Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, named by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to lead a review of the Common Core school curriculum as a means of defusing a potential nasty legislative fight on the standards, has announced a series of public meetings on the subject.
The tour includes “hearings” and “listening tour” stops.
The meetings begin next week, April 23. The full schedule follows:
Little Rock Hearings:
Thursday, April 23
8:00AM – 4:30PM
Arkansas State Capitol
Old Supreme Court
500 Woodlane St, Little Rock, AR 72201Wednesday, April 29
8:00AM – 5:00PM
Bureau of Legislative Research, Room 151
One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201Wednesday, May 6
8:00AM – 5:00PM
Arkansas State Capitol
Old Supreme Court
500 Woodlane St, Little Rock, AR 72201Wednesday, May 13
8:00AM – 5:00PM
Arkansas State Capitol
Old Supreme Court
500 Woodlane St, Little Rock, AR 72201Wednesday, May 20
8:00AM – 5:00PM
Arkansas State Capitol
Old Supreme Court
500 Woodlane St, Little Rock, AR 72201Listening Tour Dates:
Thursday, April 23 – Little Rock
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Pulaski Technical College Little Rock-South
Transportation Technology Center, The Community Room
13000 Interstate 30, Little Rock, AR 72210Thursday, April 30 – El Dorado
5:00PM – 7:00PM
El Dorado Conference Center
SouthArk Community College
300 S West Ave, El Dorado, AR 71730Tuesday, May 5 – Texarkana
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Four States Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building
E 50th St, Texarkana, AR 71854Thursday, May 14 – Bentonville
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Bentonville Public Library
Walmart Community Room
405 S Main Street, Bentonville, AR 72712Tuesday, May 19 – Jonesboro
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Arkansas State University
Cooper Alumni Center
2600 Alumni Blvd, Jonesboro, AR 72401Tuesday, May 26 – Hot Springs
5:00PM – 7:00PM
National Park Community College
Fred Dierks Building, Eisele Auditorium
101 College Dr, Hot Springs, AR 71913Tuesday, June 9 – Batesville
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Lyon College
Edwards Commons, Maxfield Room
2300 Highland Rd, Batesville, AR 72503Tuesday, June 16 – Pine Bluff
5:00PM – 7:00PM
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
L.A. Davis, Sr. Student Union
1200 University Dr, Pine Bluff, AR 71601Thursday, June 18 – Fort Smith
5:00PM – 7:00PM
The Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown
101 North 2nd St, Fort Smith, AR 72904