All Roll Calls
Yes: 130 • No: 0
ArkansasHB14772025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO SUBMIT AN APPLICANT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE ARKANSAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
Sponsored By: Sonia Eubanks Barker (Republican), Joshua Bryant (Republican)
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Bill Overview
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Charter teachers gain access to state award
Open-enrollment public charter school governing bodies can now submit teachers for Arkansas Teacher of the Year, alongside school districts. Each district or charter can submit one applicant to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education by April 1 of the selection year. The law removes the former 16-finalist limit allocated by education service area and Pulaski County. Selected teachers get paid administrative leave for the following school year while serving as Teacher of the Year. They have the right to return to their former jobs for the school year after leave. Districts and charters must provide a replacement teacher or change class loads, and classroom teacher contracts must reflect these leave rules. The division reimburses districts and charters for the selected teacher’s salary, benefits, and division-approved incidental program expenses during leave. Substitutes hired to replace selected teachers are exempt from earnings limits under state law and the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Sonia Eubanks Barker
Republican • House
Joshua Bryant
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/13/2025
Senate Vote - Thursday, March 13, 2025 3:26:24 PM
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 3/5/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, March 5, 2025 2:58:15 PM
Yes: 95 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1477 is now Act 303
3/18/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
3/14/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
3/13/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
3/13/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
3/13/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
3/13/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
3/12/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/5/2025SenateReceived from the House.
3/5/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
3/5/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
3/4/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
2/13/2025HouseFiled
2/13/2025House
Bill Text
HB1477 - Introduced
2/13/2025
Act Version
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