to succeed. All right, so why does this bill matter, matters, Arkansas currently lacks comprehensive data on students with
disabilities and higher education. Also addressing equity in higher education, students with disabilities face unique challenges and higher education from securing accommodations to navigating career readiness. Another reason why this matters is because benefits for It benefits institutions and policy makers. Informed decision making data will help better.
will help shape better policy at. At both institutional and state levels. And I'm gonna let my guests here speak on it if you don't mind. If you would please introduce yourself
for the record and you recognize that. Um,
Allison Guthrie
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hello and thank you for allowing me to be here today. Um, my name is Allison Guthrie, and, um, our first and foremost I'd like to thank Representative Ennett, um, for her help in facilitating the creation of
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these bills and without whom none of this would be possible, um, quick story when I first, um, discovered.
Allison Guthrie
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The issue that this particular bill intends to remedy, I texted Representative in it and asked who in the legislature was passionate about people with disabilities, and she called me in that moment. She called
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me right then and she said, what's going on? Like, what have you got? Um, and I personally believe that this is a testament to representative in its passion for her work, uh, for people with disabilities and goes to show that, um, there are legis
Allison Guthrie
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legislators who truly work for their constituents. Um, so I was born and raised in Arkansas. I'm a Central High graduate. I also graduated from the University of Arkansas Pulaski Tech, and I'm a current graduate student at Illinois State University's, uh, cognitive and psychology, cognitive and experimental psychology program. Um, I also have a disability called Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which can be quite severe,
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um, and have encountered a multitude of what I believe to be, um, unnecessary challenges in higher education. Um, so during my undergraduate
Allison Guthrie
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studies, uh, despite my incredible, uh, academic capabilities, um. I found myself, um, encountering a lot of challenges with the accommodations process and a lack of combinations that met my specific needs, um, and when I tried to look for data, um, on graduation rates and, uh, student success outcomes. Um, I was shocked that I couldn't find much consistent, reliable, or even recent data on this because I thought, you know, if I'm having this much difficulty, I can only imagine how these other younger, um, maybe less skilled
students were doing. Um, and this lack of data was not just on a state level. but also on a federal level. And it's hard to describe what it felt like to look for data in which you think you should be included only to find that there is none. Um, it felt like no one cared about me. It felt like no one cared about, um, my experiences or struggles and ultimately that no one cared about students with disabilities, particularly in higher education. Um, and so if we're not keeping track of outcomes for students with disabilities, we have, we don't have the data to support the need for institutional changes to improve those
outcomes. Um, and so HB 1728 requires that the total proportion of students registered to receive accommodations are counted, reported, and that statistics on retention and graduation rates for these students are reported in the Arkansas Department of Higher Education's annual legislative report. The hope is that that this data will incentivize institutions to further investigate. issues that may account for potentially low graduation rates, for example. It seems somewhat problematic to me that we're funding these departments for essential services to these students with disabilities without checking in
to see whether or not the needs of these students are being met. Um, and while these numbers won't be able to identify any specific problem within an institution. It's a start, because ultimately you can't fix a problem that you don't know exists, and the data from this bill will help us to will help to inform institutions if there is a problem. Um, I think it as lawmakers, it's important to make sure that taxpayer money is well spent in holding institutions accountable for this data, um, because if taxpayer money is being spent on
programs that aren't meeting the needs of students with disabilities. We're not just Failing students with disabilities were also failing taxpayers. Um, some important factors about the need for this bill is that the number of students with disabilities enrolling in higher education institutions has tripled over the last few decades and is only projected to increase. Uh, we also know that Arkansas has the 2nd highest percentage of people with disabilities, um, and additionally, it was in much of the research that I did find, it was found that one study found
that up to 19% of undergraduates were students with disabilities, um, this was thought to be an undercount and yet based on the research that I did in this, in this area, only 3% or only 3 institutions in the entire state of Arkansas reported more than 10% of their student body as being registered to receive accommodations. So this tells us that there is something going on here and we're not reaching those students. Um, the research on that exists on graduation rates is mixed, so some studies report, um, slightly lower graduation rates for students
with disabilities. Some show that they're, they graduate at similar rates to their non-disabled. peers and what this tells us is that students with disabilities are capable of graduating at similar rates, which suggests that it is possible for institutions to successfully address the needs of these students, but currently we don't have this data. Um, I think any efforts towards increasing retention and graduation rates is an overall win for Arkansas institutions, um, as well as an overall win for the economy and the employability of Arkansas graduates. Um, however, without
this data, we can't know whether or not again we're meeting or failing to meet the needs of these students with disabilities. So, I think it's time we. I think it's time we started following the statistics on students with disabilities, um, To better serve their journeys in the future, so, um, I'm asking for this committee to vote for this legislation and to finally count us in. Cozaar you recognize. Are you ready to take questions? Do you have more reps in a minute?
Representative Denise Jones Ennett
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Well, I, I'd just like to mention to um Alison is my constituent, and we've been working on this for quite some time and so she's been a very integral in this process. I just wanna just let the committee know that. Representative Kozar you recognized for a
Representative Bruce Cozart
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question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, my biggest question is what is the restrictions on
recording are keeping data on students with disabilities. I know there was some stuff we did in the past that was kind of hard for identifications you could not
identify. Can you tell me what that? Restrictions are. Um, yes, so,
Allison Guthrie
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uh, when students go through the admissions process, they are allowed to disclose or not disclose whether or not they have a disability, um, this in turn still they wouldn't be counted even if they self-identified, this would only be if students um sought out accommodations through the school's disability resource
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office or its equivalent. So if they're not identified, so you're just keeping data on how
Representative Bruce Cozart
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many, not so much an individual, is that correct? Oh, there's
Allison Guthrie
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no direct identifying information that we're recording in that, so I guess my question is,
Representative Bruce Cozart
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so what, what kind of what kind of a, are you, what are you trying to get? So I heard that
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probably, but I'm, I'm now I wanna ask again.
Allison Guthrie
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No, that's fine. um, so students who are registered to receive accommodation. So a student can say, you know, during the admissions process, yes, I have a disability, um, and disclose that to the university that they still do not count at that point. They would, this would only count whether or not
students um who are receiving accommodations, so they have to be registered to receive the accommodations. And then in terms of privacy, um, we put in the stipulation that um schools are excluded if they have less than 3% of the total student population registered to receive accommodations. This is also what NCES has in terms of their reporting and what they require and that is in place to protect student privacy. Represent painter you recognize for a question? You, Mr. Chair. Miss Allison, did you, did you say there was
Representative Stetson Painter
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already, uh, 3, only 3 institutions that are doing this and if so, uh, if that's a correct first question and second, if so, can you tell me who they are? Um, I can't actually look that up.
