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Arkansas HB1512

EDUCATIONPASSED

To Create The Arkansas Access Act; And To Amend Various Provisions Of The Arkansas Code As They Relate To Education In The State Of Arkansas.

Legislative Session

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95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

Selected quotes

When taking an action on the accreditation or renewal of accreditation of a state-supported institution of higher education, an accrediting agency shall not: (1) Base the accrediting decision in any way on a review or consideration of DEI; (2) Collect information related to DEI; (3) Include any requirement related to DEI, including without limitation requirement of a diversity statement from a state-supported institution of higher education or any employee or contractor of a state-supported institution of higher education;

Prohibitions. (a) An officer, agent, administrator, employee, teacher, or contractor of a state-supported institution of higher education shall not compel another officer, agent, administrator, employee, teacher, contractor, or student of the state-supported institution of higher education to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to ideas or beliefs in violation of Title IV [...] that an individual should be adversely or advantageously treated on the basis of his or her [...] sex [and] shall not compel another officer, agent, administrator, employee, teacher, contractor, or student of the state-supported institution of higher education to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to a political [...] or other ideological viewpoint.

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Calendar

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2025-02-2010:00HearingRoom 138House Education Committee

History

DateAction
2025-03-18Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
2025-03-18Notification that HB1512 is now Act 341
2025-03-17Rules suspended.
2025-03-17Read the third time and passed.
2025-03-17Returned to the House as passed.
2025-03-17Returned from the Senate as passed.
2025-03-17TO BE ENROLLED
2025-03-13Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2025-03-13Received from the House.
2025-03-13Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
2025-03-12Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
2025-03-12Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
2025-03-12REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
2025-03-10Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2
2025-03-06Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
2025-03-06Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
2025-03-06REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
2025-02-17Filed
2025-02-17Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE