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To Create The Division Of Interscholastic Activities Within The Division Of Elementary And Secondary Education.
To Amend Public School Funding Amounts Under The Public School Funding Act Of 2003.
To Amend The Education Service Cooperative Act Of 1985.
To Require The Department Of Human Services And The Department Of Education To Establish Regional Behavioral Health Programs; To Amend The Law Concerning The Education Of Certain Students; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require The Secretary Of The Department Of Education To Provide Information Regarding The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program To Certain Students.
To Amend The Law Concerning Education Service Cooperatives, Public School Districts, And Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools.
To Create The Protecting Childhood Innocence In Libraries Act.
To Require Human Growth And Development Instruction In Public Schools.
To Establish The Requirements For A Public School District That Initiates And Maintains A Four-day School Week; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Repeal The Requirement That The State Board Of Education Establish Rules Regarding The Implementation Of Four-day School Weeks.
To Create The Public School Access And Transparency Act; And To Require Public Access To Learning Materials.
To Amend The Arkansas Financial Education Commission.
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.
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.
To Require Each Public School To Participate In The Arkansas Prevention Needs Assessment Survey.
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.
To Create The Parents And Teachers Helping Students Succeed (paths) Act.
To Amend The Public School Funding Act Of 2003; And To Add An Additional Education Category Of Funding For Special Education.
To Require A Private School That Accepts State Funding Of Any Type To Provide Transportation To Certain Students Enrolled In The School.
To Require Private Schools To Administer An Annual Statewide Student Assessment; And To Require Private Schools To Admit Each Student Who Applies For Admission And Intends To Cover Private School Costs With State Funding.
To Require A Report Card To Include A Student's Current Reading Grade Level.
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.
Concerning The Transfer Of A Student's Permanent School Record.
To Allow A Public School District To Use State Funds To Pay For An Adult Education Program With Which It Contracts.
To Create An Exception To The School Attendance Requirements For A Student Who Takes A Ged Test And Receives A Ged.
To Amend The Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning Making Up Missed School Days; And To Require A Public School District To Include Additional Days Or Hours, As Applicable, In Its School Calendar For The Purpose Of Making Up Missed School Days.
To Require The Division Of Elementary And Secondary Education To Include Digital Media Standards In Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve Library Media Standards.
To Amend The Mechanism By Which School Nurses Are Compensated.
To Amend The Public School Funding Act Of 2003; And To Add An Additional Category Of Funding For Special Education Funding.
To Prohibit Scheduling, Hosting, Or Requiring An Outdoor Practice, Scrimmage, Game, Or Activity For An Extracurricular Activity During The Hours When An Excessive Heat Warning Has Been Declared.
To Require A Participating School Under The Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program To Comply With The Same Statutory And Department Of Education Reporting Requirements To Which Public Schools Are Subject.
To Create The Released Time Education Act.
To Create The Brighter Start Act Of 2025; And To Require The Treasurer Of State To Make A One-time Contribution To Each Existing And Future Arkansas Brighter Future Fund Plan Account.
To Create The Teacher Fair Dismissal Act Of 2025.
To Create The Arkansas Healthy Lifestyle Education Act Of 2025; And To Ensure The Health Curriculum In Arkansas Public Schools Addresses Certain Health Issues Facing Students.
To Amend The State Teacher Education Program; And To Amend The Eligibility Requirements For Loan Forgiveness And The Loan Repayment Amounts Under The State Teacher Education Program.
To Repeal Performance-based Incentive Awards For Public Schools And Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools.
To Require A School Resource Officer Or Law Enforcement Personnel To Obtain Certification In Youth Mental Health First Aid; And To Require A School Counselor To Receive Youth Mental Health First Aid Training.
To Repeal The Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program; To Create A New Education Funding Category For Students Who Receive Special Education And Related Services; And To Create The Community Schools Act Fund.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning The Formation Of An Isolated School District.
To Require The Department Of Education To Include A Human Fetal Growth And Development Discussion In The Relevant Standards During The Arkansas Academic Standards Revision Cycle.
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.
To Amend The Arkansas Educational Support And Accountability Act; To Create An Exception To Attendance Requirements For A Student Who Takes A Ged Test; And To Amend The Score Requirements For The Ged Test.
To Amend The Measures Considered When Calculating A School Rating; And To Ensure A Student Is Not Counted As A Dropout For Purposes Of Calculating A School-level Graduation Rate If The Student Passes A Ged Test.
To Limit The Number Of Credits A Student May Obtain In A Course Credit Recovery Program.
To Authorize An Incorporated Town Or A City Of The Second Class To Petition The State Board Of Education For The Establishment Of A Local Public Elementary School Or Satellite School Under Certain Conditions.
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.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code To Provide School Districts With Flexibility Regarding Alternative Learning Environments.
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.
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.
To Amend The Arkansas Educational Support And Accountability Act; To Create An Exception To Attendance Requirements For A Student Who Takes A Ged Test; And To Amend The Score Requirements For The Ged Test.
To Create The Arkansas Respond, Innovate, Succeed, And Empower (rise) Act.
To Amend The Days Included In The Total Number Of Maternity Leave Days Approved By A School That Offers Maternity Leave.
To Require Reporting On The Number Of Students Receiving Accommodations For A Disability At Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Measures Considered When Calculating A School Rating; And To Ensure A Student Is Not Counted As A Dropout For Purposes Of Calculating A School-level Graduation Rate If The Student Passes A Ged Test.
To Require Certain Materials To Be Stored In Locked Compartments Within A Designated Area.
To Limit The Number Of Credits A Student May Obtain In A Course Credit Recovery Program.
To Amend Public School Funding Amounts Under The Public School Funding Act Of 2003.
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.
To Amend The Arkansas Student Due Process And Protection Act.
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.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Regarding The Course Choice Program.
To Create The Public School Access And Transparency Act; And To Require Public Access To Learning Materials.
To Establish The Arkansas Rural Preceptorship Program Act.
To Establish A Process Whereby A Vacancy Is Filled On A School District Board Of Directors.
To Amend The Arkansas Military Child School Transitions Act Of 2021.
To Require That A Unit Dedicated To Arkansas Veterans And Their Families Be Included Within Existing Arkansas History Course Content Guidelines.
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.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Enhanced Transportation; And To Declare An Emergency.
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.
To Modify The Definition Of "healthcare Provider" Regarding Student Athlete Concussion Education To Include Chiropractors Or Chiropractic Physicians.
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.
To Establish The State Apprenticeship Agency Act.
To Prohibit A Public School District And An Educational Service Cooperative From Requiring Or Taking Certain Actions Related To Employee Organizations And Professional Associations.
To Prohibit Antisemitism In Public Elementary And Secondary Schools; And To Prohibit Antisemitism In State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Universal Act Assessment Program Act; And To Amend The Types Of Assessments Public Schools May Provide To Students.
To Allow A Resident School District To Permit A Private School Student To Participate In An Interscholastic Activity At The Resident School District Under Certain Conditions.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas School For The Blind And The Arkansas School For The Deaf; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning Excused Absences For Children Of Fallen Service Members And Children Of Fallen First Responders.
Concerning Department Of Education Boards And Commissions; And To Protect Arkansas Students By Ensuring The Efficient Disposition Of Ethics Complaints Against Teachers.
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.
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.
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.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Admissions At The University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas School For The Blind And The Arkansas School For The Deaf; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Definition Of "bullying"; And To Create A Process Whereby A Public School May Conduct Multiple, Simultaneous Investigations Into The Same Allegation Of Bullying Under Certain Circumstances.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Use Of Positive Behavioral Supports In Public School Districts.
To Provide Eligibility For A Tuition Benefit To Soldiers And Airmen Of The Arkansas National Guard Attending Certain Private Two-year And Four-year Colleges And Universities.
To Allow A Parent, Legal Guardian, Or Person Standing In Loco Parentis To A Student To Document And Maintain The Community Service Hours The Student Obtains.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code To Create A More Efficient System For Public Schools Of Innovation In Arkansas.
To Require Schools To Provide Certain Information On Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes When Other Health Information Is Provided.
To Adopt Federal Law Concerning Tax-deferred Tuition Savings Programs; And To Amend The Income Tax Liability For Rollover Contributions From An Arkansas Brighter Future Fund Plan To A Roth Individual Retirement Account.
To Amend The Law Concerning Higher Education.
To Require Each Public School District And Open-enrollment Public Charter School To Implement A Mobile Panic Alert System.
To Prohibit A School From Serving Or Selling Ultra-processed Food On The School Campus During The Normal School Day.
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.
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.
To Amend The Funding Available To Adult Education Charter Schools.
To Establish The Strengthening Arkansas Education Act; And To Provide A Core Curriculum At State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Dates By Which Certain Requests To Transfer Public Schools Or Public School Districts Shall Be Submitted.
To Create The Teacher And Student Protection Act Of 2025.
To Amend The Law Concerning Local School Boards Of Directors And School Board Elections; And To Amend The Date On Which An Election Of A School District Board Of Directors Is Held.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Better Chance Program Act.
To Amend The Law Concerning Local School Boards Of Directors And School Board Elections; And To Amend The Date On Which An Election Of A School District Board Of Directors Is Held.
To Amend The Arkansas Adult Diploma Program Act.
To Amend The Arkansas Military Child School Transitions Act Of 2021.
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.
To Create The Robotics Competition Grant Program For Eligible Robotics Teams In Public Or Private Schools For The Purpose Of Encouraging Study In The Fields Of Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics.
To Repeal Additional Funding For The Development And Administration Of Professional Learning Communities.
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.
To Amend Eligibility Requirements For Participating In Extracurricular Activities For Certain Students Who Transfer Schools; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Prohibit A School From Using Or Referencing A Public School Rating In Any Advertising, Promotional Material, Or Communication Directed To The Public.
To Require Information Concerning How The Religious And Moral Beliefs Of The Founding Fathers Influenced The Founding Of The United States To Be Embedded Into Existing Social Studies Standards.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 And Title 19 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Provisional Positions And Motor Vehicle Restrictions For State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Definition Of "administrator" As It Relates To Ethical Guidelines And Prohibitions; And To Amend The Restrictions On Employment Specific To Public School Administrators.
To Amend Eligibility Requirements For Participating In Extracurricular Activities For Certain Students Who Transfer Schools; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require The Department Of Education To Establish A New Accountability System For Public Schools; And To Remove Public Schools From School Ratings For Certain School Years.
To Establish The Research And Education Protection Act Of 2025.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require Public Schools To Submit Data And Other Information Related To A Public School Student's Individualized Education Program Using A Uniform Statewide Data Collection System.
To Amend The Law Concerning A School District Board Of Directors; And To Amend The Law Concerning The Certification Of An Oath For A School Board Director.
To Amend Various Laws Related To Higher Education.
To Create The Religious Rights At Public Schools Act Of 2025.
To Amend Election Requirements In The Case Of An Unchanged Rate Of An Annual Ad Valorem Property Tax Levied By A Public School District Board Of Directors.
To Prohibit An Institution Of Higher Education From Participating In Certain Activities With A Prohibited Foreign Party.
To Require A Public High School To Grant Access To Its Facilities To Military Recruiters; And To Require Certain State-supported Postsecondary Institutions To Grant Access To Its Facilities To Military Recruiters.
To Require State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education To Provide Career Counseling And Other Resources To Certain Students.
To Amend The Definition Of A Student Under The Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program.
To Require Schools To Support, Establish, And Implement A Cardiac Emergency Response Plan That Integrates Nationally Recognized Elements.
To Create The Arkansas Access Act; And To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code As They Relate To Education In The State Of Arkansas.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code To Ensure Arkansas Students Are Taught By Qualified Teachers.
To Amend The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program; And To Amend The Definition Of "approved Institution Of Higher Education".
To Allow The Governing Body Of An Open-enrollment Public Charter School To Submit An Applicant For Consideration For The Arkansas Teacher Of The Year.
To Amend The Public School Start Date Requirements.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Date Of An Annual School Election; To Move The Annual School Election If The Annual School Election Is Scheduled On A State Holiday In Certain Instances; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; And To Modify The Requirements For Professional Development In School Districts Related To Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
To Express Support For Arkansas's Participation In The Crisis Recovery Support Network Coordinated By The Southern Regional Education Board.
Concerning The Administration Of Instruction On Firearm Safety In Public School Districts And Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools.
