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Committee approves bill to prevent GED recipients from being counted as dropouts
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 bill makes technical corrections so that a student who receives a GED after leaving school is not counted as a dropout and that a public school student may apply to take the GED without formally being recorded as a dropout. Gramlich said the changes were requested by adult‑education officials and that they align school accountability metrics with current adult education practices.
Committee members asked technical questions and sought clarifications about a reference to a historical National Guard youth challenge program; the sponsor said the cited program is no longer active and the code references were being cleaned up. No public opposition was registered. The committee voted to pass the bill by voice vote.
