EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE - Aug 20, 2020

EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE · August 20, 2020

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Opening and agenda

Announcement

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Madam Chair called the joint Education and Public Health committees to order, explained this meeting would focus on back-to-school protocols, coronavirus district-level data, extracurricular participation and a CARES-funded vaccination program; she moved the back-to-school item (item E) to the top of the agenda. She also announced DHS Emergency Solutions Grant availability and a ~$13,000,000 fund for homeless services.

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Senate Education Committee (joint with Public Health) heard presentations from the Arkansas Department of Education and Arkansas Department of Health on back-to-school COVID-19 protocols, testing and contact tracing; the committee also reviewed a CARES-funded childhood immunization initiative and approved Buffalo River Conservation Committee spending recommendations.

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