Concerning A Waiver For A Renewed Background Check Granted By A Board Of Directors Of An Educational Entity To An Applicant For A Nonlicensed Staff Position.
To Amend The Right To Read Act; And To Amend The Amount Of The Literacy Tutoring Grant Awarded Under The Right To Read Act.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board; And To Declare An Emergency.
An Act To Amend Novice Teacher Mentoring Requirements Under The Teacher Excellence And Support System; And For Other Purposes.
To Revise The Instruction Provided On The Failure Of Communist And Autocratic Systems And To Reinforce In Required Instruction The Resiliency Of The Constitutional Republic System Adopted By The United States Of America.
To Provide Each Student With One Breakfast At No Cost Each School Day Upon Request Without Consideration Of The Student's Eligibility For A Federally Funded Free Or Reduced-price Meal; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Bell To Bell, No Cell Act; And To Amend The Requirements For Public School Discipline Policies With Regard To Student Use Of Personal Electronic Devices.
To Amend The Information That A School District Shall Provide Electronically With Respect To Its School District Board Of Directors.
To Require The State Board Of Education To Issue A Teaching License To An Individual Who Does Not Meet Traditional Or Alternative Licensure Requirements Under Certain Conditions.
To Authorize A Coach Or Athletics Personnel Member Of The Opposite Sex To Address, Supervise, Or Treat Student Athletes In A Multiple Occupancy Restroom Or Changing Area Under Certain Conditions.
To Repeal The Statute Concerning The Prohibition Against A School District Board Of Directors Granting A Legal Transfer Under Certain Conditions.
To Allow A Public School Employee To Be Released From His Or Her Contract By A Certain Date Upon His Or Her Written Request; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Reflect A Merger Between The University Of Arkansas And East Arkansas Community College By Changing The Name Of East Arkansas Community College To The University Of Arkansas East Arkansas Community College.
Concerning A Report By The Director Of The Arkansas Economic Development Commission Concerning Contracts Awarded To Businesses In Operation Less Than Five Years.
To Create Child And Adolescent Mental Health Survey Programs In Schools And Childcare Facilities For Children From Birth To Nineteen Years Of Age.
To Amend The Law Regarding Tuition Waivers For Arkansas National Guard Soldiers And Airmen To Include Programs Of Study Leading To A Postsecondary Certificate Or Credential.
To Authorize Northwest Technical Institute To Appoint A President With An Industry Background; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Clarify Arkansas Law Concerning The Locking Of School Doors; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Philanthropic Investment In Arkansas Kids Program Act And The Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Philanthropic Investment In Arkansas Kids Program Act And The Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Clarify Arkansas Law Concerning The Locking Of School Doors; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Parents' Bill Of Rights.
To Create The Student Data Vendor Security Act.
To Amend The Law Concerning Nonpartisan Elections; To Amend The Law Concerning Local School Boards Of Directors And School Board Elections; And To Amend The Date On Which An Election Of A School District Board Of Directors Is Held.
To Amend The Law Concerning Student Restraints In Public Schools Or Educational Settings.
Concerning Student Attendance Days Approved By The Commissioner Of Elementary And Secondary Education For The Use Of Alternative Methods Of Instruction.
To Amend The Law Concerning Nonpartisan Elections; To Amend The Law Concerning Local School Boards Of Directors And School Board Elections; And To Amend The Date On Which An Election Of A School District Board Of Directors Is Held.
To Require School District Boards Of Directors To Include In Student Discipline Policies The Requirement That Schools Conduct An Assessment Of A Student's Adverse Childhood Experiences Before Disciplining A Student.
To Amend The Public School Funding Act Of 2003; And To Amend The Law To Include Additional Qualifications For Purposes Of Receiving Teacher Salary Equalization Funding.
To Require The Perils Of Communism And Autocratic Governments Be Taught In All Public Schools.
To Create The Parents' Bill Of Rights.
To Amend The Definition Of A Novice Teacher Under The Teacher Excellence And Support System.
To Require The Division Of Elementary And Secondary Education To Amend The Current School Rating System; And To Require The Division Of Elementary And Secondary Education To Create A Private School Rating System.
To Amend The Law Concerning Adult Education Charter Schools; And To Amend The Sources Of Funding Available To Adult Education Charter Schools.
To Amend The Public School Funding Act Of 2003; And To Create The Comprehensive Investment In Student Achievement Act.
To Prohibit Additional Ticket Fees For Student Activities; To Amend The Law Concerning Elementary And Secondary Student Activities; And To Amend The Law Concerning Contracts And Public School Districts.
To Create Recall Elections For Members Of School District Boards Of Directors; And To Amend The Law Concerning School District Boards Of Directors.
To Establish The Number Of Library Media Specialists A Public School Shall Employ Based On The Number Of Students Enrolled In The Public School.
Concerning Career And Technical Education.
To Amend The Public School Funding Act Of 2003; And To Amend The Target Average Annual Teacher Salary For Purposes Of Teacher Salary Equalization Funding.
To Allow A School District To Implement A School Week That Is Not A Five-day School Week; And To Allow A School District To Extend The School Day Or School Year To Accommodate A School Week That Is Not A Five-day School Week.
To Require Home Schools That Receive Any Form Of Public Funds To Administer An Annual Student Assessment.
To Allow A Public School To Administer A Grade-level Placement Test To A Student Who Is Reentering The Public School For Purposes Of Determining The Grade Level Appropriate For The Student.
To Allow A Public School District To Partner With A Business To Allow For The Provision Of A Subject-matter Expert; And To Create An Income Tax Credit For Businesses That Loan Subject-matter Experts To Public School Districts.
To Create Charlie's Law; And To Require An Electronic Child Safety Alarm System Be Installed In A School Bus.
To Amend The Mechanism By Which School Nurses Are Compensated.
To Ensure That Certain Funds From The Higher Education Grants Fund Account Are Expended On Certain Students.
To Amend Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 14, And Arkansas Law To Provide That Lottery Proceeds May Be Used For Scholarships And Grants To Arkansans Enrolled In Vocational-technical Schools And Technical Institutes.
To Amend The Lottery-funded Scholarship Programs To Include Vocational-technical Schools And Technical Institutes As Approved Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Effect Of A Minority Population On School District Elections.
To Allow The Contents Of A Teacher Preparation Program To Include Certain Content That Pertains To Evidence-based Trauma-informed Classroom Instruction Within Its Curriculum.
To Classify A Building Or Space Used For A Public Early Childhood Education Program Or For A Safe Room For Students As An Academic Facility Under The Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act.
To Amend The State Financial Participation Amount By Using The Basic Project Cost Per Square Foot For Public School New Construction Projects.
To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning The Information Considered Under The School Rating System.
To Require Private Schools To Administer An Annual Statewide Student Assessment; And To Require Private Schools To Admit Each Student Who Applies For Admission And Intends To Cover Private School Costs With State Funding.
To Require A School That Accepts State Funding Of Any Type To Provide Transportation To Certain Students Enrolled In The School.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Type Of License Issued To Certain Applicants In An Alternative Educator Preparation Program.
To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning The Award Of Scholarships Under The Succeed Scholarship Program To Students In Foster Care.
To Create The Arkansas Student Due Process And Protection Act; And To Establish Procedural Protections For Student Conduct Disciplinary Proceedings At Public Two-year And Four-year Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Public Education Reorganization Act; And To Remove The Authority Of The State Board Of Education To Require An Administrative Consolidation For Certain School Districts.
To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning School District Boards Of Directors And Amending A Portion Of Law Resulting From Initiated Act 1 Of 1990.
To Amend The Minimum Teacher Compensation Schedule Under The Public School Funding Act Of 2003 To Include Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools.
To Create The Psychological And Neuropsychological Testing Workforce Scholarship, Stipend, And Incentive Program.
To Require That Opioid Overdose Rescue Kits Be Located On Each Campus Of Each Public High School And State-supported Institution Of Higher Education.
To Repeal The Public School Educational Cooperative Act Of 1981; And To Amend The Education Service Cooperative Act Of 1985.
To Provide For Certain Requirements Related To Storm Shelters For Educational Facilities Under The Arkansas Fire Prevention Code.
To Require That A Petition Of A Student To Transfer From One School District To Another School District Be Placed On The Agenda Of A School District Board Of Directors For Review And Approval.
To Create The Religious Viewpoint Antidiscrimination Act.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public Education.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning School Employee Misconduct And Background Checks For Registered Volunteers.
To Amend The Arkansas Code To Clarify Which Individuals Are Required To Demonstrate Proficiency In Knowledge And Practices Of Scientific Reading Instruction.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act And The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Amend The Fire Prevention Act; And To Amend The Law Relating To Fire Drills And Exterior Doors At Educational Institutions.
To Amend The Arkansas Code As It Pertains To References To The Director Of The Division Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Law That Relate To Topics Covered By, The Composition Of, And The Meeting Requirements For A School District's Committee On Personnel Policies For Classified Employees.
To Amend The Criteria Considered In A School District's Reduction-in-force Policy.
To Amend The Public School Choice Act Of 2015; And To Amend The Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act.
Concerning School District Personnel Policies; And Concerning A School District Committee On Personnel Policies.
Concerning Public School Employee Professional Or Labor Organizations.
Concerning A Vacancy On A Public School District Board Of Directors.
To Create The Sustainable Building Maintenance Program For State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Create The Student Data Vendor Security Act.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Right To Play Act; And Concerning The Participation Of Students In Interscholastic Activities.
To Allow A School District Board Of Directors To Consolidate Grievances Into A Group Grievance If Multiple School Employees Have Filed Individual Grievances That Are The Same Grievance For Purposes Of An Appeal.
To Require Automated External Defibrillators At Certain School-sponsored Sporting Events And On Campuses Of Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Require That A Petition Of A Student To Transfer From One School District To Another School District Be Placed On The Agenda Of A School District Board Of Directors For Review And Approval.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code As They Relate To Teacher Licensure.
To Allow A Public School District That Implements An Alternate School Calendar To Use Alternative Methods Of Instruction For Purposes Of Making Up A Missed School Day.
To Provide For Certain Requirements Related To Storm Shelters For Educational Facilities Under The Arkansas Fire Prevention Code.
Concerning Community Colleges.
To Repeal The Requirement That Public School Districts And Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools Offer Certain Courses To Expelled Students.
To Require A Health And Safety Course Offered By A Public School District Or Open-enrollment Public Charter School To Include Information Regarding Breastfeeding.
To Amend The Law Regarding Deadlines For School Districts To Submit The Rate Of Tax For A School Election.
To Amend The Law Concerning Programs And Activities Approved For Academic Credit For Community Service.
To Amend The Composition Of The Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board.
To Amend Acts 2023, No. 237; And To Amend The Limitation On The Funds A Participating Student May Receive Under The Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program.
To Amend The Arkansas Military Child School Transitions Act Of 2021.
Concerning Career And Technical Education.
To Establish A Means By Which A Public School May Award A Student A High School Diploma Before The Student Graduates Under Certain Circumstances; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create A Means By Which Students Who Qualify For Reduced-price Meals At School Receive Free Meals At School.
To Create The Coach Safely Act; And To Require Youth Injury Mitigation And Information Courses For Athletics Personnel And Coaches.
To Require Public Schools To Provide Instruction On Adoption Awareness.
To Amend The Arkansas Student Protection Act; And To Include Offering Or Providing Abortion Referrals As A Prohibited Transaction By A Public School Or Open-enrollment Charter School.
To Require The State Board Of Education To Establish Within Two Years Of Its Assumption Of Authority Over A Public School District The Conditions Under Which The Public School District Shall Be Returned To Local Control.
To Establish The Conditions Under Which A Public School That Operates Primarily As A Virtual School May Offer A Statewide Student Assessment In A Virtual Setting.
To Amend The Maximum Number Of New Or Additional Positions And The Maximum Number Of Passenger Motor Vehicles For Certain Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Law Concerning Absences From School; And To Provide For An Excused Absence For A Student Who Accompanies The Student's Parent Or Legal Guardian To Vote.
To Amend The Computer Science Education Advancement Act Of 2021; And To Allow A Public School District To Employ A Computer Science Teacher At Each High School.
Concerning Free Speech Rights At State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Law Regarding Career Education And Workforce Development.
To Amend The Public School Choice Act Of 2015; And To Amend The Eligibility Of Children Of Active Duty Uniformed Services Personnel To Participate In The Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program.
To Create The Imagination Library Of Arkansas Program; And To Create The Imagination Library Of Arkansas Program Fund.
