An act TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE ARKANSAS 10 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SUBMIT A QUARTERLY 11 REPORT CONCERNING THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE 12 ARKANSAS INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas              A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            SENATE BILL 378

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5 By: Senator Crowell

6 By: Representative Cavenaugh

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8                               For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE ARKANSAS

10  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SUBMIT A QUARTERLY

11  REPORT CONCERNING THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE

12  ARKANSAS INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM; AND FOR OTHER

13  PURPOSES.

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17                       TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE

18                       ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19                       SUBMIT A QUARTERLY REPORT CONCERNING THE

20                       TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE ARKANSAS

21                       INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM.

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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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25  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 6-50-102(b), concerning training activities

26 under the Arkansas Industry Training Program, is amended to read as follows:

27  (b)(1) Permissible training under subsection (a) of this section

28 includes without limitation:

29                       (A)(1) Upgrading skills and abilities of workers to

30 operate modern, more sophisticated equipment;

31                       (B)(2) Providing workers with skills needed for initiating

32 more modern processes and using more sophisticated materials; and

33                       (C)(3) Other situations which create a technical-upgrade

34 training need of employees.

35  (2) The commission shall prepare a quarterly report detailing

36 its training activities and submit that report to the Governor and the

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