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A Summary of Arkansas Laws Dealing with Integration 1

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Summary of Arkansas laws that impact public education integration in the state through 1960. SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE ARKANSAS LAWS AFFECTING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SITUATION SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5 Proposes a Constitutional Amendment to provide for local option elections on how to use local and state money for education. It will allow each district to decide whether it wants a free pub­lic school system or to adopt a method of student assistance. It also contains a provision for school millage rates to revert either to the current rate or thirty mills, whichever Is lower, on the electorate^ disapproval of the millage proposed by the school board. This proposed amendment will be on the ballot In the general election of November I960. It could mean the complete destruc­tion of the free public school system In the state, district by district. ACT 5 and (ACT 151 of 1959) Permits transfer of funds from one school district wherein schools are closed by order of the Governor to another school district or to non-profit private schools accredited by the state. Act 5 has been ruled unconstitutional by the U. S* District Court. (No appeal has been made yet to the U. S. Supreme Court. 7-1-59) ACT 46 of 1959 Provides for direct payment by the State Department of Education to individual students on a financial grant basis for use by student in obtaining instruction when the student is prevented from attending public school for any reason beyond his control. ACT 256 of...
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