Concerning The Participation Of Homeschooled Students In Interscholastic Activities.
To Amend The Professional Development Schedule Required For Licensed School Personnel; And To Amend The Definition Of A "basic Contract" Under The Teacher Compensation Program Of 2003.
To Amend The Law To Allow Qualified Electors To Determine The Issue As To Whether To Elect The School District Board Of Directors From Single-member Zones, At Large, Or A Combination Of Single-member Zones And At Large.
To Establish The Arkansas Adult Diploma Program Act.
To Amend The Public Education Reorganization Act; To Amend The Conditions Under Which A Public School District Shall Be Administratively Consolidated By The State Board Of Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Given Name Act; And To Prohibit Requiring Employees Of Public Schools And State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education To Use A Person's Preferred Pronoun, Name, Or Title Without Parental Consent.
To Amend The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program Concerning Approved Institutions Of Higher Education; And Concerning The Higher Education Grants Fund Account.
Concerning Implicit Bias Training Required By A Public School Or State-supported Institution Of Higher Education.
To Permit A Local Board Of A Community College District To Establish Additional Zones Under Certain Circumstances.
Concerning Implicit Bias Training Required By A Public School Or State-supported Institution Of Higher Education.
To Create The Arkansas Released Time Education Act.
To Create The Equal Access To College And Career Readiness Assessments Act.
To Create The Arkansas Legislative Study On High School Student-athlete Publicity Rights.
To Amend The Law Concerning Rural Medical Practice Student Loans And Scholarships; And To Amend The Law To Include Students Enrolled In Additional Medical Programs As Eligible For Receipt Of Rural Medical Practice Loans.
Concerning Age And Residency Requirements For Attending Public Schools; And To Expand The Number Of Individuals For Whom Public Schools Shall Be Open And Free.
To Clarify The Requirement That Public School Districts Grant Excused Absences To Students Who Participate In 4-h Activities Or Programs.
To Amend The Definition Of A Student Under The Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program.
Concerning Age And Residency Requirements For Attending Public Schools; And To Expand The Number Of Individuals For Whom Public Schools Shall Be Open And Free.
To Urge Arkansas Institutions Of Higher Education To Relocate Chinese-language Programs From Mainland China To Taiwan.
To Require Certain Information Be Provided Monthly To School District Boards Of Directors.
To Exclude Certain Students From Inclusion In A School's Drop Out Rate For Purposes Of A School Performance Report.
To Repeal Requirements Placed On School Districts That Have A Ten Percent (10%) Or Greater Minority Population Out Of The Total Population.
To Repeal The Redundant Reporting Requirement That Public School District Boards Of Directors Review And Approve Certain Salary Increases.
Concerning State Board Of Education Rules For A Tiered System Of Educator Licensure; And To Amend The Law Concerning The Type Of License Issued To Certain Applicants In An Alternative Educator Preparation Program.
To Require The Division Of Higher Education To Promulgate Certain Rules Concerning The Administration Of Scholarships Funded With State Funds And Lottery Proceeds; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Process By Which A Public School District May Obtain A Waiver.
Concerning A Public School District Or Open-enrollment Public Charter School Policy Relating To A Public School Student's Sex.
Concerning A Public School District Or Open-enrollment Public Charter School Policy Relating To A Public School Student's Sex.
To Create Mental Health Awareness Week In Public Schools.
To Create The Seizure Safe Schools Act.
To Amend The Candidate Filing Period For A Position On A School District Board Of Directors; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Various Provisions Of Law Related To Tuition Benefits For Soldiers And Airmen Of The Arkansas National Guard.
To Create The Learns Act; To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code As They Relate To Early Childhood Through Grade Twelve Education In The State Of Arkansas; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow A Student Whose Parent Or Legal Guardian Relocates Him Or Her To A Different School District To Complete His Or Her Remaining School Years At The School District In Which He Or She Is Enrolled At The Time Of Relocation.
To Amend The Name Of "south Arkansas Community College" To "south Arkansas College"; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create A Financial Aid Appeals Process And Committee For The Division Of Higher Education.
To Create An Agricultural Education Pilot Program In Public Elementary Schools.
To Create A Means By Which Public School Students May Substitute Comparable Elective Coursework In Career And Technical Education For Required Core Academic Classes.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Enhanced Transportation Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Limitation On School Choice Transfers Under The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Create The Support For Pregnant And Parenting Students Act.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Limitation On School Choice Transfers Under The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Create The Support For Pregnant And Parenting Students Act.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code As They Pertain To The University Of Arkansas.
To Recognize The Contributions Of Homeschooling And To Proclaim February 21, 2023, As Homeschool Day At The Arkansas State Capitol.
To Require Public School Districts And Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools To Provide Information To Public School Students Regarding Water Safety Education Courses And Swimming Lessons.
To Require That The Passage Of A Ged Test Be Treated The Same As The Receipt Of A High School Diploma.
To Amend The Law That Requires Holocaust Education; And To Establish Holocaust Education Week In The Public Schools Of The State Of Arkansas.
To Amend The Law Concerning A Student's Eligibility To Attend A School District When He Or She Resides On A Tract Of Land Located In Two School Districts.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Dates For The Beginning And End Of The School Year; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Law Allowing Certain Employees To Take A Leave Of Absence For Emergency And Rescue Services.
To Amend The Public School Employees' Health Insurance Program Funding; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require That Public Schools Apply Academic Credit Received By A Public School Student For The Completion Of Community Service Toward Graduation.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Specify Terms Regarding Termination And Buyout Agreements That A Contract Of Employment For A Public School District Superintendent Shall Include.
To Prohibit The Use Of Corporal Punishment Without Parental Consent On A Child Who Has An Individualized Education Program.
To Require The Secretary Of The Department Of Education To Issue A Guidance Memorandum Regarding The Unique Educational Needs Of Students With Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, And Dysgraphia; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Prohibit Faculty Members And Staff Members Of Educational Institutions From Knowingly Engaging In Or Encouraging Hazing.
To Require School District Boards Of Directors To Include In Student Discipline Policies The Requirement That Schools Conduct An Assessment Of A Student's Adverse Childhood Experiences Before Disciplining A Student.
To Create The Baccalaureate Degree Program For State-supported Two-year Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Religious Viewpoint Antidiscrimination Act.
To Specify The Types Of Flags That May Be Flown On Public School Campuses.
To Amend The Types Of Students For Which A Public School District Shall Not Impose Out-of-school Suspensions And Expulsions.
Concerning Instructional Materials In Public Schools That Are Related To Race And Ethnicity.
To Prohibit Requiring Public School And Institution Of Higher Education Employees From Addressing A Student By A Term That Identifies A Student As Male Or Female And That Is Inconsistent With The Student's Biological Sex.
Concerning Qualified Immunity For Law Enforcement Officers Employed By A Private College Or University.
To Require Computer Science To Be Offered As A Foreign Language; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow Creationism As A Theory Of How The Earth Came To Exist To Be Taught In Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve Classes In Public Schools And Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools.
To Amend The Appointment Requirements Concerning A Board Of Visitors For A Technical College.
To Require The State Board Of Education To Issue A Teaching License To An Individual Who Is A Migrant From The Compact Of Free Association Islands If All Other Requirements Are Met.
To Create The Arkansas Child Academic Opportunity Scholarship And Grant Act.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Background Checks For School Personnel.
To Create A Waiver Regarding The Minimum Age For Enrollment In Public School.
To Create The Public School Employees Heroes Act; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The First-year Medical Student Scholarship Program Act.
To Amend The Amount Of Signatures Required To Petition A School District Board Of Directors To Meet.
Concerning The Participation Of Public Schools And Private Schools In School Athletic Conferences.
To Create The "arkansas Safe Schools Act" Concerning Requirements For Public School Districts During A State Of Disaster Emergency Related To Public Health; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Transparency In Foreign Investment Act; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require That Certain Information Be Included On Student Identification Cards Or Identification Badges.
To Improve Student Outcomes By Providing Students, Parents, And Guidance Counselors With Reliable Information Regarding The Cost Of College And Job Opportunities In Arkansas.
To Require The Division Of Higher Education To Develop An Asynchronous Module On The Concepts Of Personal Finance And Macroeconomics For Distribution To Students Enrolled In Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Create The Arkansas Military Child School Transitions Act Of 2021; And To Advance Achievement Of Educational Success On Behalf Of Children Of Military Families.
To Make Technical Corrections To Arkansas Law Concerning The Acceptance Of Certain Federal Benefits Promoting Vocational Education.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Health And Safety Of Public School Students.
To Amend The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan And Scholarship Board.
To Amend Provisions Of The Law Related To The Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board.
To Establish The Arkansas Financial Education Commission.
To Create The Healthy Active Arkansas Schools Act.
To Require School Nurses To Participate In Nursing Professional Development; To Require The Development Of An Education Program For School Nurses; And To Require Public Schools To Participate In A Health Services Survey.
To Allow Students In Certain Grades In-school Access To Vending Machines Offering Food And Beverages That Meet The Nutrition Standards Of The Federal Smart Snacks In School Program.
To Require That Certain Information Be Included On Student Identification Cards Or Identification Badges.
To Improve Student Outcomes By Providing Students, Parents, And Guidance Counselors With Reliable Information Regarding The Cost Of College And Job Opportunities In Arkansas.
Concerning The Use Of Student Restraints In Public Schools Or Educational Settings.
To Encourage Collaboration Among The Relevant Entities To Study And Review Policies Related To Expanding Access To Applied Baccalaureate And Workforce Degrees In High-demand Career Fields Throughout The State.
To Create A Network Of Certified Academic Language Therapists To Provide A Specialized Dyslexia Instructional Program For Public School Students With Dyslexia Or Related Reading And Written-language Difficulties.
To Create The Gender Integrity Reinforcement Legislation For Sports (girls) Act; And To Create A Legal Cause Of Action For A Violation Of The Gender Integrity Reinforcement Legislation For Sports (girls) Act.
To Allow Dependents Of Certain Veterans To Receive Tuition Waivers To Private, Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Education In This State; And To Cap The Amount Of The Tuition Waiver For Dependents Of Certain Veterans.
To Create The Public School Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance Committee.
To Prohibit The Issuance Or Renewal Of A Teaching License To A Person Who Has Pled Guilty Or Nolo Contendere Or Has Been Found Guilty Of Sexually Grooming A Child.
To Amend The Conditions Requiring Certain Members Of School District Boards Of Directors To Be Up For Election Following Rezoning Based On The Most Recent Federal Decennial Census Information.
To Require That Public Schools Observe A Moment Of Silence Following The Daily Recitation Of The Pledge Of Allegiance; And To Require That Public Schools Recite The Pledge Of Allegiance At School Assemblies And Sporting Events.
To Create The Star-spangled Banner Act.
Allowing A School District Superintendent To Inform A School Resource Officer Of The Suspension Of A Teacher Or A Recommendation For The Termination Of A Teacher.
To Allow A School District That Has Experienced A Decline In Average Daily Membership To Receive Both Declining Enrollment Funding And Special Needs Isolated Funding.
To Create The Arkansas Tutoring Corps Act; To Support The Implementation Of A Sustainable Tutoring Program In Response To Learning Loss; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require A Public School To Adopt Attendance Policy Requirements Under Certain Circumstances For Public School Students Attending School Virtually Or Remotely.
To Establish A Day Of Prayer For Arkansas Students.
To Allow Public Schools And Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools To Use Funding To Provide Feminine Hygiene Products At No Charge In Each Public School And Open-enrollment Public Charter School.
To Abolish The Allocation Of Enrollment Positions At The University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine Based On Congressional District And Arkansas Residency.
To Require All Newly Constructed Public Schools And Existing Public Schools Undergoing Additions Or Total Renovations To Provide For Water Bottle Filling Stations.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning School District Waivers; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public Charter School Charters, Enrollment, Authorization, And Facility Funding.
To Establish The Arkansas Student-athlete Publicity Rights Act.
To Create The Arkansas Student Protection Act.
To Allow A Student Applying For The Arkansas Governor's Scholars Program Or The Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program To Use His Or Her Act Superscore.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Succeed Scholarship Program.
To Support Arkansas Public Schools And Public School Districts In The Implementation Of A Community School Approach.
To Amend The Minimum Score Required On The United States Citizenship Civics Test.
To Amend The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program; To Establish Procedures And Funding Requirements To Create Or Amend Scholarships Funded With Net Revenue Available; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning Rulemaking Authority Under The School Counseling Improvement Act Of 2019.
