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Proposal For Education Requirement For Unemployment Filed

KUAR | By Jacob Kauffman
Published January 30, 2017 at 3:25 PM CST
State Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R-Cabot). 2016 file photo.
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State Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R-Cabot). 2016 file photo.
State Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R-Cabot). 2016 file photo.
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State Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R-Cabot). 2016 file photo.

State Senator Eddie Joe Williams has filed legislation requiring anyone seeking unemployment benefits that doesn't have a G.E.D. or high school diploma to take adult education courses to recieve benefits. The Republican from Cabot filed the bill on Monday.

The bill has been sent to the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee. It instructs the state Department of Workforce Services and Department of Career Education to determine rules for the proposal. 

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Jacob Kauffman
Jacob Kauffman is a reporter and anchor for KUAR. He primarily covers the state legislature and politics beat while juggling anchoring Morning Edition Monday through Friday.
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