The General Assembly is to convene in a special session, starting Monday. School funding issues are at the top of the agenda. But, Governor Huckabee included 31 items on his call. The governor insisted that legislators be in agreement on school funding issues before calling them into session.
It remains unclear whether a bill that would ban smoking in workplaces will get enough votes to pass. And it is uncertain how some of the other non-education items on the call will fare.
Also on the call are measures that would raise the minimum wage by one-dollar-ten-cents, toughen penalties for sex offenders and create an anti-viral stockpile at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in case there is a pandemic flu outbreak.
It remains unclear whether a bill that would ban smoking in workplaces will get enough votes to pass. And it is uncertain how some of the other non-education items on the call will fare.
Also on the call are measures that would raise the minimum wage by one-dollar-ten-cents, toughen penalties for sex offenders and create an anti-viral stockpile at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in case there is a pandemic flu outbreak.