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Senate Education Committee clears slate of bills including adult diploma pilot and vehicle reclassification for health screening vans
Summary
Alongside larger policy bills, the committee passed several smaller measures: an Arkansas Adult Diploma Program pilot (HB 1529), a vehicle‑classification change to allow certain health and education vans to be excluded from fleet limits, and multiple code‑cleanup and procedural bills; witnesses and agency representatives answered clarifying questions.
The Senate Education Committee advanced a series of additional measures during its session.
Adult diploma program — Representative David Ray (District 69) presented House Bill 1529 to create the Arkansas Adult Diploma Program, a pay‑for‑performance, open‑provider model for adults 21 and older. Ray said the program would be outcomes‑based, require providers to meet minimum thresholds (a 50% graduation rate per cohort and an average cost per graduate not to exceed…
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