To Amend Provisions Of The Code Concerning State Foundation Funding Aid; To Create The Teacher Salary Equalization Fund; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Minority Teacher And Minority Administrator Recruitment Plans; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Equity Assistance Center.
To Amend Certain Laws Regarding Apprenticeship And Training Programs And Related Duties; To Amend And Establish Apprenticeship Committees; And To Amend The Use Of The Arkansas Construction Industry Craft Training Trust Fund.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The 2015 School Safety Act; And To Establish The Arkansas Center For School Safety Of The Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board.
To Amend The Requirements Regarding Visual Art, Music, And Performing Arts Requirements For Students In Grades Five (5) And Six (6) Enrolled In Public Schools That Are Not Configured As Elementary Schools.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The College And Career Coaches Program.
To Add To The Arkansas Code A Provision Affording An Opportunity To Challenge Instructional Materials And Associated Events And Activities.
To Make Children Of Members Of The Uniformed Services Eligible To Receive A Scholarship Under The Succeed Scholarship Program.
To Amend The School Start Date; To Allow Public School District Boards Of Directors To Elect To Implement An Alternate School Calendar; And To Amend The Definition Of A School Day.
To Allow A Public School District Or An Open-enrollment Public Charter School To Adopt An Approved Bilingual Program Or Dual-immersion Program.
To Require Holocaust Education Be Taught In All Public Schools.
To Allow A Contiguous Public School District To Consolidate With An Affected District Under Certain Conditions.
To Establish The Highly Qualified Professor And Teacher Act.
To Amend Provisions Of The Code Concerning State Foundation Funding Aid; To Create The Teacher Salary Equalization Fund; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow A Public School District Or An Open-enrollment Public Charter School To Adopt An Approved Bilingual Program Or Dual-immersion Program.
To Require Certain Notification Procedures By The State Board Of Education Upon The State Board Of Education's Review Of Waivers Granted To Public School Districts.
To Adjust Funding For Public Schools That Offer Certain Types Of Reading Practices, Interventions, And Curriculum Not Aligned With The Science Of Reading; And To Create The Education Ombudsman.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The 2015 School Safety Act; And To Establish The Arkansas Center For School Safety Of The Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board.
To Amend The Conditions Under Which A Local Contribution Rate For A Public School Employee's Health Insurance Shall Increase.
To Require A School District Board Of Directors And Local Law Enforcement Agency To Adopt A Memorandum Of Understanding Governing School Resource Officers; And To Require School Resource Officers Complete Specialized Training.
To Repeal The Requirement That A Parent Or Guardian Wait Before Withdrawing His Or Her Child From A School District; And To Repeal The Requirement That A Parent Or Guardian State His Or Her Child's Intent To Seek A Driver's License.
To Require Certain Public Schools To Offer The Same Testing Opportunities Regarding Access And Funding To Home-schooled Students As Is Offered To Public School Students.
To Amend Certain Laws Relating To The Participation Of Homeschooled Students In Interscholastic Activities.
To Amend The First Day Of The School Year For Student Attendance In Public Elementary And Secondary Schools.
To Require A Public School District To Employ An Individual Who Has Completed Or Will Complete The Certified Facilities Director Certification Program.
To Amend The Required Qualifications For A Person Appointed As The Secretary Of The Department Of Education And The Commissioner Of Elementary And Secondary Education.
To Deem A Transferring Student Under The Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act As Immediately Eligible To Participate In Interscholastic Activities If The Student Meets Required Academic And Physical Standards.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Technical And Vocational Education; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Alternate Retirement Plans.
To Require A School District Board Of Directors And Local Law Enforcement Agency To Adopt A Memorandum Of Understanding Governing School Resource Officers; And To Require School Resource Officers Complete Specialized Training.
To Allow A Public School Or A Public School District To Offer A Hunting Safety Course As Part Of Its Curriculum.
To Preserve Public Property; To Preserve The Pine Tree Research Station; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Higher Education Consumer Guide Act.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public Education.
To Amend The Law Concerning Law Enforcement Agencies For Private Colleges And Universities; And To Allow Private Schools To Establish And Appoint An Institutional Law Enforcement Officer.
To Require A Public School To Provide To Parents And Legal Guardians Prior Written Notification Of And An Opportunity To Inspect Materials Related To Sex Education, Sexual Orientation, And Gender Identity.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 19 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Motor Vehicle Restrictions For State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Laws Concerning Teaching Licenses.
To Congratulate Fayetteville Public Schools For One Hundred Fifty (150) Years Of Excellent Public Education.
To Amend Timing Requirements Concerning The Election Of School Board Members In School Districts That Have Ten Percent Or Greater Minority Population; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Source Of Funding That May Be Used To Manage, Maintain, And Operate A Multidistrict Vocational Center Under Certain Circumstances.
To Remember And Honor The Legacy Of Mattie Whyte Woodridge For Her Role In Creating Teacher Appreciation Week.
To Amend The Additional Funding Used For The Development And Administration Of Professional Learning Communities.
To Amend The Higher Education Uniform Classification And Compensation Act; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Fairness In Women's Sports Act.
To Reorganize The Riverside Vocational And Technical School Into The Corrections School System.
To Require Earthquake Safety Drills In Certain Areas; And To Transfer The Requirement To Conduct Tornado Safety Drills From The Director Of The Division Of Emergency Management To The Division Of Elementary And Secondary Education.
Renaming The Correctional School System Operated By The Division Of Correction The "arkansas Correctional School District".
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Right To Read Act.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Create The Computer Science Education Advancement Act Of 2021.
To Deem A Private, Nonprofit Two-year Or Four-year Institution Of Higher Education An Approved Institution Of Higher Education Under The Arkansas Future Grant Program.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Enhanced Transportation Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Arkansas Foresters For The Future Scholarship Program Act Of 2021.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Enhanced Transportation Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning The Arkansas School For Mathematics, Sciences, And The Arts; To Amend The Composition Of The Ex Officio Members Serving On The Board Of Visitors; And To Amend Eligibility Requirements For Instructors.
To Specify Terms Regarding Termination And Buyout Agreements That A Contract For Employment For A President And Chancellor Of A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education Shall Include.
To Allow A State-supported Two-year Or Four-year Institution Of Higher Education To Designate From Amongst Current Staff Members Of The Institution Of Higher Education A Homeless And Foster Student Liaison.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Applications And Eligibility For The Academic Support Scholarship, The Arkansas Governor's Scholars Program, And Scholarships For Teachers In High-need Subject Areas.
To Prohibit Offering Courses, Events, And Activities That Isolate Students Based On Characteristics Within Programs Of Instruction; And To Adjust Funding For Schools That Offer These Prohibited Courses, Events, And Activities.
To Prohibit The Use Of Public School Funds To Teach The 1619 Project Curriculum; And To Reduce Funds Distributed To Public Schools That Teach The 1619 Project Curriculum.
To Amend The Candidate Filing Requirements For Positions On School Boards And Local Boards Of Community Colleges.
To Amend The Commissioner Of State Lands Urban Homestead Act To Permit The Development Of Schools On Land Donated By The Commissioner Of State Lands When The Land Is Not Being Utilized As A Homestead; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Enhanced Student Achievement Funding And School Funding Under The Public School Funding Act Of 2003.
To Amend The Components Of A College And Career Readiness Assessment.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Mandated Vision Screenings For Public School Students.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Attendance Of The Commissioner And The Secretary Of Education At Board Or Commission Meetings.
To Expand The List Of Approved Purposes For Which Enhanced Student Achievement Funding May Be Expended; And To Repeal The Expiration Of Approved Programs For Which Enhanced Student Achievement Funding May Be Expended.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Academic Content Standards And Curriculum Frameworks; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Statewide Student Assessment System.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Provisional Positions For State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Private Resident And Correspondence Schools.
To Amend The Arkansas Rehabilitation Services Forgiveness Of Student Loan Program; And To Clarify Requirements For Eligibility.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Appointment Of An Individual To A Vacancy On A School District Board Of Directors.
To Allow The Commissioner Of Elementary And Secondary Education To Round The Percentage Change Between The Purchase Price Of A Commodity And The Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers To The Nearest One Hundred Dollars.
To Include Certain Arkansas Civil Rights Leaders In The Teaching Materials Regarding African-american History In A Public School.
To Create The Computer Science Education Pathway Act Of 2021.
To Amend The Scholarship Requirements To Allow Certain Individuals To Be Eligible For Certain Scholarships; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require Additional Training On School Safety And Student Discipline For Board Members; To Standardize The Training Requirements Report; And To Increase The Time By Which A Board Member May Cure A Training Hour Deficiency.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Distribution Of Excess Food In Public Schools.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Education Renewal Zones.
To Allow The Tuition-free Benefit For Soldiers And Airmen Of The Arkansas National Guard To Apply To Programs Of Study In Which The Courses Are Taken Exclusively Online.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Ethical Violations Applicable To Educators.
To Add A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education To The State-supported Institutions That Are Exempt From Certain State Laws That Govern The Construction Of Public Facilities.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Higher Education.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Applicability And Additional Eligibility Requirements Of The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program - Part 2.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Eligibility For The Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program.
To Repeal The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program - Part 1.
To Amend The Law Concerning Compensation For Teachers In The National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
To Congratulate The Cabot School District And The Schools Within The District On Being Named Purple Star Schools.
To Amend The Law Concerning Tuition Benefits For Soldiers And Airmen Of The Arkansas National Guard; And To Allow A Temporary Waiver Of The Completion Of The Initial Active Duty Training Requirement.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities And Transportation.
To Suspend The Public School Rating System For The 2020-2021 School Year Under § 6-15-2105.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Special School Elections.
To Enhance Higher Education Fiscal Accountability And Transparency; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Student Accounts Receivable Policies And Certain Financial Condition Reports.
To Amend The Date By Which Teachers Shall Demonstrate Proficiency In Knowledge And Practices Of Scientific Reading Instruction.
To Commend Arkansas School Nurses For Their Dedication And Commitment To Creating A Healthy And Safe Learning Environment For Students Even In Times Of Crisis.
To Substitute "arkansas State University Three Rivers" For "college Of The Ouachitas" In The Arkansas Code.
To Amend The Name Of The Board Of Trustees Of Arkansas State University; To Abolish The Board Of Trustees Of Henderson State University; To Amend The Board Of Arkansas State University Members; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Prevent A Public School District From Using Public Funds To Pay The Professional Organization Membership Dues Of A Teacher Or A Classified Employee.
To Require The Presence Of A Financial Counselor Under Certain Conditions When A Student Of A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education Signs A Document To Borrow A Student Education Loan.
To Create The Arkansas Tax Credit Scholarship Act.
To Award To A Child Whose Parent Or Legal Guardian Is A Licensed Teacher In A Public School District In Arkansas A Discounted Tuition Rate To A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education In Arkansas.
To Require The Department Of Education To Provide Certain Levels Of Support To Certain Public School Districts Based On Reading Scores; And To Amend The Purposes On Which National School Lunch State Categorical Funds May Be Spent.
To Require The State Board Of Education To Present The Standards For Accreditation To The House Committee On Education And The Senate Committee On Education At Certain Times.
Concerning Eligibility Requirements For The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program.
To Amend The Law To Allow A Public School District Under The Authority Of The State Board Of Education To Be Returned To Local Control Under Certain Circumstances.
To Provide For Additional Funding For Public School Districts That Currently Pay A Certain Starting Salary For Teachers.
To Amend The Laws Concerning Teaching Licenses.
To Repeal Outdated Provisions Of The Arkansas Code With Respect To The Existence Of Certain Postsecondary Vocational-technical Schools, Technical Institutes, And Comprehensive Lifelong Learning Centers.
To Create The Arkansas Healthy Lifestyle Education Act Of 2019; And To Ensure The Health Curriculum In Arkansas Public Schools Addresses Certain Health Issues Facing Students.
Concerning Alternative Learning Environment Funding For Public School Districts; And To Amend The Law Regarding Juvenile Offender Education In An Alternative Learning Environment.
To Improve Public School Students' Safety, Health, And Wellness; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code With Respect To Public School Nurses.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Purchase Of School Buses.
To Require That Non-public School Students Be Eligible For The Succeed Scholarship Program.
To Require A Local School District To Partner With A Local Law Enforcement Agency With Jurisdiction In Order To Enforce School Bus Safety Laws.