Allison Guthrie
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So I did a, um, a study of, um, I pulled all of the Title 4 institutions for the entire state of Arkansas through FASFA website and then cross-manage that or uh cross reference that with um NCES database called College Navigator and went
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through every single institution and recorded the total percentage, um, that
Allison Guthrie
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was reported in these, and I can't actually find that data. It would take me a second, um, but it, it was that only 3%. of Arkansas institutions have more than 10% of their student body registered to receive accommodations, whereas the national Assumed to be undercounted, um, or underreported percent is 19% of
Representative Julie Mayberry
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Uh, students registered to receive accommodations. son Bayberry you recognize her question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am so excited about this conversation
because this is something that I, I was saying that after we get through the session, I would love to have like a ISP and, and further discussion on this. I have a, a 23 year old daughter with spina bifida. um, will graduate here soon, hopefully from UALR, um, and it's, it's definitely been a journey, and I
will tell you when I was pregnant with her, I never imagined that she would make it all the way to college, um, in many different ways because. We also were told she may not live that long, but then also really weren't given a whole lot of hope that she would. graduate from high school, get a degree there and then go on to college. So, I mean, this is,
uh, this is a huge thing. I'm so proud of her, but there struggles along the way. Sorry
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My husband gets so mad at me because I cry so easily, but I'm passionate
Representative Julie Mayberry
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about this stuff. She was supposed to graduate in December. And I don't want to get into the specifics, but so much of the issue that happened, she ended up having to
not pass the class. She has accommodations. She has had a neuropsych test that we've done. It explains what some of
the issues are, but, um, From what we understand, you know, when you're in, in K-12, you have a lot of protections through 504. There's a lot of things out there that can help you and work with the teacher and, and you have conversation. When you get to college, they're pretty much told, um, Yeah, you have this, but it's up to the professor. You have to get permission from the The professor makes the call as
to whether or not they're going to give you this accommodation that you need, and I, I've got a problem with that. Um, She was a few hours late turning in a paper. She didn't graduate. That's big. So, um, and her planning and decision making is part of her disability. She has frontal lobe processing issues and um
I'm probably sharing more information than she'd want me to share, you know, publicly because there's people all over the watch, but, um, you know, there, that there's an organizational thing and so it, it, it's very hard for her to stay on task and sometimes professors just don't want to give any, um, You know, any, any leniency in that. This is not a child who's lazy, and I should. She's an adult. Sorry, she'll always be my baby. She's not lazy.
So whenever we can do, my questions, um, I'll get some questions in here. I think we need more
than this is what my point is, is that I really think we need to look at this, and I, I've even mentioned this to others, um, that this is something that we, we really need to look at, um, when we get out of session, when we have more time. I don't know if there's necessarily a bill, but um. With this, are you also asking
not just the number of people, but, um, are, are you finding out what is the disability because that I, I would be interested in knowing how many Like what disabilities we're seeing in college. Um So, so I'd like to know that information. What, what disabilities are there as opposed to what we've seen K to 12 because we might be able to bridge this gap too, OK, well, why are these students going K-12? Why aren't they going on,
you know, who is going on to higher ed and what can we do to help get them there, um, and then also what degrees are they seeking? You know, I'd be really interested in knowing what fields of study they're they're going into as well, um. So I, I, I, I realize that's not all, um, I'm, I'm talking about lots of different things, but, um, are those things that you're trying to get out of this information as well, that type of stuff. Um, thank you so much for sharing everything that you did, um.
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I understand most of what you were talking about, um, that was, I mean, I would love to do, I mean, I have a whole folder full of, um, policy proposals and, um, legislative but also non-legislative solutions that would help to identify this issue, um, and looking at disability data because the way that I The way that disability is studied, the way that it's asked about, um, is different from from study to study from institution to institution, from accommodations office to accommodation office. There's no uniform way to study or even
really be able to identify students that that have different needs, um, whatever those might be, um, and so I might be doing my thesis on that, we'll see, um, but. Yeah, so this was to me, I wanted a lot more for this, but I knew that this was a start because with this data, we can at least look and say, OK,
Allison Guthrie
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why do we have so many universities with these low graduation rates for students, you know, or why are we not retaining these students, but why does this one seem to have, um,
Chair
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you know, really high retention and graduation rates and like maybe
we can look to see what that institution is doing, what have they implemented? What
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are they doing, what are they not doing so that we can identify, you know, what seems to be helping these students, so we should, we should talk. Talk
Representative Julie Mayberry
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more. Yes, I, I, I definitely, I, I wanna make that connection because this is a big issue. I want to help. income. Represented Beck you recognized
Representative Rick Beck
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for a question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was just just trying to clear things up for
me. Uh, so, The data that we're talking about we're done, we've done
this right now we have our data and that's kind of where I'm at, uh, so you're gonna have like the institution, the number of undergrads that they had, uh, that received certificates I guess or uh degrees and certificates and everything, so and then you'll have a number of those that ask for accommodations. Not that said because if I'm understanding you right, you're saying that if they, they, if they let themselves as having a disability, but they don't ask
for accommodations. They would not be included, is that correct? Do I understand that correct? Yes,
Allison Guthrie
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that's correct, and that's just to essentially look at whether or not the accommodation services, uh, whether, whether or not the, the service is being offered to these students
Chair
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are actually helping them to stay in school and
Representative Rick Beck
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to graduate. The, OK, so, so, but that's the data. It's just saying that they asked for an accommodation. And they, if they graduated, um,
I understand won't be there won't be an individual information, but the number that I, I guess I should say it better, the number that asked for accommodations and then the number that graduated or got some type of. Certificate the concerns I have is that I'm, I'm almost A little bit Following up on uh Representative Mayberry is, is. You know, it, it Seems like we, you know, a little bit more granular, yeah, I mean, I, we want to know what
the experience was, certainly if it was a bad experience, so, so that might, might give us some actionable items that we could, we could do, but, but, uh, I, I, I guess. I think there there's the data itself, you know, you, you're gonna have a win, I asked for accommodations, uh, but I haven't graduated yet. I'm in a 4-year program or something to that nature. So they wouldn't actually hit the report until they Graduated, right? as you see I'm
saying, this first roll of data is gonna be kind of skewed because I might have asked for accommodations, but I'm 4 years away from the second part, which is that I actually, I almost like Uh, uh, yeah, I guess I'm saying like a completer as a freshman and now I'm a sophomore, you know, that, that type of thing so you could see what's going on there and make sure that, you know, and I don't think that would reveal too much, uh, personal data. Yes, and so we,
Allison Guthrie
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we spoke with, um, members of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education about this, and essentially they would do it the
same way that they tracked, um, different types of demographic data, um, so in some of the legislative reports
Chair
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they, they looked at these cohorts of students. Based on um race, ethnicity, gender, and things of that nature, and this just adds students receiving accommodations to that
Allison Guthrie
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type of data that they're, that they're following. Oh. So, yeah, this is just in addition
Representative Rick Beck
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to I'm already report additional category. Correct. All right, thank you. Representative Duke you recognize for a question.
Representative Hope Duke
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Actually, thank you, Mr. Chair. um, they got
Representative Matt Brown
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my questions. Represent Brown, you recognize? Thank you, Mr. Chair. um, um, Ms. Guthrie, you. Earlier in the discussion, uh. Excuse me. Can you hear?
