Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB362 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly A Bill 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 362 3
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7	7	By: Senator K. Hammer 5
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10	10	For An Act To Be Entitled 8
11	11	AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR GRANTS TO YOUTH 9
12	12	ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - 10
13	13	DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR 11
14	14	THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER 12
15	15	PURPOSES. 13
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18	18	Subtitle 16
19	19	AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - 17
20	20	DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 18
21	21	EDUCATION YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANTS 19
22	22	APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 20
23	23	YEAR. 21
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25	25	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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27	27	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANTS. There is hereby 25
28	28	appropriated, to the Department of Education , to be payable from the 26
29	29	Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account , for grants to youth organizations by the 27
30	30	Department of Education - Division of Elementary and Secondary Education for 28
31	31	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 29
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33	33	ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31
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35	35	(01) YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANTS $2,000,000 33
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37	37	SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 35
38	38	CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. YOUTH 36 SB362
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41	41	ORGANIZATION GRANT REQUIREMENTS. (a) Grants authorized in this act shall be 1
42	42	granted to youth organizations that are not affiliated in any capacity with 2
43	43	local or national organizations that promote, require to be affiliated, or 3
44	44	have the presence of DEI requirements, identification by pronou ns, or 4
45	45	presence of woke ideologies. 5
46	46	(b) Grants authorized in this act shall be pro vided to youth organizations 6
47	47	that align with the educational goals of the Governor and General Assem bly. 7
48	48	(c) Eligible youth organizations shall promo te the fundamental values of a 8
49	49	healthy home environment and engage you th to become role models in their 9
50	50	homes, hometowns, schools, state, nation and the world. 10
51	51	(d) The Department of Education - Division of Elementary and Secondary 11
52	52	Education shall promulgate rules for the determination of eligible entities, 12
53	53	the disbursement of funds, and the ongoing administration of this program in 13
54	54	accordance with the requirements of this section. 14
55	55	(e) The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 15
56	56	through June 30, 2026. 16
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58	58	SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 18
59	59	authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 19
60	60	and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 20
61	61	the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 21
62	62	Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 22
63	63	Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 23
64	64	control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 24
65	65	the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 25
66	66	strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 26
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68	68	SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 28
69	69	Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 29
70	70	contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 30
71	71	which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 31
72	72	Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 32
73	73	manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 33
74	74	summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 34
75	75	Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 35
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79	79	SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 1
80	80	Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 2
81	81	appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 3
82	82	effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 4
83	83	the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 5
84	84	the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 6
85	85	effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 7
86	86	upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 8
87	87	programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 9
88	88	being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 10
89	89	and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 11
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