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Committee considers transportation-adequacy bill but fails to advance it
Summary
Senate Bill 425, an amendment to transportation-related adequacy funding, drew concern from superintendents and committee members about allocation methodology and lacked support during roll call; the committee did not pass the bill.
Senator presented Senate Bill 425, an amendment addressing transportation-related adequacy funding in schools. Committee members and witnesses discussed allocation questions and a lack of clarity about how funds would be allocated to and distributed among districts.
Senator Murdock and others said superintendents had not had sufficient opportunity to provide input on the final allocation language and raised concerns about the bill’s potential to create winners and losers among districts. The sponsor and staff said the bill grew out of earlier adequacy discussions and related hearings; committee members asked for more work with BLR and the Arkansas Department of Education to ensure superintendents and district leaders understood the mechanics of the proposal.
The committee took a vote; a roll call was recorded and the chair announced the bill did not pass based on the roll call results.
