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HR 1040

TO RECOGNIZE THE SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY CHEERLEADING TEAM AS THE 2024 CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONS.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Sonia Barker and 1 co-sponsor

Recognizes Smackover High School’s varsity cheer team as the 2024 Class 3A state champions and notes their achievements and coaching staff.

READ AND ADOPTED.
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Bill Summary · HR 1040

Summary — HR 1040 (Arkansas House Resolution, 95th General Assembly, 2025)

Main purpose

HR 1040 is a ceremonial House resolution that formally recognizes the Smackover High School varsity cheerleading team (the Smackover Battlin' Buckaroos) as the 2024 Class 3A State Champions. It congratulates the team on their championship and documents their accomplishment for the legislative record.

Key provisions and details

  • Officially recognizes and congratulates the Smackover Battlin' Buckaroos varsity cheerleading team as the 2024 Class 3A state champions.
  • Records factual details of the victory:
    • Event: Arkansas Class 3A state cheer championship
    • Date/place: Friday, December 20, 2024, at Bank OZK Arena, Hot Springs
    • Final score: 76.9 points
    • Categories won: cheer overall, building, jumps, and tumbling
  • Notes additional accomplishment: ninth place nationally in Intermediate Crowd Leading, Medium Division, at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) national championship in Dallas, Texas.
  • Lists team roster by class year (seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen) and names Head Coach Jennifer Reed and Assistant Coach Ryleigh Stringer.
  • Includes a coach quotation describing the team’s season and performance.
  • Directs that, upon adoption, a copy of the resolution be provided to Head Coach Jennifer Reed by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Who is affected

  • Directly honors the Smackover High School varsity cheer team members (named individually in the resolution) and their coaches.
  • Provides symbolic recognition for Smackover High School, the Smackover-Norphlet School District, families, and the local community.
  • The resolution is ceremonial and does not create legal rights, obligations, or funding.

Procedural and timeline information

  • Classification: House Resolution (ceremonial).
  • Introduced: February 6, 2025 (By Representatives Barker and M. Shepherd).
  • Committee activity: Referred and reported (committee actions recorded February–March 2025).
  • Floor action/status: Read and adopted by the House (listed as READ AND ADOPTED on March 13, 2025; additional House calendar and enrollment actions recorded May 23–24, 2025). Final recorded status: Read and Adopted; reported enrolled May 24, 2025.
  • Implementation: No administrative or implementation steps beyond providing a copy of the resolution to the head coach.

Impact

  • Purely honorary: recognizes athletic achievement and celebrates school and community pride.
  • No budgetary, regulatory, or substantive policy impacts.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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