Yeah. Um Come, come to me. OK, um, you mentioned that you wouldn't be keeping specific
track of specific individuals. And and and maybe I misunderstood, but then how if you don't do that, how are you going to keep track of? Students that graduate. Um, so just to clarify, when we
Allison Guthrie
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say we're not keeping track of individual students. We mean we're not, we're not tracking there any sort of direct identifying information. So, and that's one of the reasons that we have the less than 3% stipulation. So like if a, if a school only has 100 students,
Chair
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um, and they have 3 students who are receiving accommodations or 2, 2.5 students receiving accommodate. I don't know how it, that sounds weird, but in statistics, you know what I mean?
Allison Guthrie
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um. Then Having that reporters for them to report that would be able to indirectly identify, oh well, we know so and so has this, we know so and so has that, so they would be easily identified. So that's why we have less than 3% being excluded, so those universities where that there would be that risk of indirect identifying information, um.
are, are exempt essentially from this report or from reporting that so that they would still report it to whoever they're
Chair
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supposed to, but it wouldn't be included in the legislative report statistics. So you would have to keep track
Representative Matt Brown
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of the like. Like Allison Guthrie has accommodations and she, she did graduate. He would, but, but then when the report comes in, I mean the school would know that, but when the report comes in, it wouldn't come in with your name and and personally identifying
information, it would not have that information. Thank you. And um you, you mentioned EDS, uh, a subject I'm very interested in, so I'd like to exchange phone numbers if you
Chair
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don't mind. Yes, absolutely. Thank you. Repres Gonzalez working
Representative Justin Gonzales
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guys, um. Well, first of all, thank you. Thank you both, Representative Enet, for bringing this, um, bill and
you have a wonderful bright future in front of you,
um, so you'll be tracking accommodations and you've already discussed how you would not include um institutions that Have less than 3% student population with disabilities. So my question is, um, will you be tracking, um, I'm interested in knowing the big picture. So in other words, what will you be tracking the types of accommodations that they'll be receiving, um, will you be tracking, um, maybe their first generation students to be
tracking something, you know, in other words, like a comprehensive, it might be, yes, receiving accommodations, but the institution of higher it may be, they may have some additional um programs that because they're not only receiving uh accommodation scaffolding instruction, etc. but, um, but they also might be in that. First generation pool or they might be in a a sorority or a fraternity or etc. I, I'm, I'm just curious about that to look at the big picture.
Chair
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Yeah, um, I mean, I would actually, I would personally love to add all of these things, um, and make this a really complicated con like not, not that. asking for this day make something convoluted and complicated, but I mean I would be much more thorough, um, but this is just a start. So this is just for the ADHD's annual legislative report, um, that they put out yearly, um, and it They do look at those types of
Allison Guthrie
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things in terms of I, I, I want to say one of the things they look at is first generation and 2nd generation, uh, 1st year, 2
time students, um, if I recall correctly, I I couldn't tell you which report that comes on, um, but that sort of data ultimately would be up to. I
Chair
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think institutions as well as what ADHD typically tracks for their legislative report. So, yeah. Are there additional questions about
the committee? Representative McGruder, you're recognized. And I don't know
Representative Jessie McGruder
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if this is a question for you or our high
people who are in the room. But as an individual who has a disabled child. And Actually received some disability services myself. What is the barrier that we're facing with students actually registering with disability services. I would love to answer that question.
Chair
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OK. Um, it is a, it is a, it's actually a, a large mix of
Allison Guthrie
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Of variables, um, the based on a, uh. Meta-analysis or systematic review from 2019, the top barriers to accommodations were a lack of student knowledge and awareness, um, appropriate documentation, receiving accommodations that are actual actually useful, so they actually help the students, um. And then negative reactions from peers as well as from uh faculty members upon their disclosure of their disability status, um,
Chair
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but we could also go into the medical gatekeeping, um, the
fact that we require medical documentation when sometimes the issue is not necessarily, um, falls under the medical model of disability, which says that the, the issue is not, um, No The medical model of disability says that the, the disability is within the person and not within the environment, right? So I can operate in a multitude of different environments, but for when I have to physically show up to class. That's a barrier for me when I go into a flare and I can't move my muscles. But if you allow me
to zoom into my class, then the environment is no longer a barrier to my academic success, and then I can, you know, I can therefore then attend class, turn in my assignments, and
Allison Guthrie
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I have in that situation, I have no disability, right? Um, so we could anyway, those are the, those are the top according to most of the research, but there's a lot more embedded into each of those factors, but, um, a lot of it
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is internalized stigma as well. No one wants to stand up and
Representative Jessie McGruder
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say, hey, I'm disabled. I have this disability. That's the same information we're getting from a higher ed people. OK.
Representative Julie Mayberry
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Thank you Represent Mayberry, you recognize. That is something else too is that um it would be interesting to see how many are able to take classes online because that has helped tremendously my daughter to be able to take these classes because she can't drive anywhere. The only way she can get to class is if I drive her there, um, so the, which we kind of did a combination because
being there in person has also been helpful too, but, um, online classes have really helped. So would, would we be able to gather that from this if the, if it's, if they're doing online versus. is In person Would that, would that be part of this? It would be my understanding that yes,
Allison Guthrie
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because, um, I did. Uh, I went to Arizona State University for 2 years on solely online and I I was registered to receive accommodations and so under,
Chair
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under what the bill says, which is being registered to receive accommodations, that
would capture both in person, online and hybrid students is the way I understand it. But it would be
Representative Julie Mayberry
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noted that the student is doing it online or not. No, you would just know that the students enrolled, but you don't know
if it's online classes or in-person classes. I wouldn't, um, the information that
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we'd be gathering from this, wouldn't. That
Representative Julie Mayberry
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that's that's something that I'm not, I'm not necessarily
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sure of. I would love to throw as much in as we possibly could to to get
Representative Julie Mayberry
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the most accurate data that we can,
but there's just. There's lots of information that I think is really needed for help
us to help us figure out what we can do to support. This is important because Without that education, they may not be able to get that job. And, and we want someone to be as independent as possible. We don't want them to rely their whole life. On Social Security and Medicaid, we want them to be independent.
My daughter wants to be independent. She wants to work and wants the job, and that's why this is important, so anyway, thank you. I actually,
Chair
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um, created a, a header on my notes that, um, is a quote from a letter from the National Council on Disability and it says, I actually didn't even notice it until earlier today because I'd gotten used to
Allison Guthrie
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seeing it, but it says higher education provides the clearest path to equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living and living and economic self-sufficiency
Chair
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for individuals with disabilities, and I wholeheartedly believe that. purposes of Duke recognize. Thank you,
Representative Hope Duke
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Mr. Chair. Um, thank you, Representative in it, and I thank you for testifying on this as well, um, I, here's my question. I guess It appears to me, so please, this is, I guess my question. If I'm wrong, please let me know. It doesn't seem like this is gonna be complete information. And then we're gonna put it into a report.
