---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS EXPERIENCED A DECLINE IN AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP TO RECEIVE BOTH DECLINING ENROLLMENT FUNDING AND SPECIAL NEEDS ISOLATED FUNDING."
description: "TO ALLOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS EXPERIENCED A DECLINE IN AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP TO RECEIVE BOTH DECLINING ENROLLMENT FUNDING AND SPECIAL NEEDS ISOLATED FUNDING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 629"
citation: "Arkansas SB 629 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Speaks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-05T15:12:15+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T19:14:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e5ba004-fe40-4cf4-a2eb-d5d6acd6f200"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b8966828114f2030e666ef55a8681fc8baa35aa1ef256927a600f2a9d042a7e1"
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 629 (2021) — TO ALLOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS EXPERIENCED A DECLINE IN AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP TO RECEIVE BOTH DECLINING ENROLLMENT FUNDING AND SPECIAL NEEDS ISOLATED FUNDING.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 629** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB629.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Speaks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-05T15:12:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-05T18:33:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T19:13:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T19:40:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:41:14+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:22:12+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-15T22:47:14+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`
- **2021-04-20T17:03:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T19:42:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T19:42:55+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:55:01+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:55:06+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T17:14:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-22T17:14:21+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T19:14:23+00:00** Notification that SB629 is now Act 909 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e5ba004-fe40-4cf4-a2eb-d5d6acd6f200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).