SB 559 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS MILITARY CHILD SCHOOL TRANSITIONS ACT OF 2021.

SB 559 amends the Arkansas Military Child School Transitions Act of 2021, primarily affecting military children and their families transferring into Arkansas public schools, as well as the receiving school districts. The bill mandates that public school districts *shall* enter academic course requests for incoming military students based on their provided transcripts, rather than having the option to do so. Additionally, it allows public schools to seek waivers from the State Board of Education to accommodate students under this act.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 729 → SB 559 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 729' to 'SB 559' for the 95th General Assembly, removing the approval date and adding standard bill header formatting. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislative content.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date 'APPROVED: 4/17/25' that appeared in the original Act 729 version.

Added blank lines and standard bill header formatting for SB 559 in the 95th General Assembly.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 18, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB559 is now Act 729

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors