The Arkansas Senate Education Committee met on the University of Central Arkansas campus on Thursday, Oct. 21.
UCA President Lu Hardin welcomed the legislators, saying, ?I cannot tell you what an honor it is to have this committee on our campus.?
Hardin was chairman of the Senate Education Committee during his tenure as a state senator from 1983 to 1996. He said, ?It was important for me to be on this committee. I felt like this committee was where the action was.?
Hardin related to senator about the challenges facing education legislation.
?Over 20 years ago, when I was in the state senate, we thought that was the end all session, but that ranks as only a 3 or 4 compared to the 9.5 session you?re about to go into. This is the most critical time for K-12 and higher education,? he said.
-Jennifer Boyett
