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'Mark Lowery'

As expected, a Voter ID bill is back in the legislative hopper

State Rep. Mark Lowery of Maumelle has filed a proposed constitutional amendment to require a photo ID to vote in Arkansas.
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Bills filed to end 'fair dismissal' process for teachers in takeover districts and principals statewide

Reps. Bruce Cozart (R-Hot Springs) and Mark Lowery (R-Maumelle) have filed two bills aimed at rolling back the labor law that establishes due process for firing teachers and certain administrators in Arkansas.
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Arkansas's toothless ethics law: Example, Mark Lowery

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Michael Wickline reported this morning that, for the second time in four years, Republican Rep. Mark Lowery had been cited by the state Ethics Commission for failing to comply with campaign finance reporting law. The minor penalty won't discourage similar in the future.

Another ethics complaint, this one against Rep. Mark Lowery

Another complaint about lax campaign finance reporting has been filed against a Republican state representative, Mark Lowery of Maumelle.
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Democrat announces for GOP-held seat in Maumelle

Bill Rahn, a gym owner and lawyer, has announced as a Democratic candidate for state House from District 39, currently held by Republican state Rep. Mark Lowery of Maumelle.

Legislators plan to combat State Board decision on PARCC vs. ACT debate

Yesterday's vote by the State Board of Education to nix Gov. Asa Hutchinson's plan to replace the PARCC test with the ACT Aspire has attracted the anger of some Republican legislators, who say they intend to fight the state board's decision in a committee with power over agency contracts.
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UPDATE: Ed committee rejects bills on charter facilities and civics testing; bill to end PARCC heads to final House vote

The House Education committee failed a bill by Sen. Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale) that would have created a "right of access" for charter schools to lease unused or underutilized facilities from a public school district. The committee also rejected a second try by Sen. Jason Rapert (R-Bigelow) to require high school students to pass the United States citizenship test as a prerequisite to graduation, which I wrote about last week.

House approves bill to end use of Common Core test

The House voted 86-1 this morning to approve Rep. Mark Lowery's bill to drop use of the test that measures performance on the Common Core curriculum standards after it is used this year.
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House clears bill to pave way for Sherwood, Maumelle to leave Pulaski School District

The House today reconsidered the bill by Rep. Mark Lowery of Maumelle to allow areas with 2,500 or more students to secede from a larger school district. It would open the door for Maumelle and Sherwood to leave the Pulaski County Special School District at some point.

Lottery takeover advances

Abolition of the lottery commission advanced in a Senate committee today and a bill was introduced to divert general revenue to highway construction.
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Is Arkansas planning to withdraw from PARCC, the Common Core testing consortium?

Rep. Mark Lowery, a Republican from Maumelle, has introduced a bill that would put the brakes on Arkansas's implementation of standardized testing based on Common Core State Standards. Lowery says the bill is motivated in part because legislators have been told by ADE officials, unofficially, that "the PARCC contract will not be renewed" beyond the current academic year.

House Republicans elect Rep. Ken Bragg as majority leader

Meet the new Republican House Majority Leader.
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