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Joint education committees adopt studies on instructional aides and supports for pregnant and parenting students
Summary
The Arkansas Senate and House education committees on Nov. 3 adopted two batched interim study proposals: one to study public school instructional aides and another to develop a statewide program to reduce dropout rates among pregnant and parenting students.
Representative Keith Brooks called the joint meeting of the Arkansas Senate and House Committees on Education to order on Nov. 3 and moved to batch two Interim Study Proposals: ISP-2025-085, introduced by Representative Diana Gonzales Worthen, requesting a study concerning public school instructional aides in Arkansas; and ISP-2025-084, introduced by Representative Lincoln Barnett, requesting the House Committee on Education study and develop a statewide program to reduce dropout rates among pregnant and parenting students. Senator Stephanie Flowers moved to adopt the batched ISPs; Representative Wade Andrews seconded, and the committee adopted the proposals without objection.
The motions were handled as committee business and carried by voice action; the transcript records that the motion carried and that the minutes were approved “without objection.” The transcript does not include a roll-call vote or further detail on the scope, timeline, or staff assignments for the proposed studies. The ISPs will be added to the committee's study docket for follow-up at a later date.
Next steps were not specified on the record. Committee members present included chairs and a broad cross-section of Senate and House education committee members; the meeting proceeded to several informational presentations after the adoption of the ISPs and then adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
