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Senate panel approves study to analyze $200 million in workforce‑development funding
Summary
SB50 directs the hospital, Medicaid and developmental disabilities subcommittee to study state and federal workforce‑development funds and report to the next General Assembly; sponsors and multiple nonprofits urged broad stakeholder participation and cautioned against hiring outside consultants.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee approved Senate Bill 50 after testimony from advocacy groups, a nonprofit director and a small‑town mayor urging broad local participation.
Sponsor Justin Boyd told the committee the bill would create a study structure to examine how more than $200 million in state, federal and other workforce development funding (fiscal 2022) is used and to identify gaps and overlaps that affect Arkansans seeking economic mobility.
“This bill seeks to study the successes and potential failures of how these funds are helping…
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