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| 2 | 2 | | *TNL015* 11/21/2024 10:59:49 AM TNL015 |
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| 3 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1081 3 |
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| 7 | 7 | | By: Representative B. McKenzie 5 |
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| 10 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT TO REPEAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 9 |
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| 12 | 12 | | DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL 10 |
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| 13 | 13 | | LEARNING COMMUNITIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 17 | 17 | | TO REPEAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 15 |
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| 18 | 18 | | DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF 16 |
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| 19 | 19 | | PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 6 -20-2305(b)(5)(C), concerning additional 21 |
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| 24 | 24 | | funding for professional learning communities, is repealed. 22 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (C)(i) For the 2023 -2024 school year and each school year 23 |
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| 26 | 26 | | thereafter, additional funding up to sixteen million five hundred thousand 24 |
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| 27 | 27 | | dollars ($16,500,000) provided for professional development above the amount 25 |
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| 28 | 28 | | in subdivision (b)(5)(A) of this section shall be used by the Division of 26 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Elementary and Secondary Education for the development and administration of 27 |
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| 30 | 30 | | professional learning communities for the benefit of public school districts. 28 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (ii)(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary 29 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Education shall promulgate rules to administer the additional professional 30 |
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| 33 | 33 | | development funding under subdivision (b)(5)(C)(i) of this section. 31 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary 32 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Education may partner with or choose a person, firm, corporation, or 33 |
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| 36 | 36 | | education service cooperative to provide the knowledge, skills, experience, 34 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and expertise for the development of a research -based process for the 35 |
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| 38 | 38 | | implementation of professional learning communities. 36 |
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