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AR HB1490

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Wardlaw

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Origin

House of Representatives

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Repeals Arkansas Code § 6-15-503(f), which required public school students to return temporarily issued items, resources, supplies, materials, or property before becoming eligible to enroll in a home school

  • Eliminates the current law's conditions that allowed home school enrollment only after: returning school property, paying for the items, or waiting until the semester ended

  • Removes the provision allowing superintendents or school boards to waive a five-school-day waiting period upon satisfactory return of school property

  • Allows immediate home school enrollment eligibility regardless of whether school-issued materials have been returned or paid for

Legislative Description

To Repeal The Requirement That A Public School Student Return Temporarily Issued Items, Resources, Materials, And Property Belonging To A Public School In Order To Be Eligible To Enroll In A Home School.

Last Action

Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

5/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Education2/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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