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Committee approves bill to prevent GED recipients from being counted as dropouts
2837555 · April 1, 2025
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Summary
The committee passed HB 18‑12, a technical fix to remove penalties to school ratings when a student earns a GED after dropping out, and to allow public school students to apply to take the GED test without being recorded as dropouts.
The House Education Committee passed House Bill 18‑12, a set of technical corrections to Arkansas code that treat a student’s successful GED completion differently from a traditional dropout.
Representative Zach Gramlich, sponsor, said the…
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