To Allow For Alternative Coursework As A Substitute For An Internship Or Externship Requirement.
To Expand The Type Of Planning Time For Which A Teacher May Be Compensated If The Teacher Does Not Receive Allocated Planning Time.
To Amend The Antibullying Policy; To Require Antibullying Training; To Create The Positions Of Antibullying Specialist And District Antibullying Coordinator; And To Establish A Week Of Kindness.
To Allow Out-of-state Teaching Experience To Be Considered When Determining A Teacher's Salary Schedule.
To Require Video Cameras In Certain Classrooms Upon Request.
To Require An Elective Journalism Course To Be Offered Each School Year At A Public School That Serves Students In Grades Nine Through Twelve (9-12).
To Amend The Name Of National School Lunch State Categorical Funding.
To Require That New Inmates Receive Reading Assessments And Dyslexia Screenings; To Require Reading And Dyslexia Services; And To Require Corrections Teachers Know Best Practices Of Science-based Reading Instruction.
To Amend The Membership Requirements For The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
To Require That Youths Undergo Reading Assessments And Dyslexia Screenings; To Require Reading And Dyslexia Services; And To Require That Division Of Youth Services' Teachers Know Best Practices Of Scientific Reading Instruction.
To Expand The Eligibility Requirements For Students Participating In The Succeed Scholarship Program.
To Require The Department Of Education To Provide Certain Levels Of Support To Certain Public School Districts Based On Reading Scores; And To Amend The Purposes On Which National School Lunch State Categorical Funds May Be Spent.
To Create A Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Development System; To Coordinate Various Workforce Programs; To Amend The Duties Of The Career Education And Workforce Development Board; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Revise The Method By Which The Academic Facilities Wealth Index Is Calculated.
To Allow A State-supported Two-year Institution Of Higher Education To Market And Provide Services To Any Individual In Arkansas Regardless Of The Service Area In Which The Individual Resides.
Concerning The Interstate Compact On Educational Opportunity For Children Of Military Families; And To Amend Aspects Of The Arkansas Code With Respect To Children Of Military Families Who Are Enrolled In A Public School.
Concerning Training And Educational Materials On Child Trafficking.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Fiscal Accountability And Reporting.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code With Respect To Public School Academic Facilities.
To Amend The Maximum Number Of Passenger Motor Vehicles For Certain Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning The University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Psychiatric Research Institute; To Create A School Safety And Crisis Line; And To Create A School Safety And Crisis Line Fund.
To Require The Department Of Education To Inform An Educational Entity To Which An Individual Is Applying Whether The Individual Is Eligible For Employment Based On The Results Of The Individual's Background Checks.
Concerning The Offering Of An Academic Study Of The Bible Course If Students Request That The Course Be Offered.
To Create The Academic Support Scholarship.
To Include Certain Arkansas Civil Rights Leaders And Heroes In The Teaching Materials Regarding African-american History In A Public School.
To Amend The Anti-bullying Policy; To Require A School Board Member To Receive Information Regarding School Safety And Student Discipline; And To Require A Bullying And Cyberbullying Prevention Professional Development Program.
To Create The Academic Support Scholarship.
To Include Certain Arkansas Civil Rights Leaders And Heroes In The Teaching Materials Regarding African-american History In A Public School.
Concerning The Offering Of An Academic Study Of The Bible Course If Students Request That The Course Be Offered.
To Require The Department Of Education To Establish In The Standards For Accreditation The Maximum Number Of Students That A Teacher In Grades Five Through Twelve (5-12) Is Permitted To Teach Per School Day.
To Amend The Law Concerning Adult Education Public Charter Schools To Ensure That More Than One (1) Adult Education Public Charter School May Operate In This State.
To Amend The Arkansas Student Publications Act.
To Amend The Arkansas Student Publications Act.
To Allow A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education To Classify Certain Students As In-state For Purposes Of Tuition And Fees At A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code With Respect To The Composition Of The Safe Schools Committee.
To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning Audits Of Schools.
To Amend Provisions Of The Code With Respect To Open-enrollment Public Charter School And Traditional Public School Waivers; And To Amend Provisions Concerning Schools Of Innovation.
To Revise Design And Construction Standards Regarding Site Selection For A Public School District Facility To Include A Traffic Impact Analysis.
To Create The Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board; To Require The Board To Distribute Planning Grants To Certain Entities In Order To Expand First-year Residency Programs And Positions.
To Expand The Types Of Historical Documents And Events That May Be Discussed, Read, Or Posted In A Public School Building Or Classroom.
To Amend Provisions Regarding The Publication In A Newspaper Of A Public School District's Bond Sale.
To Prohibit The Requirement That A Student Participating In An Extracurricular Activity, Interscholastic Activity, Or Organized Physical Activity Pay For Individual Or Group Instruction.
To Allow A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education To Classify Certain Students As In-state For Purposes Of Tuition And Fees At A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education.
To Prohibit A Public School District From Using Public Funds To Pay A Teacher's Or Classified Employee's Membership Dues In An Educational Professional Organization.
To Allow Recipients Of Arkansas Governor's Scholarships, Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarships, And The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship To Continue To Receive The Scholarships While Enrolled Part-time.
To Create The Safe And Sound Scholarship Program.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Arkansas Public School Computer Network.
To Require The House Committee On Education And The Senate Committee On Education To Conduct A Biennial Study And File A Biennial Report Regarding Certain Information Concerning The Succeed Scholarship Program.
To Amend The Date On Which Public Schools Begin The School Year; And To Allow Public Schools To Transition From A Certain Amount Of Days Required During The School Year To A Certain Amount Of Hours Required During The School Year.
To Amend Provisions Regarding The Publication In A Newspaper Of A Public School District's Budget.
To Amend The Population Requirements That Control The Number Of Directors Who Serve On A School District Board Of Directors.
To Repeal The Exemption To Certain Laws For School Districts That Recognize In Their Policies Organizations That Represent Teachers In The School District For The Purpose Of Negotiating Educational Matters.
To Repeal Uncodified Acts 2015, No. 863 Concerning Participation In Interscholastic Activities.
To Create A Pilot Program Regarding Intrastate District Exchange Experiences.
To Allow An Authorizer To Transfer And Assign A Public Charter School's Charter Under The Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act Of 2013.
To Amend And Update Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public Education.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Student Residency, Compulsory Attendance, And Minimum Enrollment Age.
To Amend The Law Concerning Use Of Higher Education Funds; To Amend The Law Concerning Private Resident And Correspondence Schools; And To Amend The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Eligibility Requirements.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Choice.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Provisional Positions For State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require A Public School District That Expels A Student To Offer To The Expelled Student Digital Learning Courses Or Alternative Educational Services For Which The Student May Receive Credit.
To Allow A Transferring Student To Participate In An Interscholastic Activity That Was Not Offered By His Or Her Resident School District Immediately Upon Being Approved To Participate.
To Repeal The Financing Of Certain Postsecondary Out-of-state Medical Education Programs; And To Create The Medical Student Loan Repayment And Tuition Reimbursement Program Act.
To Require Public And Private Schools To Report Certain Information Regarding The Number And Percentage Of Students Who Have Exemptions From Or Have Not Provided Proof Of Required Vaccinations.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Educator Professional Development.
To Allow A School District To Adopt A Policy To Accept Out-of-state Teaching Experience For Purposes Of Determining Salary.
To Amend The Deadline By Which Newly Elected School Board Members Must Obtain Required Audit Report Training And Instruction.
To Allow A Home-schooled Student Approved To Participate In An Interscholastic Activity At A Private School To Begin Participating In An Interscholastic Activity Immediately Upon Being Approved.
To Amend The Definition Of A "state-supported Institution Of Higher Education" With Respect To The Forming Open And Robust University Minds Act.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Accountability.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Weighted Credit.
To Allow Public School Districts And Open Enrollment Public Charter Schools To Establish And Appoint An Institutional Law Enforcement Officer.
To Allow For The Reinstatement Of A Revoked Teaching License Under Certain Conditions.
To Allow A Home-schooled Student Approved To Participate In An Interscholastic Activity At A Private School To Begin Participating In An Interscholastic Activity Immediately Upon Being Approved.
To Amend Eligible Programs Of Study For A Student Who Receives An Arkansas Future Grant; To Amend The Provision Related To The Mentoring Of A Student; And To Amend The Provision Regarding Required Community Service Hours.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Confidentiality Of Records Under The Arkansas Juvenile Code Of 1989; And Concerning School Notification Of Certain Offenses For Which A Minor Is Adjudicated Or Convicted.
To Allow For Extended Learning Opportunities Through Unstructured Social Time; To Require A Certain Amount Of Time For Recess; And To Consider Supervision During Unstructured Social Time As Instructional.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Student Attendance And Discipline.
To Require A State-supported Two-year Or Four-year Institution Of Higher Education To Designate From Amongst Current Staff Members Of The Institution Of Higher Education A Homeless And Foster Student Liaison.
To Allow Excess Food Distribution By A Public School Or Open-enrollment Public Charter School To A Student Who Is Enrolled In The Public School Or Open-enrollment Public Charter School.
To Consider An Individual Who Earns A Teaching License Upon The Successful Completion Of An Alternative Educator Preparation Program An Eligible Applicant Under The State Teacher Education Program.
To Require A School District To Designate A Time Each Week For Individual Planning Time; And To Amend The Definitions Of "noninstructional Duties" And "instructional Purposes" With Respect To Public School Teachers
To Allow Certain Part-time Public School Employees To Participate In The State And Public School Life And Health Insurance Program.
To Allow Certain Part-time Public School Employees To Participate In The State And Public School Life And Health Insurance Program.
To Prohibit The Use Of Corporal Punishment On A Child With A Disability.
To Amend The Law Concerning School Election Administration; And To Create Uniformity In Election Procedure.
To Allow School Employees To Act As Election Officials; And To Amend The Law Concerning Election Administration.
To Amend The Law Concerning Educational Neglect; And To Amend The Law Concerning Reports Of Educational Neglect Made To The Child Abuse Hotline.
To Deem A Student With An Individualized Service Plan Eligible For Participation In The Succeed Scholarship Program.
To Amend Eligibility Requirements Regarding An Applicant For The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship To Include The Applicant's Superscore On The Act.
To Deem A Student With An Individualized Service Plan Eligible For Participation In The Succeed Scholarship Program.
To Provide For Consistency In The Reimbursement Of Educational Costs For Students Who Are Placed In A Residential Or Inpatient Facility That Is Located In A Bordering State.
To Amend Provisions Regarding The Assessments A Person Must Pass In Order To Obtain A Teaching License.
To Amend Laws Governing Background Checks For Licensed And Classified School Personnel.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code With Respect To Public School Funding.
Concerning School Safety.
To Amend The Maximum Average Daily Membership Requirements For School Districts That Are Subject To Minimum Area And Attendance Requirements.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Notice Requirements For Certain Elections.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Ethical Violations By Arkansas Educators.
To Amend The Public School Facilities Custodial, Maintenance, Repair, And Renovation Manual; And To Require That Public School Districts Conduct Routine Inspections Of Athletic Equipment.
To Allow A Student In Grade Nine (9) To Earn Credit In A Course That Includes Personal And Family Finance Standards.
To Create The Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship.
To Amend The Law Concerning The Enrollment In An Academic Course At A Public School Or An Open-enrollment Public Charter School Of A Private School Or Home-schooled Student.
To Prohibit A Public School District Or An Open-enrollment Public Charter School From Charging A Private School Or A Home School Student For The Cost Of An Endorsed Concurrent Enrollment Course.
To Create The Hunger-free Students' Bill Of Rights; To Require A School To Provide A Meal Or Snack; To Allow A School To Collect Money Owed; And To Prohibit A School From Stigmatizing A Student Unable To Pay For A Meal.
To Require That A Public School Adopt A Policy That Addresses Teen Dating Violence; And To Require That Such A Policy Include Guidelines That Address Alleged Incidents Of Teen Dating Violence.
To Amend Certain Laws Regarding Apprenticeship And Training Programs, School Approval, And Membership On Boards With Respect To The Department Of Career Education.
To Repeal The Housing Construction Program Created For State-supported Technical Institutes That Offer Courses Of Training In The Building Trades; And To Repeal The Building Trades Revolving Fund.
To Repeal Arkansas Code § 10-3-1002 Concerning An Annual Evaluation Of Vocational-technical Courses By The Legislative Council, The House Committee On Education, And The Senate Committee On Education.
