# Arkansas HB1672: TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION IN ARKANSAS. Arkansas HB1672, TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION IN ARKANSAS., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Justin Boyd (Republican), Austin McCollum (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-17 (Notification that HB1672 is now Act 800) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1672-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1672 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION IN ARKANSAS. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-04 - Last action: 2025-04-17, Notification that HB1672 is now Act 800 - Sponsors: Justin Boyd (Republican), Austin McCollum (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (107 yes, 11 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 15 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Charter families gain enrollment and caregiver flexibility: benefit, low. Open-enrollment charters no longer have the statutory July 30 enrollment deadline or related replacement-enrollment rules. Schools can enroll students up to their charter's enrollment cap; the law sets no replacement deadline. Charter law also recognizes someone acting in place of a parent as a par… - Charter boards gain a transfer path: benefit, low. Charter boards can petition the authorizer to approve a voluntary transfer to another board. A receiving board is not responsible for earlier activity, including discipline imposed by the authorizer. After a transfer or assignment, the authorizer must issue a new local education agency number. The… - District charter conversions lose application requirements: benefit, low. Districts seeking a conversion charter use the state education division's application and an authorizer-approved schedule. The law removes listed application requirements covering purposes, hearings, improvement plans, performance goals, stakeholder involvement, exemptions, and reporting agreements… - Virtual charters receive physical attendance waivers: benefit, low. Approved virtual open-enrollment charter schools must receive waivers of physical-presence rules designated by the state education division. This applies when the charter panel and State Board approve an initial application or renewal. - Teachers lose protections during charter conversions: cost, medium. Licensed teachers who worked at a school the year before its charter conversion lose specific legal protections. These protections barred transfers or charter employment over their objection and protected continued district employment. The law also removes required teacher votes in specified conver… - Charter applicants face planning and nonprofit rules: cost, low. Charter applicants must be eligible to do business in Arkansas and submit the approved application with supporting documents. Open-enrollment applications must include a business plan, detailed budget, governance plan, and five-year performance criteria. They must also disclose intended facilities… - Charter contracts set school accountability terms: cost, low. A charter is a performance-based contract governed by Arkansas law between the authorizer and the school board. It sets school terms, applicable state and local exemptions, performance expectations, and accountability standards. The state education commissioner and an authorized board member must s… - Charter applications lose local notice requirements: mixed, low. Open-enrollment charter applicants no longer have to publish hearing notices in newspapers or send notice letters to district superintendents. Affected districts lose the stated opportunity to submit written comments. District findings and statements also leave the listed bases for approving or den… - Charter decisions get state board review: mixed, low. The state education division authorizes charters through a commissioner-appointed, seven-member panel; a majority must come from outside the Education Department. After division approval, the panel reviews charter openings, renewals, changes, revocations, transfers, and assignments, recommending on… - Charters report more with fewer deadlines: mixed, low. Charters must post their latest agreements online by August 1 each year. Reports cover enrollment, applications received and accepted, student groups, retention, departures, discipline, and test scores, using state formats and charter schedules. Open-enrollment performance criteria and annual progr… - Existing charter waivers get end dates: mixed, low. Charter schools existing by July 1, 2025, keep existing waivers on schedules based on their 2022–2023 letter grades. Conversion charters rated C, D, or F keep waivers through 2026–2027; A or B schools through 2027–2028. Conversion charters without those grades keep waivers through the charter term… - Failing charters lose approval but can appeal: mixed, low. A public charter school must lose its charter after receiving an F grade for three consecutive school years. After receiving notice of the third F and revocation, the school has 10 days to request a State Board hearing. The hearing allows the school to seek reinstatement. - Innovation schools move into charter system: mixed, low. The law ends the District of Innovation Program and includes former innovation schools in the conversion charter school definition. These schools keep waivers held on July 1, 2025, through their current four-year approval cycle and can seek charter renewal. Teacher-license waivers instead come thro… - State takes control of transferred charter funds: mixed, low. When an open-enrollment charter is revoked, transferred, or assigned, the school must develop and carry out a closure plan with the division. The school must disclose bank accounts holding public funds and provide a detailed ledger of state-funded bills it owes. Spending over $500 requires prior di… - Successful charters gain expansion and renewal paths: mixed, low. Open-enrollment charters can seek additional campuses despite the usual one-campus limit. They must meet charter terms, show academic success, and have no listed discipline, deficiencies, probation, suspension, or revocation. Expansion requires written approval by a majority of a quorum and finding… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Justin Boyd (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Austin McCollum (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-14 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 12:54:25 PM | pass | 32 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-04-08 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 2:42:54 PM | pass | 75 | 11 | 7 | ## Actions (19) - 2025-04-17: Notification that HB1672 is now Act 800 (House) - 2025-04-15: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-14: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-07: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-04-07: Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-04-07: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-04-03: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 (House) - 2025-03-31: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-03-31: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-03-31: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-03-04: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House) - 2025-03-04: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1672 - Introduced, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1672.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=800.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1672 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1672.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=800.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1672-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).