And I which I don't have a problem with gathering. I think I see what you're trying to do here, but it seems like it's gonna be incomplete and then it's going to roll into a report is the intent to have action from that report, and my concern is that, because what, what, what is the purpose of the report if you're not gonna do something with it, but then my concern is that the report's not going to be accurate picture of things. And so it's like we're, I feel like we're like a A little ahead of something or not, I don't know, it's just
like it's missing a piece and that concerns me that we're going to be trying to do something with not complete information. So it, am I incorrect in that? Um Did you want to start, you can
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take some questions too. I don't mind, um. Uh, so
Allison Guthrie
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this is, I mean, this is the same sort of thing that we're looking at with the other demographics that have been collected in the, um, ADHE's annual legislative report, which, you know, we're not looking at all of the specific factors for, um, First tradition versus
non-traditional or um You know, graduation and retention rates by race, ethnicity, or gender, um, we're not going into super detail with that. I think there could be a separate piece of legislation where we Uh, invite institutions or require institutions to report on a lot more of these statistics, um, which I think is absolutely 100% needed, uh, this just applies to the, um, Arkansas Department of Higher Education's annual legislative report, which is already just
sort of a, a rough estimate. And then, of course, the numbers that we hope to, or that the the ultimate result of this is for institutions to be able to then say, OK, something is or is not working here, what can we do to change that? Um, and would
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hopefully incentivize them to seek, um, further investigation and reporting on that.
If that makes sense. Are there additional questions about the committee? See none. We do not have any one signed up to speak for or against this bill. Would anyone like to speak for
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or against the bill? see. Would you like to close for
your bill? Thank you, um, committee, um, I like to echo some of the concerns that, um, Representative Mayberry and Representative McGruder, um, I also have a child with special
needs, um, so this, and he's 6, well he's he's a twin, so they're, they're 16 and so I'm about to um figure out this whole gray area with higher ed with him and so that's why I think this is important to get something like this passed so kids are children, not kids, our children have a fair shake. Um, like you mentioned earlier, we don't want our kids to depend on these um government entitlements we want them to be able to to grow to their full
potential and I think this bill here will help along the way and I'm closed. So and it has closed for her bill.
What's the will of committee? I have a motion to pass. Is there
a discussion on that motion? See no discussion on the motion. All the favor say aye. I oppose he gradually strips in it. You've passed your bill. Thank you committee committee
with Representative's blessing, we're gonna do one more bill from her. This will be the last
bill we hear and then you can start the drive, so we're representing it you're recognized to present HB 17. I'm sorry, I apologize. I, yes, also we have uh Riverson Gardner. I apologize. I told you that, uh, so, uh, HB 1766 in
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it, um, again, I'd like to thank you all for your patience. I know it's been a long day here at the Capitol, um, 1766. um This is the Arkansas Respond Innovates seed in Empowerment Act. This legislation is
designed to strengthen our commitment to inclusivity and equal opportunity with Arkansas's higher education system by requiring institutions to offer individualized accommodations to students with disabilities. We aim to create. An environment where every student has to support they need to thrive academic academically and personally. This bill reflects our dedication to empowering all students and ensuring that higher education
in Arkansas is accessible and accommodating to everyone. So this bill. Will help, um, individualized accommodations, institutions are required to provide reasonable accommodations tailored to the specific needs of students with disabilities facilitating equal access to educational opportunities. Also, um, this bill mandates information about available disability services in the process of requesting
accommodations by communicating, communicated in plain language and be readily accessible during the application process orientation and academic catalogs and on institutional websites additionally. Students seeking accommodations must present written documentation indicating the need for reasonable accommodations or disability services. Um, the oversight on this bill
outlines um measures for monitoring and assuring compliance by higher education institutions promoting accountability in the provision of accommodations and with that I'm gonna let um My esteem Constituent at some information to this. You
recognize. Thank you. Um, And also thank you so much for bearing
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with us. I've been here for as long as you all have, and I'm exhausted and um.
Thank you very much for all your
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support and for your time. Um So I feel like when most people say the words students with disabilities, um, they immediately think about K through 12 kids. Um, and this is because, uh, students with disabilities receive the most support that they ever will during their primary education years. Um, there's actually a term for it when administrators, um, actively seek to identify with, uh, students with disabilities in K through 12 to offer them, offer them support and resources, and they call it the
hunt. There's an actual name for this, uh, and this is because these schools are equipped with a multitude of programs and services, um, And resources to help these students, uh, but once these students graduate from high school, they're once ubiquitous support from schools and programs drops off significantly. There's also a term for that when this happens and they call it the drop off. Um, it's used to describe the lack of resources during the transition to post-secondary education and employment for students with disabilities. This is also a national issue, um, and it is also something that I
watched happen with my brother who has autism. Um, HB 1766 would streamline and make more accessible the process of understanding, registering for, and receiving accommodations and expands the allowed documentation needed for accommodations to improve the transitional process from K through 12 education into higher education institutions, um. Like I mentioned earlier, of the barriers to students receive requesting and receiving accommodations are, um, Lack of awareness that accommodations exist as well as
the process by which to request them and lack of appropriate documentation, and those are at the top, um, my own experience during the academic, uh, accommodations process was it was rather harrowing, um, and had I not had the self-advocacy skills and access to resources that I did, my college experience. Might not have led me to where I am today, um, research shows that students are less likely to both request and receive accommodations and higher education compared to K through
12 settings, um, and research also shows that of the students who reported having a disability to their institution, only about 12 to 13% actually registered to receive accommodations. Um, so according to that study, about 88% of students with disabilities were not currently receiving support through the accommodations process, um, I also found similar results in a pilot study that I did last semester where in 61% of respondents who indicated they had a health condition or
disability that could impact their academic success, only 11% indicated that they were registered to receive accommodations, um, and so this tells us that there are significant barriers for students with disabilities in both. requesting and receiving accommodations in higher education. Oh that chair squeak and move over. Um. And HB 1766, uh, seeks to eliminate the barriers that it reasonably can, um, So I, I asked the committee to
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pass the RISE Act and um. Thank you for your time and we'll obviously probably take a bunch of questions on this one. Thank you. Representative Becky recognized her
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question. Is there a physical impact study on this?
So there is not a fiscal impact on this based on house rules, uh, which require fiscal impact for K through 12. Uh, we don't require them for higher ed, however, uh, a member can request a fiscal impact, and so we certainly have the, um, the
right to request a fiscal impact which would then go to the Department
of BLR, uh, in, in that time we would not take a vote on
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the bill. So, I, I mean, it doesn't sound like
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it would have much of a physical impact, uh, but I, I don't know that maybe somebody from one of the university higher edge or something like weigh in. I see a couple of
higher ed folks in the back if you'd like to we know they're just giving us thumbs up, which
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means nothing to me at this point if you'd love to.