To Ensure The Freedom Of Expression Of A Student Journalist At A Public Institution Of Higher Education.
To Ensure The Freedom Of Expression Of A Student Journalist At A Public Institution Of Higher Education.
To Allow A School District Board Of Directors To Implement A Drug Screening Requirement For An Applicant Or Current Employee Of A Public School District.
Concerning The Use Of Sunscreen; And To Protect The Skin Health Of The Students Of Arkansas.
To Repeal The Phillips Community College Of The University Of Arkansas Building Trades Construction Program.
To Amend Laws Related To Higher Education.
To Require A State-supported Technical Institute To Provide An Enrolled Student With Electronic Access To The Economic Security Report Of Employment And Earnings Outcomes Prepared By The Department Of Workforce Services.
To Repeal The Technical Careers Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
To Amend The Arkansas Teacher Of The Year Act.
Concerning The Use Of Sunscreen; And To Protect The Skin Health Of The Students Of Arkansas.
To Require Each Public School To Provide That Bleeding Control Training Be Taught To Students In Grades Nine Through Twelve (9-12).
To Recognize And Celebrate 2019 Home School Day At The Capitol On February 26, 2019.
To Substitute "university Of Arkansas Community College At Hope-texarkana" For "university Of Arkansas Community College At Hope" In The Arkansas Code; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Provide That A Student Who Transfers Under The Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act Or The Public School Choice Act Is Immediately Eligible For Participation In An Athletic Activity If The Student Meets Certain Requirements.
To Require The State Board Of Education To Issue Teaching Licenses To Individuals Licensed In Contiguous States; And To Require That The State Board Of Education Lower Minimum Scores.
To Repeal The Public School Student Services Act; And To Create The School Counseling Improvement Act Of 2019.
To Establish The Forming Open And Robust University Minds (forum) Act.
To Revise The Method Of Funding Secondary Vocational Area Centers.
To Amend The Deadline By Which A Student Who Has A Parent Or Guardian Who Resides On A Military Base May Apply For A Transfer Under The Public School Choice Act And The Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act.
To Create The Teacher Salary Enhancement Act; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Requirements Regarding Training And Instruction Required Of A Newly Elected School Board Member.
To Require School-level Improvement, Professional Development, Curriculum, And Graduate Studies Plans To Be In Accordance With The Science Of Reading.
To Require School-level Improvement, Professional Development, Curriculum, And Graduate Studies Plans To Be In Accordance With The Science Of Reading.
To Amend The Membership Of The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning The Limit On School Choice Transfers Under The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Amend The Arkansas Tax-deferred Tuition Savings Program Act.
To Amend The Arkansas Tax-deferred Tuition Savings Program Act.
To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning The Limit On School Choice Transfers Under The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning The Limit On School Choice Transfers Under The Public School Choice Act Of 2015.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Reading Proficiency Of Public School Students.
To Establish The Parental Choice Pilot Program.
Concerning The Efficient Operation Of Certain State Agencies; To Specify The Process For A Possible Merger Of Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute To East Arkansas Community College; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Beginning And End Of The School Year.
To Require A School District To Pay One-half (1/2) The Cost Of Remediation For A Student Who Received A High School Grade Of B Or Better In The Subject In Which The Student Requires Remediation; And For Other Purposes.
Act To Provide Graduates Of An Arkansas High School Equal Opportunity To Receive In-state Tuition And Other Financial Assistance Benefits At A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education.
Concerning The Economic Security Report Prepared By The Department Of Workforce Services.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Prekindergarten Programs.
To Revise The Circumstances Under Which A Public School Or Public School District That Has Been Taken Over By The State For Being In Academic Distress Can Be Returned To Local Control; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Abolish The Allocation Of Enrollment Positions At The University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine Based On Congressional District And Arkansas Residency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Academic Facilities Partnership Program.
To Limit The Salary Amount Of An Administrator In A Public School District.
To Add The Classic Learning Test As An Allowable College Entry Examination For The Purpose Of Receiving Scholarships.
To Require State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education To Offer State Employees And Their Dependents A Reduced Tuition Rate.
To Revise The Academic Facilities Wealth Index.
To Allow Contributions By A Taxpayer To A Tax-deferred Tuition Savings Program Established In Another State To Be Deducted From An Arkansas Taxpayer's Income Tax.
To Ensure That Personally Identifiable Information Of Students Is Protected.
To Establish The Arkansas Early Literacy Assessment Procurement Act.
To Establish A Food Pantry Matching Grant Program To Be Administered By The Department Of Higher Education.
To Prohibit A Public School District Or Open-enrollment Public Charter School From Including In Its Curriculum Or Course Materials For A Program Of Study Books Or Any Other Material Authored By Or Concerning Howard Zinn.
To Allow An Open-enrollment Public Charter School To Use A Weighted Lottery In Its Admissions Process Based On Certain Student Characteristics.
Concerning School District Waivers; To Require The State Board Of Education To Grant A School District Waiver Petition If An Open-enrollment Public Charter School Drawing Students From The School District Was Granted A Waiver.
Concerning Ethics Of Members Of A Board Of Directors Of A Public School District; And To Create The Board Of Directors Ethics Review Board.
To Establish A Pilot Program To Make Grants To Historically Black Colleges And Universities To Provide Educational Programs To Offenders Who Are Recently Released Or Soon-to-be Released From Incarceration.
To Revise The Civics And World History Requirements To Graduate From High School.
To Repeal The Academic Facilities Extraordinary Circumstances Program.
To Delay The Inclusion Of A Score On The Writing Portion Of The Act Aspire Assessment In A Determination Of The Academic Performance Of A Student, Public School, Or Public School District.
Concerning Applications For Or Amendments Of Public Charters Under The Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act Of 2013.
To Create A Community Public Education Board.
To Give Charter Schools Authority To Weight Admission Lotteries At Their Discretion.
To Provide Arkansas Better Chance Programs Located Within A School District Funding Equal To The Foundation Funding Amount For Each Early Graduate Of The Public School District.
To Amend The Law Concerning Required Notifications To A Prosecuting Authority Regarding A Student's Unexcused Absences.
To Amend Provisions Of The Academic Facilities Partnership Program Concerning Approved But Unfunded New Construction Projects.
Concerning School Nursing And To Modify The Requirements For A School Nurse.
Concerning School Nursing; To Establish School Nurse-to-student Ratios; And To Require An Annual School Nurse Survey.
To Create The Demographic Preference Disclosure Act.
To Require A Student To Participate In Visual Arts Or Performing Arts In Either Grade Seven Or Grade Eight.
To Allow A School District To Waive Physical Education Requirements For A Student Who Provides Proof Of Physical Activity; And To Exempt A Student With A Physical Education Waiver From Physical Education Graduation Requirements.
Concerning Who May Serve As A Proctor Of A Test Or Assessment Administered Under The Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, And Accountability Program Act.
To Create A Four-year Pilot Program For The Awarding Of Education Savings Accounts; To Establish The Arkansas Parental Empowerment For Education Choice Act Of 2017.
To Allow A Student To Choose Which Grade In Which To Take The College And Career Readiness Assessment.
To Exclude Principals, Assistant Principals, And Central Office Employees With A Multiyear Employment Contract From The Definition Of "teacher" Under The Teacher Fair Dismissal Act Of 1983.
To Create The General Assembly Promise Lottery Scholarship Program; To Provide Funds To Every Child Born In Arkansas To Be Used For College Tuition.
To Allow The Teacher Fair Dismissal Act Of 1983 To Be Waived If A Public School Or Public School District Is Under State Authority After Being Classified As Being In Distress.
To Prohibit Sanctuary Policies At State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Concurrent Credit.
To Add Teachers In Grades Five (5) And Six (6) As Teachers Eligible To Receive Additional Compensation For Volunteering To Teach More Than The Maximum Number Of Students Permitted; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Raise The Price Threshold For The Purchase Of Commodities That School Districts Must Procure By Soliciting Bids; And To Provide For Annual Adjustments In The Purchase Price Threshold Based On Inflation.
To Limit The Amount Of Fund Balances A School District May Maintain.
To Establish Amounts For Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Awards.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning School Choice For Foster Children.
To Extend The Amount Of Recess Time Required For Elementary Students; And To Amend The Amount Of Instructional Time Required For Elementary Students In A School Day.
To Limit The Use Of An English Learner's Score On A State-mandated Assessment For Public School And Public School District Accountability Purposes.
To Create The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Dyslexia Screening And Intervention In Public Schools; And For Other Purposes.
To Allow Certain Youth Groups To Use Public School Buildings Or Property To Provide Services At Times Other Than Instructional Time; And To Allow Certain Youth Groups To Speak To Students During School Hours.
To Provide That Superintendents And Personnel Of The Department Of Education Are Immune From Any Civil Liability For Enforcing A Policy That Complies With State Or Federal Law.
To Create The Right To Read Act.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Discipline Of Students In Public Schools.
To Allow A Student To Receive High School Graduation Credit For Completing Basic Training In The Military Before Graduating From High School.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Effective Student Discipline.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Inter-district Student Transfers.
To Amend Provisions Of The Public School Choice Act Of 2015; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning School Choice For Foster Children.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Scholarship Programs.
To Require State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education To Offer To Their Students A Panic Button Alert System.
Concerning Admissions Policies Of Charter Schools; And To Align Charter School Admissions Requirements For A Student Who Has Been Expelled From Another School District With Admissions Requirements For School Districts.
To Require Institutions Of Higher Education To Provide Information On Mental Health And Suicide Prevention Services To Entering Students.
Concerning The Basic Language Of Instruction In Public Schools.
To Limit The Use Of An English Learner's Score On A State-mandated Assessment For Public School And Public School District Accountability Purposes.
To Create The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Creation Of A Digital Learning Task Force; To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Digital Learning Courses; And To Declare An Emergency; And For Other Purposes.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Bonded Debt Assistance; To Improve Efficiency In The Provision Of Bonded Debt Assistance To Public School Districts.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Academic Facilities.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Public School State Accountability System.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Education.
To Require A Public School District To Report To The Parent Or Legal Guardian Of Each Student The Reading Level Of The Student.
To Create A Legislative Task Force To Review Technical And Workforce Education Programs And Recommend Ways To Align The Programs To Produce An Efficient, Technologically Advanced Technical And Workforce Education System.
To Clarify That All Public School Buildings Are Exempt From Taxation.
To Modify Incentive Bonuses For National Board For Professional Teaching Standards Certification.
To Amend The Law Concerning In-state Tuition For Veterans, Military Personnel, And Dependents.
To Repeal The Requirement That A Public School Or School District Provide A Duty-free Lunch Period For Full-time Nonexempt Classified Employees.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Operation And Funding Of Public Charter Schools.
To Increase Teachers In High Needs Subject Areas; And To Provide Scholarships For Teachers Who Agree To Teach In The High Needs Subject Areas.
To Make Foster Children Eligible For A Scholarship In The Succeed Scholarship Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow An Employer To Make A Matching Contribution To An Employee's Tax-deferred Tuition Savings Program As An Employee Benefit.
To Amend Or Repeal Obsolete Laws Concerning Public Education.
To Allow Contributions By An Arkansas Taxpayer To A Tax-deferred Tuition Savings Program Established By Another State To Be Deducted From A Taxpayer's Income Tax.
To Change The Date Of The Annual School Election.
To Make Foster Children Eligible For A Scholarship In The Succeed Scholarship Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Schools Of Innovation.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Special Education.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Academic Facility Review Conferences.
Concerning The Appointment Of The Director Of The Department Of Higher Education; And To Provide That The Director Is Appointed By The Governor.
To Change The Date That The Department Of Higher Education Reports To The Legislative Council On Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance.
To Amend The Arkansas Code Concerning Postsecondary Courses In United States History, United States Government, And The United States Constitution.
Concerning The Enrollment Or Re-enrollment Of A Home-schooled Student In A Public School.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Accountability.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Student Attendance.
To Provide Flexibility In The Awarding Of Course Credits; And To Allow A Public School District To Develop And Implement A Plan That Enables A Student To Earn Course Credits By Demonstrating Subject Matter Competency.
To Allow A Public School District And An Open-enrollment Public Charter School To Develop A Plan For The Use Of An Alternative Method Of Instruction To Be Used On Days When School Is Cancelled.
