Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1483 Latest Draft

Bill / Draft Version Filed 02/13/2025

                            Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 
*TNL077* 	02/13/2025 11:43:58 AM TNL077 
State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly A Bill     2 
Regular Session, 2025  	HOUSE BILL 1483 3 
 4 
By: Representative Gramlich 5 
 6 
 7 
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 
 12 
 13 
Subtitle 14 
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 
 19 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20 
 21 
 SECTION 1.  Arkansas Code § 6 -18-201(e)(1), concerning contracts 22 
between public school districts and adult education programs, is amended to 23 
read as follows: 24 
 (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 
and 36    	HB1483 
 
 	2 	02/13/2025 11:43:58 AM TNL077 
 (B)  Accountability measures to ensure monitoring of 1 
student progress and attendance. 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 24 
 25 
 26 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 32 
 33 
 34 
 35 
 36