---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH WITHIN TWO YEARS OF ITS ASSUMPTION OF AUTHORITY OVER A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE RETURNED TO LOCAL CONTROL."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH WITHIN TWO YEARS OF ITS ASSUMPTION OF AUTHORITY OVER A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE RETURNED TO LOCAL CONTROL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 364"
citation: "Arkansas SB 364 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "V. Flowers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06T19:20:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:43:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e06a991-0ab3-4fb2-abe4-1b3c1f841e17"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8986b49fdf3c3402a7b19e922f32644830ed968301d65cbab13f9561840edf9a"
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 364 (2023) — TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH WITHIN TWO YEARS OF ITS ASSUMPTION OF AUTHORITY OVER A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE RETURNED TO LOCAL CONTROL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 633** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=633.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB364-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 364** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB364.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- V. Flowers — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- F. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- T. Shephard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T19:20:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T21:29:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T14:02:27+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-28T14:02:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T14:02:35+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-28T18:39:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-28T18:39:20+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:33:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T20:13:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T20:13:10+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:00:57+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:38:54+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`
- **2023-04-04T18:02:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:22:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:22:21+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:17:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:17:34+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:46:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:46:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:43:58+00:00** Notification that SB364 is now Act 633 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e06a991-0ab3-4fb2-abe4-1b3c1f841e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).