To Allow A Public School District To Submit By Electronic Means Any Signatures Required For Reporting Purposes.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Advisory Committee On Public School Academic Facilities; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Repeal A Section In The Arkansas Code That Grants Free Tuition To State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education For World War I Veterans.
To Create Recall Elections For Members Of School District Boards Of Directors; And To Amend The Law Concerning School District Boards Of Directors.
To Amend The Law Concerning Graduate Nursing Practice And Nurse Educator Student Loans And Scholarships To Include Doctoral Nursing Programs To Be Eligible For Funding.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas School For Mathematics, Sciences, And The Arts.
Concerning Delay Of Opening Or Early Release Of School.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Increase The Number Of Teachers In A Critical Teacher Shortage Area; And To Establish The Teacher Candidate Loan Forgiveness Program.
To Amend Provisions Concerning Public School Funding And Indebtedness; To Amend Funding Provisions Concerning Public Employee Health Insurance; And To Amend Provisions Concerning Education Service Cooperative Financing.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public Education.
Concerning The Accountability System Developed By The State Of Arkansas Under The Every Student Succeeds Act.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Background Checks For Public School Educators And Employees.
To Require Cameras In Certain Classrooms Upon Request.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Home Schools.
Concerning Mergers Of Technical Institutes And Community Colleges; To Specify The Process For A Possible Merger Of Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute To East Arkansas Community College; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow The Superintendent Of A Student's Resident School District To Waive The Requirement That The Student Attend Public School For One (1) Academic Year To Be Eligible For A Succeed Scholarship.
Concerning Home-schooled Students Participating In Public School Graduation Ceremonies.
To Create The Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning The Awarding Of Scholarships Under The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program.
To Transfer The State Board Of Private Career Education To The Department Of Higher Education; To Amend The Powers And Duties Of The State Board Of Private Career Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow A Student To Choose In Which Grade To Take The Act Under The Voluntary Universal Act Assessment Program.
To Amend The Arkansas Code Concerning The Professional Licensure Standards Board.
To Require Verification Of Information Contained In The Petition Or Notice Of Write-in Candidacy Of A Candidate For A Position On The Board Of Directors Of A Public School District.
To Alter The Requirements For A Lifetime Teaching License.
To Require The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board To Develop An Action Plan To Address The Prevention Of Sexual Assault.
Concerning The Training Of Members Of The Board Of Directors Of A Public School District.
Concerning The Participation Of Home-schooled Students In Interscholastic Activities.
Congratulating The Paris High School Volleyball Team For An Outstanding Record.
To Prohibit A School District From Using Public Funds To Pay A Teacher's Or Classified Employee's Membership Dues In A Professional Organization.
Commemorating The 60th Anniversary Of The Historic Integration Of Little Rock Central High School.
To Amend Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Education Requirements For History In The Classroom; And To Effect A Separate Holiday For Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
To Amend Provisions In The Arkansas Code Concerning Career And Technical Education.
To Amend The Powers And Authority Of The Section 529 Plan Review Committee And The Individual Members Of The Committee; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Grant Public Charter Schools A Right Of Access To Unused Or Underutilized Public School Facilities.
To Repeal The Prohibition On Community Colleges And Technical Colleges From Constructing, Maintaining, Or Operating A Dormitory Or Barracks.
To Establish That Emergency Or Security Records Or Other Information For A Public School District, Public School, Or State-supported Institution Of Higher Education Is Exempt From The Freedom Of Information Act Of 1967.
To Require The Passage Of The Civics Portion Of The Naturalization Test Used By United States Citizenship And Immigration Services Before A Student May Receive A High School Diploma Or High School Equivalency Diploma.
To Create The Workforce Development Center Authority Act.
To Require The Passage Of The Civics Portion Of The Naturalization Test Used By United States Citizenship And Immigration Services Before A Student May Receive A High School Diploma Or High School Equivalency Diploma.
To Allow A Tax Deduction For Contributions To A Tuition Savings Account In The Arkansas Tax-deferred Tuition Savings Program To Be Carried Forward To Succeeding Tax Years.
To Create The Personal Finance And Job Readiness Act.
To Amend The Official Holidays; To Refine The Teaching Of History In The Classroom; To Specify The Teaching Of Content Related To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In Conjunction With The Corresponding Holiday.
Celebrating The Lakeside Legacy Program.
To Provide Tuition Assistance For Soldiers And Airmen Of The Arkansas National Guard.
To Allow Individuals From Outside The Department Of Education To Serve On The Public Charter Authorizing Panel.
To Allow Home-schooled Students To Participate In Interscholastic Activities At Private Schools.
To Repeal The Lead Agency For The Arkansas Victim Assistance Academy.
To Establish Enhanced Transportation Funding For Public School Districts; And To Declare An Emergency.
Honoring And Remembering The Integration Of Hoxie Public Schools In 1955.
To Allow A School District To Purchase A Motor Vehicle From A Motor Vehicle Dealer In Certain Circumstances.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Building Better Futures Program And The Building Better Futures High School Program.
To Allow A School Board Member Or A Spouse Of A School Board Member To Be A Volunteer Or A Registered Volunteer Upon Approval Of The School Board; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require That Any Increases In Professional Development Funding Each School Year Be Used For Professional Learning Communities.
To Require A Person Who Applies For A K-6 Teaching License Or A Special Education K-12 Teaching License To Successfully Pass A Stand-alone Reading Test And A Multi-subject Test As A Condition Of Licensure.
To Regulate Equipment Required For School Buses; To Require That Certain School Buses Be Equipped With Seat Belts; And To Enforce The Use Of Seat Belts On School Buses Equipped With Seat Belts.
To Require Public Schools And Open-enrollment Charter Schools To Post The Child Abuse Hotline Telephone Number.
To Regulate Equipment Required For School Buses; To Require That Certain School Buses Be Equipped With Seat Belts; And To Enforce The Use Of Seat Belts On School Buses Equipped With Seat Belts.
To Honor The Career Of Eulois Glenn Bartlett And To Recognize Her Many Contributions To The State Of Arkansas.
To Amend The Membership Of The School Leadership Coordinating Council.
Concerning The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship; And To Expand Eligibility As A Traditional Student.
To Expand The Number Of Private Schools Eligible To Participate In The Succeed Scholarship Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The Arkansas Future Grant Program; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Membership Of The School Leadership Coordinating Council.
To Amend The Arkansas Code Concerning The Teacher Excellence And Support System; And To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Administrator Evaluation.
Concerning The Licensure Of Teachers And Administrators And Licensure Exceptions; To Authorize A Tiered Licensure System; And To Allow Districts To Base Compensation On Licensure Levels.
To Amend The Minimum Teacher Compensation Schedule.
To Make A Technical Correction Concerning School District Coordinators.
To Allow A Student Who Attends A Private School Or A Home School To Enroll In An Academic Course Within The Public School District.
To Allow A Student Who Attends A Private School Or A Home School To Enroll In An Academic Course Within The Public School District.
To Amend Provisions In The Arkansas Code Regarding The Teacher Opportunity Program; And To Prioritize The Awarding Of Funds To Teachers For Additional Education In Certain Fields.
To Adopt A Productivity-based Funding Model For State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Amend The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan And Scholarship Program And The Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program To Improve And Increase Access To Health Care In Medically Underserved Communities.
To Congratulate The Arkansas State University Red Wolves Football Team For Winning The Sun Belt Conference Championship And The Autonation Cure Bowl.
To Change The Qualifications For Special Needs Isolated Funding For Public School Districts.
Act To Remove Obsolete References To "arkansas Works" In Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code.
To Amend The Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Governing Boards Of Technical Colleges; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Prohibit The Use By A Student Of A Portable Electronic Device In A Public School; And To Establish A Secure, Designated Area Within A School Where A Student Will Deposit His Or Her Personal Electronic Device During The School Day.
To Modify The Immunization And Vaccine Requirements For Students In Elementary And Secondary Education; And To Remove Immunization Exemptions For Religious And Philosophical Beliefs.
Concerning The Public School And School District Accountability System; To Provide A Pause In Current State Accountability Classifications; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Transfer Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute To East Arkansas Community College; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning The Public School And School District Accountability System; To Provide A Pause In Current State Accountability Classifications; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Transfer Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute To East Arkansas Community College; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Establish That The Emergency Or Security Plan For A Public School Or Postsecondary Institution Is Exempt From The Freedom Of Information Act Of 1967; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require A Student To Pass The United States Citizenship Civics Test Produced By The United States Citizenship And Immigrations Services Before He Or She Receives A Diploma From A Public School Or A General Education Diploma
To Adopt A Right Of Access For Open-enrollment Public Charter Schools.
To Amend The Requirements Related For National School Lunch State Categorical Funding.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Act Preparatory Training.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Teacher Excellence And Support System.
To Modify The Eligibility Criteria For Isolated Funding And Isolated Special Needs Funding, Including The Distribution Of Those Funds.
To Modify The Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Assessments.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Adequacy And Equity In The Public School System; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Remove Transportation Funding From The Foundation Funding Calculation And Create A Transportation Categorical Funding; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Personal Finance Courses In Public High Schools.
To Repeal Act 1204 Of 2007.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Alternative Learning Environments.
To Amend The Distribution Of Certain Fees, Penalties, And Fines Relating To Electronic Games Of Skill; To Provide Funding For Land-grant Match Payments For The University Of Arkansas At Pine Bluff; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Teacher Excellence And Support System.
To Require That Isolated Funding And Isolated Special Needs Funding Are Considered A Part Of Adequacy And Are Given The Same Inflationary Adjustment.
To Amend The Options Available To The State Board Of Education Concerning A School District Or Public School In Academic Distress.
To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt Only Complete Sets Of Standards; To Provide A Fiscal Impact For New Standards Before They Are Adopted; And To Declare An Emergency.
An Act To Create The Demographic Preference Disclosure Act.
To Specify Qualifications For A Superintendent In A School District Of One Thousand (1000) Students Or More.
Arkansas Teacher Preparation Quality Act.
To Clarify Terms Under The Arkansas Fiscal Assessment And Accountability Program.
To Amend The Definitions Under The Arkansas Fiscal Assessment And Accountability Program.
To Establish The Achievement School District.
To Promote The Free Market Competition Of Student Course Materials; And To Prohibit The Cost Of Student Course Materials From Being Added To A Student's Billing Account.
To Amend The Law Concerning Tuition Waivers For Arkansas National Guard Soldiers And Airmen.
To Require The Commission For Public School Academic Facilities And Transportation To Establish A Maximum One-way Transportation Time For School Districts.
To Add Private Schools As A School Choice Option; To Modify The Transfer Cap; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require A School District To Provide Up To Ten (10) Legislative Days Per School Year Per School District.
To Promote Transparency By The State Board Of Education Or The Department Of Education When A School District Is Taken Over By The State; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Administrative Consolidation List For School Districts.
To Require A Comprehensive Online Survey To Be Conducted And Included In The Comprehensive School Improvement Plan Developed By A School District.
To Provide For Petition For Early Admission To Kindergarten Under Certain Circumstances; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning On-campus Standards For Accreditation Of Arkansas Public Schools And School Districts Reviews.
To Promote Transparency In Lotteries Conducted By Public Charter Schools.
To Modify The Requirements For School Nurses.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Book Depositories.
To Ensure That State Funding Is Not Provided For Cosmetology Courses Or Barber Courses That Are Offered At State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Provide An Automatic Waiver From Administrative Consolidation Or Reorganization For A School District Placed On The Consolidation List Under Certain Conditions; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow School Districts To Recognize And Educate Students On Traditional Winter Celebrations.
To Provide For The Voluntary Student Expression Of Religious Viewpoints Of Students In A Public School District.
To Direct The State Board Of Education To Ensure That A Student Is Taught To Make Correct Change As A Component Of A Mathematics Course At Some Point In His Or Her Public School Education.
To Require A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education To Report Any New Fees Or Changes To Existing Fees Charged To Students To The General Assembly At Least Ninety Days Before The New Fee Or Changed Fee Is Imposed.
To Allow A Public School To Exceed The Maximum Class Size As Adopted By The State Board Of Education Under Certain Circumstances.
To Protect The Integrity Of Ongoing Academic Research And Studies; And To Create An Exemption To The Freedom Of Information Act Of 1967.
To Prohibit The Board Of Directors Of A School District From Acquiring, Holding, Buying, Renting, Or Leasing Real Property Located Outside The Boundaries Of The School District.
Concerning The Possession Of A Concealed Handgun In A University, College, Or Community College Building.
