Governor signs bill on Arkansas higher education funding
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February 9, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a bill that links college and university funding to factors such as the number of students who complete their degrees.
Hutchinson on Wednesday signed the bill that requires the state to adopt a "performance-based" model for funding higher education rather than basing the money on enrollment.
Hutchinson has said he'll call for increasing higher education funding by $10 million in 2018 if the plan was approved.
The state's colleges and universities received about $733 million in the state's current $5.3 billion budget, and that fun...
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