Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1483 3
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By: Representative Gramlich 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO USE STATE 9
FUNDS TO PAY FOR AN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH 10
WHICH IT CONTRACTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO USE 15
STATE FUNDS TO PAY FOR AN ADULT 16
EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH WHICH IT 17
CONTRACTS. 18
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -18-201(e)(1), concerning contracts 22
between public school districts and adult education programs, is amended to 23
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(e)(1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a public school district 25
from continuing with an adult education program to provide educational 26
services to sixteen-year-olds and seventeen-year-olds enrolled in the public 27
school district if a contract is negotiated between the public school 28
district and the adult education program that includes: 29
(A)(i) Financial considerations for serving the students 30
enrolled in the public school districts district. 31
(ii) A public school district may use available 32
state funds, including without limitation state foundation funding aid under 33
§ 6-20-2305, to pay for an adult education program, including without 34
limitation a GED program, with which the public school district contracts ; 35
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(B) Accountability measures to ensure monitoring of 1
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