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Senate education committee holds bill to unify Arkansas schools for the deaf and blind after community objections
Summary
House Bill 1810, introduced by Representative Carr, would unify administration for the Arkansas School for the Deaf and the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, but sponsors asked the Senate Education Committee to hold the measure after community testimony raised concerns about board authority and accessibility of outreach.
House Bill 1810, introduced to the committee by Representative Carr, would unify administrative functions at the Arkansas School for the Deaf (ASD) and the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ASBVI) into a single school structure while preserving separate instructional leadership, the sponsor said.
Representative Carr told the committee that the measure is an "administrative unification," intended to "streamline" instructional plans and create "a more effective instructional approach" for students served by the two institutions. "It seeks to unify the administration in the schools of the school for the deaf and the…
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