Title 6 — Education
62 chapters · 2,849 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-201 Administration in elementary schools
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(a) The Department of Education shall oversee and coordinate the implementation of distance learning in elementary and secondary public schools in the state. (b) The department shall promulgate rules establishing appropriate adult supervision. (c) (1) The elementary or secondary …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-202 Administration in two-year colleges
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(a) The Division of Higher Education shall oversee and coordinate the implementation of distance learning in two-year colleges, four-year institutions of higher education, and universities in the state. (b) The Division of Career and Technical Education shall cooperate with the D…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-203 Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and Division of Higher Education — Cooperation, report, and implementation
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(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Higher Education shall work together to implement distance learning throughout the state. (b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Higher Education shall present a report …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-301 Intent
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It is the intent of the General Assembly that the planning and implementation of distance learning should create opportunities for innovation in education, transform institutional behavior, and prepare students for participation in the information age economy.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-302 Implementation in elementary and secondary schools — Courses offered
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(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall plan for the statewide implementation of distance learning in elementary and secondary public schools in the state. (b) (1) The elementary or secondary school may utilize courses from outside the state if the out-of-sta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-303 Coordination at institutions of higher education
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The Division of Higher Education shall coordinate the implementation of distance learning at the state's public institutions of higher education.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-304 Division of Career and Technical Education to cooperate with Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and Division of Higher Education
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The Division of Career and Technical Education shall cooperate with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Higher Education to implement distance learning throughout the state.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-305 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-47-305Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-401 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Distance Learning Development Project Act of 2003”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-402 Purpose
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(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the establishment, organization, and administration of a distance learning program designed to improve course offerings available to students throughout the state. (b) The program will demonstrate the efficiency of using distan…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-403 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Board” means the State Board of Education;(2) “Distance learning” means an interactive telecommunications system that utilizes information technology, audio, video, and similar technological elements, is compatible with other distance learning …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-404 Establishment and implementation
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(a) There is established the Arkansas Distance Learning Development Program, which shall be conducted by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and administered through the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. (b) The program shall have four (4) focus a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-405 Rules
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The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-406 Public school district and charter school distance learning program
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school may offer and teach distance learning courses to a student enrolled in a private school or a home school if:(1) The student resides in the public school dis…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-501 Purpose
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(a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to make available distance learning in every school district in the state. (b) The primary purpose of providing distance learning technologies is to assist school districts in receiving advanced high school courses, advanced placement cour…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-502 Distance learning grants
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(a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop grant standards and provide grants to education service cooperatives for acquiring equipment and receiving telecommunications services necessary for each school district to have distance learning availabilit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-503 Distance learning consortiums
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School districts shall form collaborative efforts with other schools or education service cooperatives or both other schools and education service cooperatives that share common educational needs in order to ensure that the state maximizes distance learning services by distributi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-504 Effect on teachers
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A teacher who is under contract in a school district in the respective field of study that is being offered by distance learning pursuant to this subchapter shall not be terminated by the school district because of the availability of distance learning courses.