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Need‑based 'Challenge Plus' proposal also fails as committee votes stall
Summary
Senate Bill 6 48 would have created 'Arkansas Challenge Plus,' a need‑based supplement to increase first‑year scholarship support up to $5,000 using FAFSA information; the committee vote recorded three ayes and five non‑voting members, and the bill did not pass.
Senate Bill 6 48, sponsored by Senator Landseeds (Eads), would have created an “Arkansas Challenge Plus” supplement to the existing Academic Challenge scholarship, using FAFSA data to scale first‑year awards in $1,000 increments up to $5,000 and potentially increase students' ability to enroll; the joint committee did not advance the bill.
Senator Eads said the measure aimed to help…
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