on in. Please introduce yourself. Jacob will leave the Department of Education. I, I
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think. It's a good question. So I'm gonna do my best to speak on behalf of the higher institutions. They have the registration offices now that would accept students that would come in and
want accommodations to be registered. I think with this bill is doing, it's almost like I, I feel like this bill was the, the precursor to the one that we just passed that was gonna ask us to collect some better data on how many of the students are coming in and requesting accommodations and I know that data is a little bit limited in the type of information, but um for the annual report it might, I, I like it is, it's just a start. It's a baseline and it may lead us to want to further questions in the future get deeper into the data because the, the students have to
self-disclose or they have to go in and identify. We heard about someone eliminating barriers and factors. I think This as the precursor to getting better data is making sure the institutions are being as proactive as they can to welcome students to come in and ask for those accommodations so that they can be successful in the classroom. So I feel like if you were to ask the Presidents and chancellors, they would say we have offices staffed and ready to support
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services, um, could there be a fiscal impact of all of a sudden maybe there's a big wave of students that are coming in and requesting more stuff, they may need to look at um how they're supporting students, but I, I feel like under the, the current infrastructure they'd be able to. Accommodate um the spirit of the language in this, uh, this bill so that we can make sure we're doing our due diligence to be as proactive as we can to make sure students know that there's accommodation available for them
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and that they're actually, um, there's a difference between students that register for accommodations and then use them, right? So like, are we, how are we following up and making sure that that it's being implemented with. OK, I didn't get fired, so I did my
best. Representative Gonzalez War you recognize
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for a question. Yes, um, you mentioned in K-12, the Hunt, OK, to, to ensure that,
you know, we're not qualify, um, uh, for disabilities accommodations, um, and then you mentioned the drop off. I'm just wondering and I don't know exactly, I'm just gonna ask, but I, I know that when a student is a senior graduating senior, they have a, they have their final. You know, meeting, uh, before graduation and then And then I think and it's where I might need some help here. I'm thinking that there's a, there's a process where they are tracked
from that point to age 21. To see the transition, what happens. I'm, I'm thinking that unless I'm wrong about that, um, but I'm just wondering that, you know, with the, you know, how K-12 is kind of moving into The student moving into higher ed and This part, the bridge where we're losing them. I don't, I don't know how that. Um, I'm just thinking about what you were saying earlier, if, if
there is a way to. Bring those two things to two entities together, um. so I guess my question is, is, is that, is that something, you know, in terms of what you're You know, with your RISE Act, um, is that, is it possible to have something. Related To, to help with that bridge process between K-12 and
And when they turn 21, I, I, I mean, and that, that may be a question and maybe I'm totally off base, but that's what I'm thinking and remembering from annual review meetings. I think you're bringing up a really
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Very valid question. I don't know if it's question, comment or concern, right? So I'm gonna try
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to take a little bit of what we said and see if we could kind of navigate through that. We, when you look at the laws
that are provided for students under the individual with disabilities Education
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Act. That's really specific to kind of the K-12 environment and a student is eligible to receive the support and services from age 3 to up to 22. So when you say 21, but when the child turns 22. So some students may stay in their high school even though they're beyond the typical age of what you would consider the cohort of their here to graduate as a 12th grader because they need additional supports and
services, depending on the range of disabilities, and this is why it's a continuum of services and it's a very large spectrum. Some of those students might transition to an adults with disabilities program and starts receiving services like that. Other students may be working towards transitioning to post-secondary outcomes, and this is why under federal law, they're required to have a transition individualized education plan that really starts out, I want to say it's required to start beginning at
either age 16 or 14. No, it's, it's well beyond the expected time for graduation. So there are some provisions already federally required in place to address what your questions or comments or concerns are. Um, can we do a better
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job in supporting districts and working with higher institutions and informing parents about their rights that are appropriated to them under faith with a free appropriate public education through IDEA, I think that's something we
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always need to do a better job of. So, um,
Does that need to be addressed in this bill? I don't think so. I think we have a lot of laws that address that. Um, how can we better support school districts and inform parents and work with high-risk education institutions to fill out that transition plan. It is a deeper.
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Really? You wanna talk? I, uh, Mr. Chair, I just want to say real quick, uh, motion to pass at the proper time. I will hear your motion in just a
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minute. Are there any other? Mary, would you like to speak one minute. Yes,
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I will try to make this short. I know we all want to go home, but I, I just want to comment that, um, you'd mentioned the
transition services that are out there and starting at 14. That doesn't happen all the time and never
happened with my daughter and part of the reason why is because she's not in special education. I've been an advocate for her to not be in special ed. She was mainstreamed the entire time. And so when you the disability and you're just covered under 504, you miss all of that, all the, all of those services. I was begging Arkansas rehab services to come and meet with my daughter, and they kept telling me
you, you have to wait, you have to wait. It wasn't until her senior year, um, The last semester that they were willing to come and finally see her. Luckily she's got a pretty. Good advocate and her mom, and I was already doing all the things she needed to do, but I think about all those families that are out there that, you know, they. They don't know. And, and they're missed and so. You know, we do need to back up a little bit and make sure that there's that really good
transition from high school to college and that they know that college is available, that they're, they're being told. I tell people all the time. When you see a child with a disability. Um, I want you to treat them like you treat everybody else. When you first meet them, you might ask them their name. You might ask them their favorite color. You might ask them, you know, what are their hobbies or or what have you. And you often will ask them what do they want to be when they grow up? 30 seconds left. I'm sorry.
You ask him, what do you want to be when you grow up? How often do you ask the child with the disability. What do you want to be when you grow up. That's gotta be one of the very first questions we start asking these kids, put that expectation in there and it starts at a really young age. I'm sorry, you know I can talk about this stuff for a long time and thank you very much Representative Enid for bringing all this forward. Thank you. All right, uh, any other questions, seeing none? Would you like close for your bill?
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Yes, um, again I wanna thank the committee for being patient with us, um, again, I have a son with special needs and so all this is very near and dear to me. Um, I want the very best for him and I want the very best for every other child who has um any type of special needs, um, and I wanna thank Alison for um helping me along this journey, um, she drove in from Illinois because she goes to school there. She drove in through the storms last night.
So, um, it's been a journey and um I would appreciate if you will vote this bill out of the committee so we can all go home. And, and I wanna tell everybody to have a safe trip back
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home too, do you have a motion? We have motion to pass any discussion on the motion, seeing none, all in favor say aye. And you oppose no? Congratulations, your bill
Representative Denise Jones Ennett
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has passed again. No, no, I just want to thank the Department of Education and the secretary for meeting with me
last Monday and I wanna thank Melissa Russ and uh Mr. Shane Broadway back there as well. Thank you. You, you also
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have Bill. Ms. Garner, Garner has been
OK, come on, sit down on the table and let's
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off? Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I will let y'all take out
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all of your aggression on me and your frustration. Um
If you don't mind, I'd love to have Pete guests come up to the table with
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me. Uh, yeah, you reckon, if you would please injure yourself for the record and
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you're recognized. I'm Denise Garner, state rep from District 20, Fayetteville. And Pete
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Gus, economic uh economic policy director, Arkansas advocates for children and families. Thank you. And first of all, I'd love to thank everybody who stayed all
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day and especially. Pete, but all of the, all of the folks that have been here to to
testify all day. Thank you very much. And, and thank you guys for the opportunity to um present House Bill 1761. Most of you guys, uh, have been here long enough that you know that I was not a proponent of um the voucher part of. I thought there were some great things that learns out act, but the vouchers were difficult for me, uh, to deal with and, and part of that reason, um, much of that reason is um. That I'm worried about the
fiscal responsibility for for the budget and also um the responsibility to make sure that our constitutional obligation to make sure that all children are educated, um, happens with vouchers. This bill is a simple bill that I'd just love for you to think about, um. That ensures when school vouchers open up to every student in the 25, 26 year that we're dispersing those vouchers
in a fiscally responsible way by tying eligibility to a family's income. The bill retains the existing eligibility. Uh, students with disabilities, identified under IDEA, uh, children in foster care and a child who previously attended a dear F-rated school, meaning that any child who already receives a voucher regardless of their their family income would continue that full voucher. So kindergartners that started last
year would continue on, but new kindergartners would not, would not be eligible unless they fit into this, this category. Um, that group of children, the kindergartners and, and any other child who does not qualify under the existing eligibility categories from the last two years would have to qualify based on their family income, and that's where Pete comes in. So I met Pete, um, several years ago when I was on Revventax and, and he helped me get through
Revventa and so we have, um, looked at uh. The federal poverty level and, and basically chosen three tiers of um. Of eligibility and the first tier. would be um A family that makes 250% over federal poverty level would still qualify for the full amount of the voucher. And that's about 90% of the pupil funding.
