Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1684: TO CREATE THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS HELPING STUDENTS SUCCEED (PATHS) ACT
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to create the parents and teachers helping students succeed (paths) act; and for other purposes. subtitle to create the parents and teachers helping students succeed (paths) act.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO CREATE THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS HELPING STUDENTS SUCCEED (PATHS) ACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO CREATE THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS HELPING STUDENTS SUCCEED (PATHS) ACT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 10, Subchapter 1, is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 6-10-140. Parents and Teachers Helping Students Succeed (PATHS) Act -- Definitions. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Parents and Teachers Helping Students Succeed (PATHS) Act". (b) As used in this section: (1) "Parent" (B) A legal guardian of a student; (C) A person standing in loco parentis to a student; or (D) Another person with legal authority to act on behalf of a student; and (2) "School" or (B) An open-enrollment public charter school. (c) A parent shall be entitled to: (1) Access all information that directly relates to his or her *TNL079* 03-19-2025 14:28:12 TNL079 As Engrossed: H3/19/25 HB1684 child under to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, as it existed on January 1, 2025, from the school in which his or her child is enrolled; (2)(A) Review, upon request, all of the following that are used in a classroom to …
Sponsors
- Mindy McAlindon (R, 10) · primary sponsor
- Dan Sullivan (R, 20)
Latest actions
- : Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
- : 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.
- : REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- : Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- : Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- : Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
- : Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
- : Filed
Votes
- House Roll Call #1151 (April 10, 2025): 94 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #674 (March 20, 2025): 74 yea, 14 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1684?
- HB1684 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO CREATE THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS HELPING STUDENTS SUCCEED (PATHS) ACT.
- What does HB1684 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to create the parents and teachers helping students succeed (paths) act; and for other purposes. subtitle to create the parents and teachers helping students succeed (paths) act.
- What is the status of HB1684?
- Failed as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1684?
- Mindy McAlindon (R, 10), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB1684?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=HB1684
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