Arkansas Votes

Funds Arkansas PBS (Department of Education - Educational Television Division) for FY 2025-26.

Requires all public schools to offer every student one free breakfast per day starting in the 2025-26 school year, regardless of income.

Requires all public schools to offer every student one free breakfast per day starting in the 2025-26 school year, regardless of income.

Provides $6.24 million to the Arkansas Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for "Educational Television."

Allocates $14.6 million to the Department of Health for "Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs."

Allocates $14.6 million to the Department of Health for "Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs."

Appropriates $60.4 million, including at least $15 million from federal funds, to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority for "low-income housing" and "student loans."

Appropriates $60.4 million, including at least $15 million from federal funds, to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority for "low-income housing" and "student loans."

Increases food stamp eligibility in the state and increases SNAP amounts.

Increases food stamp eligibility in the state and increases SNAP amounts.

Provides annual state funding for qualifying educational expenses on behalf of "any resident" who is "eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school."

Allows school districts that have experienced a decline in average daily membership to receive both Declining Enrollment Funding and Special Needs Isolated Funding.

Allows school districts that have experienced a decline in average daily membership to receive both Declining Enrollment Funding and Special Needs Isolated Funding.