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Task Force approves minutes, hears two university transition-program briefings
Summary
The Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism approved the Nov. 17, 2025 minutes and heard presentations on Arkansas State University’s HOWL and ATLAS programs and the University of Central Arkansas’s ASCEND program. The meeting was called to order by Representative Denise Jones Ennett and adjourned at 12:15 p.m.
The Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism convened in Room B of the MAC in Little Rock on Jan. 13, 2026. Representative Denise Jones Ennett called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m.; Senator Justin Boyd and Representative Ennett are recorded as co-chairs in the attendance list.
The Task Force approved the Nov. 17, 2025 meeting minutes. The transcript records: "Consideration of a Motion to Approve November 17, 2025, Meeting Minutes [Exhibit B] Representative Boyd made a motion to adopt the minutes, seconded by Jennifer Brezee, and the motion carried." The attendance list identified the co-chair as Senator Justin Boyd; the motion line uses "Representative Boyd." The meeting record also contains an inconsistent spelling of the seconder’s name ("Jennifer Brezee" vs. the attendance list entry "Jennifer Breeze"). This article uses the attendance-list spelling "Senator Justin Boyd" and "Jennifer Breeze" as the seconder, and notes the transcript inconsistencies in the record.
The Task Force then received two program briefings recorded as Exhibit C and Exhibit D. Arkansas State University representatives Dr. Kristin Johnson and Shane Broadway presented the HOWL and ATLAS transition programs and described academic tracks for participating students (Exhibit C). University of Central Arkansas representatives Dr. Debbie Dailey and Jeremy Gillam presented the ASCEND program and sought suggestions for expanding alternative activity options (Exhibit D). No enrollment figures, budgets, or implementation timelines are recorded in the transcript for either presentation.
With no further business listed in the meeting record, the Task Force adjourned at 12:15 p.m.