A family making 2 250% of the FPL means an annual income of about $78,000. A family who makes over 250% and up to 350%, the second tier of the FPL would qualify for a voucher equal to 50% of the prior year statewide foundation funding that's allocated to each student so that a 2 adult, two children family making 350% of the FPL means, um, an annual
income level of about 109,000, 109,500. And then the third tier is a family who makes over 350% and up to 400% of the of the federal poverty level would qualify for a voucher, voucher equal to 25% of the prior year statewide fund uh foundation funding allocated for students. So with two adult, two children family making 400% of the FPL would qualify for a voucher equal to 25% of the
prior year statewide funding allocated for for students. Using this formula, the state could be saved up to $200 million per year and I've got a handout that I'm, I'm glad to share if, if anybody wants one, but basically it's just the financial estimates based on um current applications of the Education freedom accounts with income limits. So I've got several of those. If you. If you're interested. I
It doesn't to me make fiscal sense to subsidize private or home schooling in the amount of almost 7000 per voucher, $7000 per voucher per year for a family of 4 making over 20,125,000 a year. This is more than 2 times the median household income in Arkansas and more than 80% of households in the state would still be eligible for a voucher under this bill. Establishing income caps for
school vouchers will help ensure the health of our state budget, which I'm extremely concerned about. The state surplus has decreased in recent quarters, and we've already received more than 30,000 voucher applications. Other states have seen the cost of their universal voucher programs balloon astronomically in Arizona, the first year of universal vouchers was projected to cost $33 million but ultimately had a price tag of over $550 million in year one and over $700 million in year
two. In Iowa, the first year estimate was 107 million but financial costs were 20% higher in year one and 30%. 36% higher in year two. This bill takes a pragmatic approach to ensuring school choice, a thriving public school system and a healthy budget. That's all it is and I'm glad to take any questions and I'm sure Pete will too.
Further questions from the committee. Represent Beck you recognize for
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a question. The uh $250 million savings. Is that annual? Yes, it is. Yes, sir. And did, did I
hear you correct that? You said the first tier. which is fully, fully paid, uh, represents, I thought you said 90%. Did I hear that? Did I hear
it wrong? I I hear it wrong. 90% of the funding. This I think what
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you're 99% of the students maybe I heard wrong. Yeah, I think of what you're asking that first tier would be 62% of households in Arkansas would still be under that first tier. So 62% would still qualify for the full voucher
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amount. OK, so 62% right so so then the tier, help me out with the tears. It's that's what's coming around. OK.
No. if I had just been patient. It's late. I get
it. I, I'll jump back. I'll just, I, I'm gonna read this first, so I'll let someone else ask a question and
I'll, I'll come back. So I'll, I'll jump in and follow up on your questions. So just clarify, so you said $250 million
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annual savings. Yes, that is correct. I mean, that, that's an estimate, um. So the, the challenge, of
course, in estimating this is We don't have Uh, household incomes specific to families that are requesting this. We do know through census data, the spread of incomes in Arkansas. So if you do that proportionally and say, you know, people with the low income are likely to request a voucher at the same rate as people at the high income, then the savings goes
down. But if it, uh, as we know, higher income people are more likely to do, to request, then you're more likely to have more savings because those are the folks who can afford it already and would not get the full voucher. And how did we arrive at that $250 million savings. Yeah, So, again, I'm not sure if you've got the sheet, but the sheet here is a more update version where we looked at, according to the Learn's website, the current uh number
of applications is 35,323. Maybe that's gone up in the past couple of days. Then you have uh any EFA funding amount of just under $7000 is Representative Gardner said, if you do the math on that, the simple math on that, it comes to $240 million. We can expect this to cost. Again, that's an estimate, might be a little bit less than that, but, uh, as we know, the current budget calls for 188 million in EFA funding with a $90 million set aside, right? So we're
likely going to have to get into that set aside this coming year, um. That's one time funding, right? So there's going to be ongoing tremendous cost for EFAs. So we're not saving 250 million. No, the next line, the total cost with income limits on this is 107 to $167 million instead of the 240, that's a range based on assumptions on who's likely to request vouchers, right? Based on income level.
So the total budget savings is between 73 and 133 million annually. That's at the current rate of applications. That's using the number of current applications that, you know, this, uh, 35,000. Um, I think we expect that number to go up. Uh, we know the applications are ongoing. That's an, there's an open window for accepting applications, so they might, you know, the, the number of total costs could go up, therefore, savings would go up. of Nazarenko, you recognize for a question?
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Oh, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for putting this together, uh, Representative Garner, cause I, I appreciate that you're uh being fiscally responsible, uh, and I think we all need to be that. I have a couple questions, so one, because I was. From last night I was taking notes and things. Uh I'll start with this one because we kind of brought up one. So you said 250 million. I do have that sheet. I know, I think everybody does, shows 240 million, and then you just
explain the 35,323 vouchers that you pulled off the website. So
I'm seeing that math is just sheerly the highest. T So then if we look at, I mean, because if we're arbitrarily gonna pick the highest tier if we arbitrarily pick the lowest tier, then that's 60,614,268, and that's just, those are just, you know, estimates because it's not really and then somewhere in between 12 121,000 is that, that middle tier. So would you, would you agree? That that number, that 2250, 40 million, number one, is that,
that's just purely uh estimate using the highest possible uh voucher tier that you're that you're looking at. so Yes, that's
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calculated using the full amount of the voucher that's available, 6,824. So if everyone follow up. So if
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everyone had um 100% of the high, that, that 100% your top tier, that would have to be every one of those vouchers being that top tier and that's
the only way that you're actually gonna Uh, realize that, that, um. 240 million would be if every one of those 35,323 were on that top tier. Which is what happens in 206. I just want to make sure we were
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clear on that. And then, So that my
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other one is this, and I don't think this was covered and, and I didn't see
it. So I've got, I've got constituents that come in, uh, say they're on the voucher
system. Let's just say this, this was, you know, let's say this was enacted. If this was approved and then they are on a tiered system. Because they fall under that. They start receiving that voucher. Let's just say they're in the middle or the low end because it's a family of 42 spouses working dual income. Then they get a divorce. Now they're single income, kids are, you know, in a semi, uh, normalcy at that point, but then
the incomes changed. So now they're no longer gonna qualify. What, what would be the, what does that look like? Where would
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they go from there? With the kids have to be pulled out of that
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so then. So then how would that work? We've tried, we've tried extremely hard to make sure that anybody who's getting the voucher or anyone who. is eligible under those other. Um Other programs do not. Get taken off So
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And I, and I did see that. I knew that you talked about that, but I guess my question, and I, it's my fault.
