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Bill to standardize school-board election timing advances with amendment amid legal questions
Summary
Senate Bill 6 19, introduced by Senator Jane English, seeks to add consistency to school-board election timing and term lengths (adding a four-year option in some districts). An amendment was adopted, Department counsel said the bill is not plainly unconstitutional though it could prompt legal challenges, and the final committee vote was unclear in the transcript.
Senate Bill 6 19, introduced by Senator Jane English, would revise timing and term options for school-board elections in Arkansas, adding a four-year term option in some districts and allowing districts flexibility to hold elections at general or preferential primary times.
An amendment to the bill was adopted by the committee prior to presentation. Senator English and Department of Education Chief Legal Counsel Courtney…
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