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Hutchinson said he plans on creating a block grant program which will need approval by Arkansas lawmakers to address school safety.
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At a meeting Tuesday, members of different subcommittees shared recommendations that should be reevaluated.
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The Arkansas Department of Education’s (ADE) Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Arkansas State University and its sponsored initiative, the Arkansas Out of School Network, have awarded $1.8 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER III funds to 30 summer and extended-year learning programs across the state through the Summer Learning Supplemental Grant.
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson received his Pfizer booster shot Tuesday (Sept. 28) moments before he held his weekly COVID-19 pandemic press conference. The governor, his wife and Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero got their boosters shot on live television to encourage others to get vaccinated, the governor said.
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All intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients in Arkansas are full, with those people making up roughly half of all ICU patients in the state. That’s according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who said in his weekly coronavirus briefing Tuesday the state’s hospital capacity is at its lowest point since the pandemic began.
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Partnership launches public awareness campaign to help close digital divide, targeting Arkansans who are eligible for new federal $50 a month discount for home internet service.
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An Arkansas House committee has advanced a bill that would put into the state’s code guidelines on the restraint of children in schools.
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With hospitalizations continuing to set new daily records, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Dec. 1) discussed changes to the state’s trauma system to coordinate COVID-19 care, and efforts to expedite bringing teachers into the state’s beleaguered public schools.
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An Arkansas school superintendent has died from the illness caused by the coronavirus. The Atkins School District announced that Superintendent Jody Jenkins died Tuesday morning due to complications from COVID-19.