Arkansas Department of Education

Senate Bill 184 would disband the State Library Board and the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, transferring their duties to the Department of Education.

Sullivan also proposes loosening the current requirement that library directors hold a master’s degree “from an accredited American Library Association program”

Roby Brock discusses the LEARNS Act's impact on teacher salaries and educational choices with Secretary Jacob Oliva. More at TalkBusiness.net.

Hutchinson said he plans on creating a block grant program which will need approval by Arkansas lawmakers to address school safety.

At a meeting Tuesday, members of different subcommittees shared recommendations that should be reevaluated.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An Arkansas House committee has advanced a bill that would put into the state’s code guidelines on the restraint of children in schools.