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Senate panel advances bill to expand career coach program statewide
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to advance SB61, which would expand Arkansas’s career coach program to reach all counties and update success measures; DESE officials said funding limits and a 1:500 coach-to-student target explain current gaps in coverage.
Senate Education Committee members advanced legislation to expand Arkansas’s career coach program, a school-based counseling and workforce-alignment initiative, with a voice vote on SB61.
Sponsor testimony said the program, launched in February 2009, initially improved college-readiness metrics during its first five years and later broadened its performance measures to include college- and career-readiness. The bill aims to extend the program’s reach to all 75…
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