Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 354 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H3/10/25 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1601 3
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By: Representatives L. Johnson, McGruder 5
By: Senator J. Dotson 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT REGARDING HIGHER EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE STATE -9
SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROVIDE 10
CAREER COUNSELING AND OTHER RESOURCES TO CERTAIN 11
STUDENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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TO REQUIRE STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS 16
OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROVIDE CAREER 17
COUNSELING AND OTHER RESOURCES TO 18
CERTAIN STUDENTS. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 60, Subchapter 1, is amended 23
to add an additional section to read as follows: 24
6-60-123. Requirement for career counseling and other career -related 25
resources — Definition. 26
(a) As used in this section, "career -related resources" includes 27
without limitation information about: 28
(1) Available career and technical training; and 29
(2) Trade industries that provide employment opportunities. 30
(b) The Division of Higher Education shall maintain an accessible 31
location on its website with a link for career counseling and other career -32
related resources that are available to students and provided by state -33
supported institutions of higher education. 34
(c) A state-supported institution of higher education shall: 35
(1) Maintain on its website a link to the division's career 36 As Engrossed: H3/10/25 HB1601
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counseling and other career -related resources available to students; and 1
(2) Take appropriate steps to inform students of career 2
counseling and other career -related resources, including without limitation 3
how to access the information at the state -supported institution of higher 4
education and from the division. 5
(d) The career counseling and other career -related services offered by 6
a state-supported institution of higher education shall remain available to a 7
student who has not yet graduated for up to six (6) months after the student 8
is no longer enrolled at the state -supported institution of higher education, 9
upon request. 10
(e) This section does not apply to a concurrently enrolled student or 11
a student who has enrolled at a subsequent institution of higher education. 12
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/s/L. Johnson 14
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APPROVED: 3/20/25 17
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