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AR HB1607
Bill
Status
4/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Duncan Baird
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $15,000,000 to the Department of Education - Arkansas State Library for the Books for Arkansas Students' Education (BASE) Program
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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
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Distributes books using a point system based on free and reduced lunch statistics to target schools with greater student need
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New rules and regulations may be adopted to implement the program without restriction by requirements applicable to other programs
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Act takes effect July 1, 2013, with an emergency clause declaring the appropriation essential to agency operations
Legislative Description
An Act For The Department Of Education - Arkansas State Library - Books For Arkansas Students' Education General Improvement Appropriation.
Last Action
Notification that HB1607 is now Act 741
4/4/2013