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Committee approves change to Financial Education Commission appointments
Summary
The House Education Committee approved an amendment to give the Arkansas Financial Education Commission broader appointment flexibility, adding a Secretary of State designee and removing prescriptive makeup and meeting-date language, sponsors said.
Senator Missy Irvin, District 24, told the House Education Committee that Senate Bill 373 revises the makeup and some administrative rules of the Arkansas Financial Education Commission, and the committee approved the amendment by voice vote.
The amendment adds a member designated by the Secretary of State and removes prescriptive language that set specific demographic slots and fixed spring/fall meeting dates. "We gave them a little, you know, I would say great latitude, in order to make these…
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