Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB184: TO TRANSFER THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION AND THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to transfer certain powers and duties to the department of education; to abolish the arkansas educational television commission; to abolish the state library board; to transfer the powers and duties of the arkansas educational television commission and the state library board to the department of education; and for other purposes. subtitle to transfer the powers and duties of the arkansas educational television commission and the state library board to the department of education.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO TRANSFER CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION; TO ABOLISH THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD; TO TRANSFER THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION AND THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO TRANSFER THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION AND THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. Abolition of the Arkansas Educational Television Commission. (a) The Arkansas Educational Television Commission is abolished, and its authority, duties, functions, records, contracts, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, including the functions of budgeting or purchasing are transferred to the Department of Education. (b) The Arkansas Educational Television Commission's statutory powers, duties, and functions, including the functions of budgeting or purchasing, records, contracts, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds are transferred to the *LGL015* 02/03/2025 4:09:23 PM LGL015 SB184 Department of Education. (c)(1) The abolishment of the Arkansas Educational Television Commission does not affect the orders, rules, directives, registration, licensing, or standards made or promulgated by the Arkansas Educational Television Commission before the effective …