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Bill to shift school-board vacancy appointments to quorum courts faces pushback, fails to advance
Summary
Senator Missy Irvin, District 24, presented Senate Bill 484 to the House Education Committee to change how school-board vacancies are filled; the bill would make county quorum courts the primary appointing authority with the state education secretary as a fallback.
Senator Missy Irvin, District 24, presented Senate Bill 484 to the House Education Committee as an amendment intended to change how school-board vacancies are filled in Arkansas. The amendment would make the county quorum court where a district’s administrative offices are located the primary appointing authority, with the state secretary of education as a fallback if the quorum court does not act.
Irvin said the change was prompted by a Stone County situation in which she…
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