Bill Expanding Scholarship Eligibility Rushed Through Legislature To Meet Deadline

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Published February 26, 2021 at 5:26 PM CST

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Bentonville West senior Ananya Vangoor, a Bentonville West senior, speaks to the House Education Committee Feb. 25, 2021. She is one student who would benefit from the passage of SB287.

The winter weather postponed the Arkansas Legislature last week, which has complicated things for a time-sensitive billaimed at expanding eligibility for certain Arkansas scholarships to students with legal status. This would include DACA recipients and Marshallese migrants legally residing in the state under a Compact of Free Association.