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Bill Restricting School Bathroom Use Heads To Arkansas Senate
This applies to multiple-occupancy restrooms and locker rooms, as well as rooms for students on overnight trips.
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Panel Dismisses Testing Requirement For Private Schools Receiving Public Funds
A standardized exam mandate would allow parents to compare “apples to apples” when considering their child's academic progress.
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Sanders: Arkansas Will Seek Federal OK For New Medicaid Work Requirement
Enrollees in the state's Medicaid expansion program who do not fulfill this requirement would not lose coverage, unlike last time.
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Committee Tables Legislation To Increase Funding For Classified Employee Pay
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Greg Leding (D) is the lead sponsor of the bill, which would increase per-student foundation funding.
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Bill Requiring Paid Maternity Leave From Employers That Cover Abortion Costs Heads To Senate
According to the Center For American Progress, 11 states have passed paid family leave laws.
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Arkansas Bill Allowing Malpractice Suits For Transgender Minors' Health Care Passes Committee
This (would) create civil liability for a doctor who “performs a gender transition procedure on a minor … if the minor is injured."
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Renters Of Troubled Little Rock House Will Be Required To Appear In City Court
City code inspectors cited landlord Imran Bohra and his company, Entropy Systems Inc., in June and July, for violations at the house.
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Rural Districts Concerned About Voucher Program Accountability, School Closures
“When I was at County Line, I could not get enough of school,” Bryan Pruitt said. “I loved every minute of it.”
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Arkansas Governor Creates Group Focused On Work Force Development
Mike Rogers, senior director of Maintenance and Refrigeration for Tyson Foods, will serve as CWO. Rogers has previously taught agriculture.
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Arkansas Committee OKs Required Paid Maternity Leave From Employers That Cover Abortion Costs
The bill passed the House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee unanimously Thursday, and will go to the House floor for a vote.
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Legislation Threatens To Hamstring Arkansas Rooftop Solar Expansion
Introduced Wednesday by Rep. Lanny Fite, R-Benton, this would end the state's current policy if passed.
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Rural Emergency Hospital Proposal Passes Arkansas Senate Unanimously
Rural Arkansas hospitals would be allowed, though not required, to attain “rural emergency hospital” designation, according to the report.
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SESSION SNAPSHOT: Legislation Marches On; Also, A Sneak Peek At The Governor's Education Package
Herein are the odds and ends, tidbits, and occasional musings that occurred in the recent legislative session.
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Governor Shares Details Of Education Overhaul Proposal
During a conference, Sanders said providing every child with access to a quality education is the “civil rights issue of our day."
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Bill To Support Pregnant And Parenting High Schoolers Passes Arkansas House
A prime purpose of this bill is to help teenage parents in Arkansas finish high school, the report states.
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Under Proposed Law, Rural Arkansas Hospitals Could Get More Funding For Reducing In-Patient Services
It's an incentive for rural hospitals to specialize in emergency and outpatient care, the report states.
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Panel Approves Removing Limit On Transfer Cap For Pre-K Students
Sponsored by Rep. Julie Mayberry (R-Hensley), this house bill seeks to amend the Public School Choice Act of 2015, which presents limits.
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Bill To Help Pregnant And Parenting Teenagers Finish High School Advances In Arkansas House
Arkansas has an 87 percent higher teen pregnancy rate than the rest of the United States and one of the lowest high school graduation rates.
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Sanders: Long On Attacking President Biden, Short On Specific Alternatives In GOP Response
Biden's myriad accomplishments, such as the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, were called "madness" by the Trump acolyte Sanders.
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Rewritten LGBTQ+ Bill Passes Arkansas House, Will Return To Senate
The bill, recently rewritten, was heavily amended, the report states.
