---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH IN THE STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT A TEACHER IN GRADES FIVE THROUGH TWELVE (5-12) IS PERMITTED TO TEACH PER SCHOOL DAY."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH IN THE STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT A TEACHER IN GRADES FIVE THROUGH TWELVE (5-12) IS PERMITTED TO TEACH PER SCHOOL DAY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1890"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1890 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Della Rosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c084b771-56f0-42b2-9d0a-1aca14480890"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a0904ff4705ca9fcba36b9907e7651c2f0a6371ade15b7c93253a30edc72d8a8"
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 1890 (2019) — TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH IN THE STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT A TEACHER IN GRADES FIVE THROUGH TWELVE (5-12) IS PERMITTED TO TEACH PER SCHOOL DAY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1890** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1890.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Della Rosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** 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`
- **2019-04-02** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House.
- **2019-04-03** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2019-04-08** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-08** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-09** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-12** Notification that HB1890 is now Act 979 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c084b771-56f0-42b2-9d0a-1aca14480890`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).