---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING SCHOOL DISTRICT WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTERS, ENROLLMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND FACILITY FUNDING."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING SCHOOL DISTRICT WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTERS, ENROLLMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND FACILITY FUNDING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Arkansas SB 251 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Lowery"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T19:17:41+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:10:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d93a59-0632-4f38-8ca3-dd8d1867937c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7e9066946318c5d7bafd4b74a1307464fdc27130dc41b3b1077842e67817985f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas SB 251 (2021) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING SCHOOL DISTRICT WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTERS, ENROLLMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND FACILITY FUNDING.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB251-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 251** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB251.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- Lowery — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-01T19:17:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T20:53:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T12:56:39+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-18T12:56:46+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-18T18:26:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T18:26:54+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:14:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T18:32:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T18:33:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:54:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-05T22:20:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:04:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T20:07:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:07:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:01:25+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:01:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:25:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:25:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:10:45+00:00** Notification that SB251 is now Act 774 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d93a59-0632-4f38-8ca3-dd8d1867937c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).