TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT; TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO ALLOW A STUDENT TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN HIS OR HER RESIDENT DISTRICT.
Senate Bill 624, now Act 732, expands public school choice options for students in Arkansas. It allows students to transfer to a different public school within their own resident school district, in addition to transferring to a school in a nonresident district. Parents or guardians can request a transfer if they believe it is in the student's best interest, or if the resident school or district meets specific performance criteria. The bill also clarifies that schools can claim a lack of capacity if 95% or more of a grade level's seats are filled, and requires receiving schools to accept credits from transferring students.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Signed Apr 18, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from Act 732 to SB 624, with the addition of standard legislative header information including the state name, assembly session details, and bill number. No substantive policy changes were identified in the provided text excerpt.
TECHNICAL
The bill was renumbered from Act 732 to Senate Bill 624 and updated to reflect the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB624 is now Act 732
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 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
P
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
Co
Jim Dotson
RRepublican
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