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AR SB215
Bill
Status
5/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joshua Bryant
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AI Summary
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Adds open-enrollment public charter schools to the list of entities eligible to receive donated real property from school districts, alongside higher education institutions, technical institutes, community colleges, nonprofits, and local governments
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Expands the definition of "public school facility" to include both improved and unimproved real property, and broadens "unused or underutilized public school facility" to encompass academic facilities and other real property
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Requires school districts to notify the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation before selling, donating, or leasing unused facilities, and changes the annual reporting deadline from February 1 to January 31
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Grants open-enrollment public charter schools within a district's boundaries the right of first refusal to purchase or lease unused school facilities at fair market value before the district may donate them to other entities
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Establishes enforcement mechanisms including potential academic facilities distress classification, Accredited-Cited Status placement, and sanctions under the Code of Ethics for Arkansas Educators against superintendents who fail to comply
Legislative Description
To Amend The Permissible Uses For Real Estate Donated By A Public School District; And To Amend The Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act.
Last Action
Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
5/5/2025