I apologize. I'm probably just not being clear enough. So if they, you know, they qualified at the beginning of the year, they qualify, let's just say they're on the bottom tier. Let's just say they qualify in the bottom tier. Uh, one of those incomes is lost, so then it's. Say it's not going to be calculated, how, where are they gonna fall cause now they don't qualify. For that, that tier. So now they're outside of that system. Are they gonna have to they're gonna change at that point. Their incomes change. Is that gonna be like how is that going to be affected if their income
changes or vice versa, they get married, now their incomes doubled, so now they're out of the program. A major life change. How would that be? How
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would that be affected? Yeah, I mean, technically, the way the bill is written, that there's a check for eligibility when they're applying. So it's at the time of application. Um, there is nothing in it that says, we're going to come back and check and see if you're suddenly making a lot more money and therefore we're going to give you less. So, Essentially, it's check at the
beginning, uh, I guess that makes the opposite true as well though, um, if, you know, you were making 400, let's see what is it, um. If you're making 400% of just under 400% of the federal poverty level, and you get 25% of it and then you lose a bunch of income, then you're still getting 25%, um, I suppose in a rulemaking process, there could be a petition process for saying our personal financial situation has changed.
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Can we, can we adjust this? Yeah, I don't, I don't think anybody's gonna volunteer and come and say
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we're making more money though. Uh, one last question, um. So the other one that I had and this kind of, you know. A lot of times I focus heavily on military law enforcement, um. When I did the math on this and we were, we're recruiting military and we want them to come here. Military would be excluded from this, so I have military friends who retired, come home on disability and they're on, they're on the
voucher program now others. Their friend could come over retire, they're not gonna qualify. And so it's kind of like we're recruiting, we say, hey, we want you. But we don't want you to be able to do what your buddy's doing with their family. So how, how could, how would this address that? Like how could you, you know, address that we're maybe excluding vulnerable populations that we're trying to get here. Well, that is certainly not the intent, and I knew I didn't it,
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that is not the intent and obviously I, I know where all of this is going, but I just wanted to
bring up the, uh, the potential and start thinking about some of these issues, but any vulnerable population ought to be part of the voucher system and I, and I appreciate it and I knew that's where I
Representative Jason Nazarenko
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knew you weren't going. there. I just, it really caught my
eye last, last night when I was looking at it cause I was like, I'm gonna have friends that are gonna be excluded. That's, that's exactly what it was gonna be. That's what really caught my eye. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Represent Andrews, you recognize her question. Thank
you, Mr. Rich, I'm How did you come up with this
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range of 78, 125,000 because I mean I think if you're gonna. You know, put income limits, I would think, you know, maybe north of 300, 400,000. Because just in my humble opinion, the 78 $125,000 households, they're the ones that pay a good part of our state income tax and the ones with, you know, 4 people household, uh, even though they might be making 100,000, they're still struggling day to day, um, and so to me they're the ones who who need this.
this, this would be very important to them on educating their kids, so, so why, why are you targeting the
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middle class here. Yes, I can answer that, um, yeah, so you're right, you have to set the limit somewhere. And so we sat down and thought about where does it make sense to peg that, um, and this, this is what we did. We said, OK, um, a lot of groups out there have said what a survival or a, a budget to
meet basic needs needs to be in the state of Arkansas, right? The United Way does this, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta does this. All those numbers are actually pretty similar. So he said for, and you know, it does vary based on the size of the family, of course, because the federal poverty level changes with that as well. Um. For a family of 2, what does that survival budget, and that's, so that's a mom and a child, right? For a family of two, what's that survival budget? What do you need? And that includes taxes and
everything else. Um, and then we added in the cost of private schooling your child, that one child in Arkansas, and that came up to a certain amount, right? We did the same thing with the family of 4, and we compared both of those amounts to the federal poverty level, and they were both right about 250% of the poverty level. So what that's saying is people who make up to 250% of the poverty level according to what, what other uh people doing research have found, should I
give you enough money to private school your kids and pay your basic survival budget. So that's, you know, that was the logic to come up with a 250. The poverty level, and that's the important one, right? Because that's how you get up to 100% of the voucher. You reckon. I mean, I, I guess there has to be a. place somewhere, but
Representative Wade Andrews
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1:17:49
I'm, I'm just kind of thinking you can look at numbers tests all day, you've talked to people who
actually, you know, so you got two parents that make 5000 to 60,000 a year a piece and you know it comes out to about 20. They're, they're still struggling by the time. You know, insurance is on the rise homes cost depends on where you live in the state, some places cheaper to live some places it's more expensive to live, uh, it's just cost of living is, is high right now and so I just don't see. Why we need to penalize the middle class.
Representative Denise Garner
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1:18:28
Well, this, this gets into more of the bill, but. Public
funds are public tax dollars are collected to fund a public education system that serves everyone. Not to act as personal accounts for individuals, uh, for individual families, so. Um, you know, I think that. As a state, we are obligated to make sure that. Everyone gets a good education
and the folks that are most vulnerable in the system are, are those folks that We've we've listed here, the folks that uh have very low incomes and then those exceptions that That we've added in the bill and certainly. Could add more Represented Garner, just a quick question you referenced public school
funding. Have we seen a decrease in public school funding relative to this, or is there an anticipated one moving forward?
Representative Denise Garner
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1:19:34
Well, I know that, um, much of our new education budget was for education vouchers and that just worries me from where Arizona and and some of the other states have, have gone with this system, so it does, it does worry me about where we're going to find the money to continue these vouchers. Are there additional questions about the committee? Hes some Cozart. Mr. Chair, would you mind if I asked the department to make a comment on this? I would not mind.