To Prohibit The Use Of School District Funds For Membership In Organizations Under Certain Circumstances.
To Provide For In-state, In-county, In-district, Local, Or Resident Tuition For Veterans And Their Dependents, Regardless Of Residence.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning United States History Courses In Public Schools.
To Amend Provisions Of Arkansas Law Concerning College And Career Readiness Standards For Career And Technical Education Programs.
An Act To Amend Various Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public Education.
To Amend Title 6, Chapter 14, Of The Arkansas Code.
To Modify The Requirements Concerning Screening For Dyslexia; And To Clarify The Requirements For School Districts To Screen Students For Dyslexia.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Purchase Of Vehicles For Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Provisional Positions For Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Repeal The Position Of School District Coordinator.
To Establish A Statewide Reengagement Program; To Increase High School Completion Through The Differentiated Pathway To A High School Diploma Program.
To Allow A School District To Be Granted The Same Waivers That Are Granted To An Open-enrollment Public Charter School That Draws Students From The School District.
To Amend The Way The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2 Award Amounts Are Distributed.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas College And Career Readiness Program.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Norm-referenced Assessments.
To Establish Adult Education Charter Schools.
To Allow Licensed Teachers, Including Long-term Substitute Teachers And Retired Teachers Acting As Substitute Teachers, To Serve As Proctors During The Administration Of Statewide Tests Or Assessments.
To Amend The Way The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2 Award Amounts Are Distributed.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Funding Amounts; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow A School District To Be Granted The Same Waivers That Are Granted To An Open-enrollment Public Charter School That Draws Students From The School District.
To Adopt The Student Online Personal Information Protection Act.
To Require Sick Leave That Is Transferred When An Employee Changes School Districts To Be Used First.
To Promote Efficiency In Reporting By A School District Or Public School.
To Change References To General Educational Development In The Arkansas Code To High School Equivalency.
To Establish The Workforce Initiative Act Of 2015.
To Add An Option For Issuing A Standard Teaching License For Nontraditional Licensure Programs.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Hazing.
To Amend The Requirements For A School Of Innovation.
To Create An Exemption From The Freedom Of Information Act Concerning Working Papers Related To Audit Reports For Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Provide A Right Of Counsel For Students During Disciplinary Appeal Proceedings At State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.
To Adopt The Student Online Personal Information Protection Act.
To Require A State-supported Institution Of Higher Education That Requires Completion Of An Essay For An Institutional Scholarship To Retain The Essay For One (1) Year.
To Preserve Competition In Selling Group Insurance Policies To Individual School Districts.
To Promote Efficiency In Reporting By A School District Or Public School.
To Require Sick Leave That Is Transferred When An Employee Changes School Districts To Be Used First.
To Amend The Laws Pertaining To A School Resource Officer; To Amend The Laws Pertaining To Jurisdiction To Make An Arrest Or Issue A Citation; To Permit The Issuance Of A Citation By A School Resource Officer On A School Trip.
To Clarify That The Teacher Compensation Schedule, Not The State Grade Classification Scale, And Low-income School Status Are Applicable To The C-step Program And The Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
To Establish The Succeed Scholarship Program For Students With Disabilities.
To Provide Flexibility To School District In Scheduling Art, Music, And Physical Education.
To Delay The Use Of The Partnership For Assessment Of Readiness For College And Careers (parcc) Assessment.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Duty-free Lunch Periods For Classified School Employees.
To Expand The Arkansas College And Career Readiness Planning Program By Allowing Public Schools To Use The Aspire Assessment System As An Alternative To The Act Explore And Act Plan Or Psat.
To Allow School Districts To Use Certain Categorical Funds For Partnerships With State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education To Offer Concurrent Courses Or Other Technical Education Options.
To Provide Additional Compensation To A Teacher In Grades Seven Through Twelve (7-12) Who Elects To Teach More Than The Maximum Number Of Students Permitted.
To Require A School District To Increase The School District Contribution To Employee Health Insurance By The Same Amount The School District Increases An Employee’s Salary.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Background Checks For Licensed Personnel And Classified Employees Of Public Schools.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Teacher Excellence And Support System.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Teacher Licensure, Teacher Preparation Programs, And Educator Ethics Violations.
To Allow School District Enrollment By Foster Children; To Allow The Payment Of State Foundation Funding; And To Ensure Continuity Of Education.
To Amend The Minimum Teacher Compensation Schedule.
To Provide Flexibility To School District In Scheduling Art, Music, And Physical Education.
To Delay The Use Of The Partnership For Assessment Of Readiness For College And Careers (parcc) Assessment.
To Amend The Law Concerning The University Of Arkansas, Division Of Agriculture.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Governing Boards Of Community Colleges; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Create The 2015 School Safety Act.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Postsecondary Remediation.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Community Colleges.
To Create A Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Development System; To Coordinate Various Workforce Development Programs; To Create An Office Of Skills Development; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend Provisions Of Title 6 Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Facilities.
To Determine A Time Frame For A Public School Employee To Opt In Or Opt Out Of Membership In A Labor Organization.
To Amend The College And Career Coaches Program.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Governing Boards Of Community Colleges; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Ensure That Personally Identifiable Information Of Students Is Protected.
To Create The 2015 School Safety Act.
An Act To Include Dating Violence Awareness In The Curriculum For Health.
To Modify The Requirements For School District Detachment; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board To Develop An Action Plan To Address The Prevention Of Unplanned Pregnancy.
To Allow A School District The Option Of Allowing Advertising On School Buses.
To Modify The Requirements For The Public School Health Services Advisory Committee.
To Ensure That School Nurses Have Access To Appropriate Facilities And Equipment That Enable Them To Do Their Job.
Concerning The Carrying Of A Concealed Handgun By A Concealed Handgun Licensee On The Property Of A Private School.
To Establish The Building Better Futures High School Program.
To Promote Participation In Interscholastic Sports; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Clarify That Accreditation In Arkansas Is Done By An Accrediting Agency Recognized By The United States Department Of Education.
To Ensure That A School District Is Not In Violation Of The Standards Of Accreditation For Arkansas Public Schools And School Districts If A School District Offers A Course But No Students Enroll In The Course.
To Amend The Arkansas School Recognition And Reward Program.
To Require An Economic Security Report Of Employment And Earnings Outcomes For Degrees And Certificates Earned At State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education; And To Allow Students And Parents To Make Informed Decisions.
To Amend The Arkansas Registered Volunteers Program Act.
To Amend The Arkansas Governor’s Scholars Program.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2.
To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public Education.
Concerning A School District's Antibullying Policy And The Release Of The Name Of The Social Media Account Holder Who Bullied Another Student Through An Electronic Act Over Social Media.
To Clarify Laws Concerning Vacancies On A School District Board Of Directors.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning School Improvement Plans.
To Establish The Legislative Task Force On The Best Practices For Special Education.
Concerning The Participation Of A Member Of A School District Board Of Directors When The Member Is Not Physically Present At The Meeting.
To Modify The Personnel Policy Requirements For Schools Districts.
To Protect The Health And Safety Of Public School Students With Diabetes By Authorizing Certain Public School Personnel To Be Trained In The Administration Of Insulin And Glucagon.
To Repeal Provisions Of State Law That Require Testing Of Home-schooled Students.
To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Code Concerning Public School Academic Facilities.
Concerning The Establishment Of The Arkansas P20w Educational Data System; And To Implement The Arkansas P20w Educational Data System Act.
To Establish The Open-enrollment Public Charter School Facilities Funding Aid Program.
To Require The State Board Of Education To Discontinue The Adoption Of The Next Generation Science Standards; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require The Department Of Higher Education To Report Tuition And Mandatory Fees, Including Changes, For Each State-supported Institution Of Higher Education To The General Assembly.
To Modify The Requirements For Training And Instruction From Members For Members Of A School District Board Of Directors.
To Allow Freedom Of Participation In Interscholastic Sports In Arkansas; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require A School District Subject To A Desegregation Order To Notify The Department Of Education And To Provide A Copy Of The Desegregation Order; To Amend The Public School Choice Act Of 2013; And To Declare An Emergency.
Concerning The Authority Of State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education To Refinance Outstanding Obligations.
To Establish A Maximum Teacher Salary Schedule.
To Modify The Requirements For A Personal Finance Course.
To Advance The Understanding Of Personal Financial Management Among Public School Students; To Require A Course In Personal Finance As A Requirement Of Graduation From High School.
Establishing "take Your Legislator To School Month" To Foster And Promote Productive Working Relationships Between Members Of The General Assembly And Public School Officials.
Honoring Dr. H. Jackson Lassiter For His Many Contributions To The University Of Arkansas At Monticello Upon His Retirement As Chancellor.
To Modify The Qualifications For A Person To Serve As The Commissioner Of Education; To Declare An Emergency.
To Congratulate Lakeside Middle School As A "high-achieving Overall School" And As Recipient Of An Arkansas School Recognition Program Award.
To Create The Legislative Task Force To Study The Realignment Of Higher Education.
Congratulating The Manila High School Lions As Class 3a Boys' District And Regional Basketball Champions.
To Ensure That A School District Can Donate Buildings Or Real Property To An Incorporated Town.
To Establish The Building Better Futures Program.
To Establish The Public School Efficiency And Evaluation Task Force.
To Fix The Term Of Office For A Member Of A School District Board Of Directors At Three (3) Years.
To Modify Statutory Provisions Related To The Election Of Members Of A School District Board Of Directors; And To Clarify Requirements Related To Oath Of Office Of Members Of A School District Board Of Directors.
To Provide A Waiver For A School District From An Administrative Consolidation Or Reorganization Under Certain Conditions; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Permit Private School Students To Participate In Interscholastic Activities Under Certain Conditions.
To Modify The Requirements For The Creation Of A School District By Detaching Territory From An Existing School District.
Concerning The University Of Arkansas System Eversity; To Allow The Eversity To Be Established And Recognized; To Exempt The Eversity From Certain Provisions Of Law.
To Make Changes To Provisions Of Law Concerning The University Of Arkansas.
To Amend The Training Requirements Under The Arkansas Educational Financial Account And Reporting Act Of 2004; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Amend The Training Requirements Under The Arkansas Educational Financial Account And Reporting Act Of 2004; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Make Changes To Provisions Of Law Concerning The University Of Arkansas.
To Modify The Requirements For School District Detachment; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Honor Arkansas National Board Certified Teachers And To Recognize Their Positive Impact On Arkansas Students.
To Allow The Arkansas Leadership Academy To Enter Into A Public-private Partnership And A Public-public Partnership For The Purpose Of Enhancing Leadership In Public Schools.
To Allow Private Institutions Of Higher Education To Participate In The Statewide Transfer Agreement.
To Allow School Days To Be Made-up In Sixty-minute Increments; And To Declare An Emergency.
Recognizing National Ffa Week.
To Allow School Vacations To Last Seven (7) Weeks In Schools That Operate On A Twelve-month Calendar.
To Provide School Districts With Flexibility In Determining Whether Or Not To Declare An Emergency Inclement Weather Day; And To Declare An Emergency.
To Require Each Public High School And Public Charter School To Offer A Course In Computer Science; To Establish A Task Force; And To Declare An Emergency
To Require That Cursive Writing Be Taught In Elementary School.
To Recognize February 2015 As Career And Technical Education Month.
To Change The Number Of Professional Development Days Required For Teachers.
To Amend The Law Concerning Private Residence And Correspondence Schools.
To Change The Qualifications For Special Needs Local School District Isolated Funding.
To Exempt State Institutions, Political Subdivisions, And Any Other Applicable Entity With Tort Liability Immunity From The Requirement To Obtain General Liability Insurance Coverage When Obtaining A Child Care Facility License.
To Give The Department Of Higher Education The Authority To Approve A Scholarship Hold For Up To Twenty-four (24) Months For Most Scholarship Programs.
To Give The Department Of Higher Education The Authority To Approve A Scholarship Hold For Up To Twenty-four (24) Months For Most Scholarship Programs.
To Congratulate The Arkansas School For Mathematics, Sciences, And The Arts On Being Ranked Number Ten (10) In The Country By The Daily Beast In Its 2014 Survey Of “america’s Top High Schools”.
To Modify The Requirement For Teacher Professional Development And To Declare An Emergency.
To Allow Savings From The General Facilities Funding And Supplemental Millage Incentive Funding To Be Used For Public School Employee Health Insurance And To Declare An Emergency.