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AR HB1487
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/26/2013
Primary Sponsor
John Edwards
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $15,000 to the Department of Education - Arkansas State Library for a grant to the Books for Arkansas Students' Education (BASE) Program
- BASE Program provides free books about Arkansas' natural, cultural, and political history as well as books by Arkansas writers to public high schools across the state
- Distributes books using a point system based on free and reduced lunch statistics to target schools with greater need
- Funds payable from the General Improvement Fund and may be supplemented by grants, donations, federal funds, or agency cash income
- Act takes effect July 1, 2013 with emergency clause declaring immediate implementation essential to agency operations
Legislative Description
An Act For The Department Of Education - Arkansas State Library - Books For Arkansas Students' Education Program General Improvement Appropriation.
Last Action
Read the third time and failed.
4/12/2013
Committee Referrals
Budget2/26/2013
Full Bill Text
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