Representative Bruce Cozart
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1:20:04
Could we get y'all to make a comment on what we're doing
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here. Jacob Oliva, Department of Education. Is, is there a specific question? Well, I just, is,
Representative Bruce Cozart
Unverified
1:20:16
does this look correct? Is there something that's out of place on it or so. So I haven't had
Speaker 37
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a chance to review this. This is the first time, um, that I've seen this, but. If, if I think if I was to make a
Speaker 38
1:20:29
general comment. Our state has made a commitment to make sure that parents are
empowered to find the right educational environment that works best for them and their child. 2 years ago, um, we've made a commitment in the governor has made a commitment to empower parents and make sure that we fully fund education, and I think we've achieved that goal, um, representative Brooks asked if education, if we're looking at foundation funding has decreased. It's increased every year, and I know we're going through another cycle where we're looking at increasing that. When we're looking at funding this program, it's not, it's
out, it's funded outside of that educational budget in the state, and I, I think Representative Garner brings up valid concerns when she sees how some of these programs are rolled out in other states. Um, our state was very wise, I believe, with the people that crafted this bill in setting a ceiling with the amount of seats that are going to be available at 39,000 seats were just just north of 35,000 seats when you look at people that are looking to participate. So I, I, I just
go back to, we have a new program where getting into year 3, the program's going well. We've met all of the conditions and requirements and expectations of that program. Within the budgeted allocation. I, I don't know what problem we're trying to solve. Are there additional questions about the committee? Can I just make a quick comment? Yes, Um, I, I do think
Representative Denise Garner
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1:22:01
that And a lot of things that we do, it's not a zero-sum game. If we can lift up
Everybody and and and the rest of the. Rest of the folks are lifted. This is a little bit different in that we do have a limited amount of funds that we can use for these positions and it just makes sense to me that we make sure that the most vulnerable population are the ones that have access to the funds first by the committee, and we do not have anyone sign up
to speak for or against this bill, but he would like to speak for or against the bill.
Representative Denise Garner
Unverified
1:22:42
Seeing no Represent Garner, would you like to close for your bill? I am closed. I just thank you for letting me, uh, present the bill, um, and, and I hope we'll think about those folks who don't have an opportunity and uh make sure that
our. Public funds are working for everyone. Thank you. Representative Garner is closed for his for her
Speaker 158
1:23:04
bill. What's the will of committee? I can make a motion to pass.
Represent Garner made a motion to pass is a discussion on that motion? Representative Gonzalez worth that you recognize. Uh, no, Sorry, no discussion. Say no discussion on the motion. All in favor say aye. All opposed say no. No. Sorry, Representative, your bills failed. Thank you very much. Thank you committee,
for your work today. It's been outstanding. I can reminder Monday morning 11 a.m. Please be safe driving home, health
Agenda
RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1709 Steele TO AMEND THE HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM; AND TO INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS IN THE HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM.
REGULAR AGENDA
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1710 Vaught TO PROHIBIT A SCHOOL FROM USING OR REFERENCING A PUBLIC SCHOOL RATING IN ANY ADVERTISING, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, OR COMMUNICATION DIRECTED TO THE PUBLIC.
HB1727 L. Johnson TO AMEND THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ADULT EDUCATION CHARTER SCHOOLS.
HB1017 A. Collins TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PAY FOR INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID MATERNITY LEAVE.
HB1755 T. Shephard TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARKANSAS PREVENTION NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY.
SB402 C. Penzo TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COOPERATIVE FROM REQUIRING OR TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
SB373 Irvin TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMMISSION.
SB390 J. English TO ESTABLISH THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY ACT.
HB1081 B. McKenzie TO REPEAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
HB1139 B. McKenzie TO CREATE THE RELEASED TIME EDUCATION ACT.
HB1825 Wooldridge TO ALLOW A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO REQUIRE AN ENROLLED STUDENT TO EARN ONE UNIT OF CREDIT IN A COMPUTER SCIENCE OR COMPUTER SCIENCE-RELATED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE IN ORDER TO GRADUATE.
HB1747 Vaught TO CREATE THE BABIES AT SCHOOL ACT; AND TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO PERMIT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PARENTS TO BRING THEIR INFANTS SIX MONTHS OR YOUNGER TO WORK.
HB1761 D. Garner TO INCREASE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INCOME LIMITS FOR STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNTS IN THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER.
SB352 Stone TO PROHIBIT ANTISEMITISM IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS; AND TO PROHIBIT ANTISEMITISM IN STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
HB1806 Vaught TO PROVIDE CURRICULUM TRANSPARENCY FOR PARENTS OF KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE STUDENTS; AND TO ALLOW A PARENT TO REVIEW AND OPT OUT OF SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA MATERIALS FOR HIS OR HER CHILD.
HB1864 Andrews TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN STUDENT INSTRUCTION; AND TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED FLEXIBLE SCHOOL CALENDAR SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HB1866 Brooks TO CREATE ELI'S LAW; AND TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL TO INSTALL AN AUDIO RECORDING DEVICE IN EACH LOCKER ROOM AND DRESSING ROOM ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS.
HB1874 B. McKenzie AN ACT TO AMEND THE USE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AWARDED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003.
SB90 J. English TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENT AT EACH MEETING OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HB1482 Gramlich TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR A STUDENT WHO TAKES A GED TEST AND RECEIVES A GED.
HB1492 Gramlich TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT A MOBILE PANIC ALERT SYSTEM.
HB1728 Ennett TO REQUIRE REPORTING ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A DISABILITY AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
HB1766 Ennett TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS RESPOND, INNOVATE, SUCCEED, AND EMPOWER (RISE) ACT.
SB470 J. Dotson TO REQUIRE AN ADULT APPROVED TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT TO CERTAIN STUDENTS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
SB515 J. Petty TO REQUIRE THAT A UNIT DEDICATED TO ARKANSAS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES BE INCLUDED WITHIN EXISTING ARKANSAS HISTORY COURSE CONTENT GUIDELINES.
SB522 M. McKee TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE TUITION AND FEES PAID BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ONLINE PROGRAMS.
SB545 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY AND FINANCES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO BONDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING RENTS, TOLLS, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES RELATED TO ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
SB547 D. Sullivan TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT LIVE WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR PURPOSES OF PARTICIPATING IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.
SB467 C. Penzo TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "HEALTHCARE PROVIDER" REGARDING STUDENT ATHLETE CONCUSSION EDUCATION TO INCLUDE CHIROPRACTORS OR CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS.
HB1903 Walker TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH FLEXIBILITY REGARDING ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.
HB1919 McAlindon TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ACCESS TO LEARNING MATERIALS.
HB1924 Puryear TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ESTABLISH RULES REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOUR-DAY SCHOOL WEEKS.
HB1933 McCollum TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND TO CREATE A RECALL ELECTION AND PETITION FOR REMOVAL FOR A MEMBER OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HB1938 Joey Carr TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE CREATION OF DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.
HB1939 Joey Carr TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE AND MERIT PAY; TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS; AND TO AMEND SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MERIT TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND PROGRAM.
HB1940 Walker TO ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INITIATES AND MAINTAINS A FOUR-DAY SCHOOL WEEK; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
HB1941 Joey Carr CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO PROTECT ARKANSAS STUDENTS BY ENSURING THE EFFICIENT DISPOSITION OF ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST TEACHERS.
HB1945 McCollum TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT; TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO ALLOW A STUDENT TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN HIS OR HER RESIDENT DISTRICT.
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Speakers
Representative Keith Brooks Chair
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Representative DeAnn Vaught
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Representative Bruce Cozart
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Representative Hope Duke
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Representative Denise Jones Ennett
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Allison Guthrie
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Chair
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Representative Stetson Painter
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Representative Julie Mayberry
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Representative Rick Beck
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Representative Matt Brown
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Representative Justin Gonzales
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Representative Jessie McGruder
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Representative Denise Garner
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Representative Jason Nazarenko
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Representative Wade Andrews
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