The bills, known as the Arkansas ACCESS Act, seek to amend various education-related laws across the state. "This is just us essentially saying the general bill encompasses let's put students ...

Acts 361 and 362 clarify and add requirements to existing legislation to provide stronger protection for minors in sex offender cases.

EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IS AGAINST IT. >> THE ARKANSAS ACCESS ACT IS 122 PAGES. MORE THAN 36,000 WORDS, AND NEARLY HALF OF THE BILL APPLIES TO K THROUGH 12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE.

Under the Arkansas ACCESS Act, the number of members would be trimmed from 12 to seven starting on May 1. The makeup of the board would also shift. Instead of six members having to be qualified ...

Senate Bill 246, now Act 340, was the governor’s signature piece of legislation. In her state-of-the-state address in January, she called for its passage of a bill modifying higher education, which ...

Four members voted present. Four members were not present to vote. The Arkansas Sports Raffle Act allows all in-state schools to be able to run in-house raffles. House Floor Vote for HB1634 in the ...

The Arkansas state Senate passed a bill to provide ... with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to develop a plan. Act 229, also known as House Bill 1117, will require public school districts ...

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a total of 50 bills into law on Tuesday, including the Arkansas ACCESS Act andAn act ...

Mike Wickline covers state politics, and he has covered the state Legislature for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since November 2000. He previously spent several years covering the Idaho ...

Sarah Huckabee Sanders called a 2023 special session to hide records of her use of the Arkansas State Police plane from the public, many feared the state Freedom of Information Act would take more ...

The Joint Education Committee met Monday to discuss two pieces of legislation aimed at overhauling Arkansas' higher education system. The bills, known as the Arkansas ACCESS Act, seek to amend ...

The House Rules Committee in the Arkansas State Legislature passed the Arkansas Sports Raffle Act (House Bill 1634) by voice vote Wednesday. The bill would allow universities to conduct in-house ...