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Bill filed in legislature would abolish the Arkansas State Library, put controls on public libraries

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A bill filed in the Arkansas legislature on Thursday would abolish the Arkansas State Library and its board and transfer its property to the state Department of Education. Senate Bill 536 strikes down a significant part of the current state library law and would have the education department transfer its collections to digital archives. Removing the library board would also change the oversight of libraries that receive state…

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Bill filed in legislature would abolish the Arkansas State Library, put controls on public libraries

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A bill filed in the Arkansas legislature on Thursday would abolish the Arkansas State Library and its board and transfer its property to the state Department of Education. Senate Bill 536 strikes down a significant part of the current state library law and would have the education department transfer its collections to digital archives. Removing the library board would also change the oversight of libraries that receive state…

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Arkansas Senator Files Bill to Abolish State Library, Give Education Department Control

The right-wing war on knowledge continues as an Arkansas state senator filed a bill Thursday to abolish the State Library as well as the library board. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro), along with State Rep. Wayne Long (R-Bradford), filed Senate Bill 536 on Thursday. The bill would not just remove all references to the State Library from existing laws, but also put the state’s other libraries under the control of the Arkansas Department of Educat…

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New bill would dissolve Arkansas State Library and its board, set new library funding criteria

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, in the Senate chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. (Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate)Arkansas Sen. Dan Sullivan filed legislation Thursday to abolish not only the State Library Board, but the State Library as well. Senate Bill 536 would carry out Sullivan’s promise to dismantle the library board by transferring the agency’s and board’s powers, authorities, funds, contracts and employees to the Arkansas Department …

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Jonesboro lawmaker files bill that would abolish Arkansas State Library and State Library Board | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

State Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, filed on Thursday a new bill that would abolish not only the Arkansas State Library Board, but the Arkansas State Library itself, transferring their duties to the Arkansas Department of Education.

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Burns-Maynard Veterinary Scholarship Established at Arkansas State University - NEA Report

JONESBORO – Future Arkansas State University students entering the College of Veterinary Medicine will have the opportunity to benefit from a new endowed scholarship established by Alan and Terri Burns. The $30,000 donation to establish the Burns-Maynard Veterinary Scholarship is designed to support students from Greene and Craighead counties pursuing [read more...] The post Burns-Maynard Veterinary Scholarship Established at Arkansas State Univ…

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