School-level improvement plans — School district support plans — Findings

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-2914 — under Educational Standards and Quality Generally.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-2914

(a) The General Assembly finds that it is the responsibility of:(1) The state and educational service cooperatives to support their public school districts; and(2) A public school district to support its schools.

(1) The state and educational service cooperatives to support their public school districts; and

(2) A public school district to support its schools.

(b) (1) (A) By May 1 of each school year, a public school shall submit to its public school district a school-level improvement plan for approval by the public school district and public school district board of directors for implementation in the following school year.(B) (i) A public school and an open-enrollment public charter school shall include a literacy plan in the annual school-level improvement plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.(ii) The literacy plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall include without limitation a curriculum program and a professional development program that are: (a) Aligned with the literacy needs of the public school; and (b) Based on the science of reading as defined by § 6-17-429.(C) A public school and an open-enrollment public charter school shall include a parental involvement plan, as required under § 6-15-1702, in its annual school-level improvement plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.(2) School-level improvement plans shall be posted on the public school's or open-enrollment public charter school's website by August 1 of each year.

(1) (A) By May 1 of each school year, a public school shall submit to its public school district a school-level improvement plan for approval by the public school district and public school district board of directors for implementation in the following school year.(B) (i) A public school and an open-enrollment public charter school shall include a literacy plan in the annual school-level improvement plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.(ii) The literacy plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall include without limitation a curriculum program and a professional development program that are: (a) Aligned with the literacy needs of the public school; and (b) Based on the science of reading as defined by § 6-17-429.(C) A public school and an open-enrollment public charter school shall include a parental involvement plan, as required under § 6-15-1702, in its annual school-level improvement plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.

(A) By May 1 of each school year, a public school shall submit to its public school district a school-level improvement plan for approval by the public school district and public school district board of directors for implementation in the following school year.

(B) (i) A public school and an open-enrollment public charter school shall include a literacy plan in the annual school-level improvement plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.(ii) The literacy plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall include without limitation a curriculum program and a professional development program that are: (a) Aligned with the literacy needs of the public school; and (b) Based on the science of reading as defined by § 6-17-429.

(i) A public school and an open-enrollment public charter school shall include a literacy plan in the annual school-level improvement plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.

(ii) The literacy plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall include without limitation a curriculum program and a professional development program that are: (a) Aligned with the literacy needs of the public school; and (b) Based on the science of reading as defined by § 6-17-429.

(a) Aligned with the literacy needs of the public school; and

(b) Based on the science of reading as defined by § 6-17-429.

(C) A public school and an open-enrollment public charter school shall include a parental involvement plan, as required under § 6-15-1702, in its annual school-level improvement plan required under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.

(2) School-level improvement plans shall be posted on the public school's or open-enrollment public charter school's website by August 1 of each year.

(c) School-level improvement plans shall be:(1) Monitored by the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school for implementation fidelity and progress throughout the year; and(2) Evaluated annually by the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school for goal progress and accomplishment.

(1) Monitored by the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school for implementation fidelity and progress throughout the year; and

(2) Evaluated annually by the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school for goal progress and accomplishment.