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Arkansas SB536

EDUCATIONINTRODUCED

To Abolish And Transfer The Arkansas State Library And The State Library Board; And To Declare An Emergency.

Legislative Session

active

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

Selected quotes

(1) The Arkansas State Library is abolished. [...] The duties and property of the Arkansas State Library are transferred to the Department of Education. [...] (a) The Department of Education shall administer a program to distribute funds appropriated by the General Assembly as state aid to a public library [...] (b) State aid shall be made available to a public library that satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The governing body of the public library shall: (C) Adopt and enforce policies that: (i) Govern the development of the collection of materials and resources of the public library; (ii) Prohibit access to age-inappropriate materials to a person who is sixteen (16) years old or younger;

(iv)(a) Provide a process for a member of the public to request the inclusion, removal, or a policy regarding access to age inappropriate or sex education materials and resources.

Links

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Calendar

datetimetypelocationdescription
2025-04-0110:00HearingOSCSenate State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs
2025-03-3110:00HearingOSCSenate State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs

History

DateAction
2025-04-01Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2025-03-20Filed
2025-03-20Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE