Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1312: TO AMEND PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003
Status: Chaptered, April 21, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to amend public school funding amounts under the public school funding act of 2003; and for other purposes. subtitle to amend public school funding amounts under the public school funding act of 2003.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO AMEND PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO AMEND PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. Legislative findings and intent. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) It is the duty of the General Assembly to provide a suitable and efficient free public education to the students of Arkansas; (2) Acts 2023, No. 237, the "LEARNS Act", ensured that public school teachers receive a minimum salary of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and that public school teachers with salaries above fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) receive a raise in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000); (3) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education, meeting jointly, determined through the adequacy review process the foundation funding amounts to meet the obligation of the General Assembly to provide a suitable and efficient free public education to students; and (4) The 2025-2026 school year foundation funding amount recommended and adopted by the General Assembly includes three hundred twenty dollars ($320) to pay the minimum employer contribution for participants in the state-sponsored insurance program that public school districts pay and *TNL139* …
Sponsors
- Keith Brooks (R, 78) · primary sponsor
- Brian Evans (R, 68)
- Brit McKenzie (R, 7)
- Bruce Cozart (R, 91)
Latest actions
- : Notification that HB1312 is now Act 909
- : Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- : TO BE ENROLLED
- : Returned from the Senate as passed.
- : Returned to the House as passed.
- : Read the third time and passed.
- : Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- : Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
- : Received from the House.
- : Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Votes
- Senate Roll Call #1291 (April 15, 2025): 34 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #1167 (April 10, 2025): 93 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #393 (March 3, 2025): 80 yea, 8 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #247 (February 17, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1312?
- HB1312 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO AMEND PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003.
- What does HB1312 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to amend public school funding amounts under the public school funding act of 2003; and for other purposes. subtitle to amend public school funding amounts under the public school funding act of 2003.
- What is the status of HB1312?
- Chaptered as of April 21, 2025. Latest action: Notification that HB1312 is now Act 909 (April 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1312?
- Keith Brooks (R, 78), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1312?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=HB1312
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