---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE MEASURES CONSIDERED WHEN CALCULATING A SCHOOL RATING; AND TO ENSURE A STUDENT IS NOT COUNTED AS A DROPOUT FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING A SCHOOL-LEVEL GRADUATION RATE IF THE STUDENT PASSES A GED TEST."
description: "TO AMEND THE MEASURES CONSIDERED WHEN CALCULATING A SCHOOL RATING; AND TO ENSURE A STUDENT IS NOT COUNTED AS A DROPOUT FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING A SCHOOL-LEVEL GRADUATION RATE IF THE STUDENT PASSES A GED TEST."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1642"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1642 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-03T19:39:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:28:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f668f93a-d0c4-4195-a877-576e41f7bd5b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "89afa0515b4dc2e74cdde8a0f2492ef1cc7d3d7e859a4849fa0ae6144ff10cb2"
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 HB 1642 (2025) — TO AMEND THE MEASURES CONSIDERED WHEN CALCULATING A SCHOOL RATING; AND TO ENSURE A STUDENT IS NOT COUNTED AS A DROPOUT FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING A SCHOOL-LEVEL GRADUATION RATE IF THE STUDENT PASSES A GED TEST.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 916** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=916.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1642-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1642** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1642.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gramlich — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T19:39:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T23:19:39+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`
- **2025-04-03T19:12:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T22:11:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T01:04:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-08T01:04:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:15:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T19:13:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T19:13:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T19:14:05+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T20:25:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T03:12:28+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-10T03:12:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T03:13:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T14:59:48+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T14:59:53+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T18:53:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T19:51:34+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T19:51:36+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T13:31:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:28:57+00:00** Notification that HB1642 is now Act 916 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f668f93a-d0c4-4195-a877-576e41f7bd5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).