This year, the Arkansas Kids Count Coalition is hosting a monthly webinar series, Policy 101, to explore the fundamentals of major policies and programs impacting children and families in Arkansas. The webinars are meant to provide advocates with the essentials around many important topics to help you in advocating for the well-being of Arkansas’s children. We will cover essential components of a program or policy, as well as current issues affecting the policy. We will end by answering your questions.

In Arkansas, the state legislature is required to ensure that students at public schools receive an adequate and equitable education. And in a biennial study happening now, the legislature reviews how public schools are funded. In this Adequacy 101 webinar, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Education and Fiscal Policy Fellow Aaron Conrad will explain how the adequacy study works and how you can keep up to date with the process.