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Pocahontas superintendent following roughly 63 education bills; highlights free breakfast, vaping measures
Summary
Dr. Lance Arbuckle said he is tracking about 63 education bills at the state legislature, noted the governor's proposal for free school breakfast statewide and flagged vaping in schools as an item of attention.
Dr. Lance Arbuckle, superintendent of the POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, said he is tracking approximately 63 education bills at the state legislature and highlighted proposals that could affect school operations, including a governor-backed plan to provide free breakfast to every student.
On the Coffee Club program Arbuckle said, "I'm following approximately 63 educational bills," and said he travels to Little Rock to meet with area legislators and other superintendents to discuss how potential laws would affect K–12 education.
He singled out the governor's announced intention "to provide free breakfast to every kiddo in the state," describing that measure as one he is "following." Arbuckle also said bills addressing required annual instructional topics and a wave of measures on vaping in schools were receiving attention from legislators and district officials.
Arbuckle said his Wednesday visits to the capital include meeting with area legislators as well as peers to "talk about what would these bills do to education" and whether the district should support or seek changes to proposals. He did not state formal policy positions or identify specific bill numbers during the interview.
Arbuckle told the host he planned to report back on details from the legislative meetings at a future Coffee Club visit.
