30 Years and Growing On March 1, 1991, then-Gov. Bill Clinton signed House Bill 1387 of the 78th Arkansas General Assembly into law as Act 305. Two days earlier, he had signed Senate Bill 236, enacting Act 259. Together, the two pieces of legislation officially established the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences.
Today, the school is known as the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts and is a campus of the University of Arkansas System. It has more than 2,700 alumni, the majority of whom reside in Arkansas. Within the past decade, the campus has celebrated the opening of two new buildings — the Student Center in 2012 and the Creativity and Innovation Complex in 2019. A full renovation of the Chapel and Convent structures is set to begin in summer 2021. Additional projects are on the horizon. 2
