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Arkansas Statutes, Title 6

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Title 6, Education

62 chapters · 2,555 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 62,555 Ch 20, Finances221 Ch 17, Personnel187 Ch 18, Students184 Ch 60, General Provisions140 Ch 61, Postsecondary Institutions Generally135 Ch 16, Curriculum132 Ch 13, School Districts131 Ch 15, Educational Standards and Quality Ge…116 Ch 81, Student Loans110 Ch 62, Property and Finances of State Insti…106 Ch 82, Scholarships81 Ch 21, School Property and Supplies80 Ch 64, University of Arkansas79 Ch 51, Vocational and Technical Schools72

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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-48-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) (A) (i) “Alternative learning environment” means an alternate class or program within a public school or school district that affords all students an environment that seeks to eliminate barriers to learning for any student whose academic and social…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-48-102 Alternative learning environment — Reporting
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(a) (1) A school district may provide one (1) or more alternative learning environments for all students who meet the minimum criteria established by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.(2) A school district may provide an alternative learning environment by one (1…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-48-103 Assessment and intervention services
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(a) An alternative learning environment shall:(1) Assess a student either before or upon entry into the alternative learning environment; and(2) Provide intervention services designed to address a student's specific educational needs. (1) Assess a student either before or upon en…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-48-104 Division of Elementary and Secondary Education responsibilities

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(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules to implement this chapter, including without limitation rules that establish:(1) (A) The criteria for distributing state funding for alternative learning environment programs.(B) The criteria shall iden…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-101 Contracts with private organizations

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The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with private organizations licensed by the State Board of Education in order to provide vocational-technical training to citizens of the State of Arkansas.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-102 Training activities

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(a) (1) The role and function of the Arkansas Industry Training Program of the Arkansas Economic Development Council and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission is expanded to authorize the program to provide training of workers in existing industries as well as in new and e…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-103 Participation in vocational student organizations

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(a) (1) The Division of Career and Technical Education may reimburse secondary vocational centers and other public schools in Arkansas for dues, membership fees, supplies, travel, lodging, and other expenses related to a student's participation in vocational student organizations…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-104 Marketing and services provided outside of service areas

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This title of the Arkansas Code and corresponding rules promulgated under this title shall not limit the ability of a state-supported two-year institution of higher education to market, offer courses, or provide services to any individual who resides in this state, regardless of …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-105 Workforce reporting and information — Requirements

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(a) No later than January 31, 2024, the Department of Education, in partnership with the Department of Commerce and the Division of Workforce Services, shall develop, publish, and maintain a strategic workforce dashboard and related resources that will provide, at a minimum, info…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-106 Vocational start-up funding

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Funds appropriated for vocational start-ups shall be allocated in accordance with rules promulgated by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-107 Access of military forces recruiter to career and precollege academies and secondary career and technical centers — Definition

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(a) A state-supported career academy, precollege academy, secondary career center, or technical center shall permit access to official recruiting representatives of the military forces to enable those representatives to inform students enrolled in the state-supported career acade…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-501 Title

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This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Youth Apprenticeship/Work-Based Learning Act of 1991”.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-502 Legislative findings

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Whereas workplace changes have profoundly altered and increased the skills required of workers and managers; and Whereas schools are struggling to improve the basic skills of the school-age population drawn increasingly from “at risk” households where children tend to leave schoo…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-503 Establishment of programs

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(a) The Division of Career and Technical Education is hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement work-based learning programs to provide additional educational and training opportunities for Arkansas high school students. (b) The programs established under this secti…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-505 Waiver of rules — Articulation agreements — Duties

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(a) The State Board of Education may provide waivers of rules adopted by the Division of Career and Technical Education when waivers are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter so long as the waivers will not weaken the quality of the educational opportunities pro…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-701 Title

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This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Act of 1995”.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-702 Definitions

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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Basic skills training” means those math, reading, English, listening, oral and written communication, and computer literacy skills that a person can reasonably be expected to have attained by the end of th…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-703 Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Program — Creation — Purpose

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(a) There is created the Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Program, to be administered by a governing council composed of equal representation from the Division of Higher Education, the Office of Skills Development, and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. (b) The pri…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-704 Rules for program

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(a) The Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall promulgate rules under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., for implementation of this subchapter by the commission. (b) Rules shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(1) Training shall …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-705 Uses for grant funds or tax credits

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(a) The Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Program shall provide matching funds or approve income tax credits to eligible companies or consortia at a rate to be determined by the governing council. (b) Matching funds may be provided to state-supported educational institutions t…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-801 Title

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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Workforce Development Center Authority Act”.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-802 Purpose — Construction

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(a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to:(1) Enhance the availability, accessibility, responsiveness, and quality of vocational and technical education in this state;(2) Assist cities and counties in upgrading the knowledge and skills of their existing workforce or potential n…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-803 Definitions

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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Area of operation” means, for a workforce development center authority, the area within the combined geographical boundaries of every school district, city, and county that is a sponsor of a workforce development center authority;(2) “Sponsor” …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-804 Workforce development center authority — Creation — Public corporation — Immunity

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(a) (1) Four (4) or more sponsors listed under subdivision (a)(2) of this section may create a workforce development center authority.(2) A workforce development center authority's four (4) or more sponsors:(A) Shall include:(i) One (1) or more school districts; and(ii) One (1) o…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-805 Board of directors

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(a) The management and control of each workforce development center authority and its property, operations, business, and affairs shall be lodged in a board of directors of not less than five (5) members. (b) (1) The membership of the board of directors shall include:(A) The supe…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-806 Powers generally

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(1) The board of directors of a workforce development center authority created under this subchapter may:(1) Make and adopt all necessary bylaws for its organization and operation;(2) Elect officers and employ personnel necessary for its operation;(3) Delegate any authority given…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-807 Financing generally — Exemption from taxation or assessment

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(a) A workforce development center authority may request, receive, and be financed or supported by any revenue, grants, or funds allowed by law, including without limitation:(1) Funds provided by counties, cities, school districts, and vocational-technical schools;(2) Property or…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-808 Bonds — Sale

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(a) A workforce development center authority may issue bonds for:(1) The cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating one (1) or more workforce development centers operated by the workforce development center authority within its area of operation;(2) Th…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-809 Accounts — Report — Audit

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(a) (1) The board of directors of a workforce development center authority:(A) Shall deposit the funds received by the workforce development center authority into bank accounts as determined by the board of directors; and(B) May withdraw funds from the bank accounts as determined…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-810 Dissolution

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(a) If a workforce development center authority does not have any outstanding indebtedness, the board of directors of a workforce development center authority may adopt a resolution, which shall be entered in its minutes, declaring that the workforce development center authority …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-101 Vehicle registration — Tax and fee exemptions

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(a) All motor vehicles owned and operated by publicly financed vocational-technical schools, technical colleges, and community colleges in the state and used exclusively for training purposes shall be exempt from:(1) State, county, and municipal taxes; and(2) All vehicle registra…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-102 Eye protection — Definitions

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(a) Every student and teacher in the public schools, colleges, vocational schools, and universities of this state participating in any of the following courses is required to wear industrial-quality eye protective devices at all times while participating in the following courses …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-103 Required admission for certain students

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Any student who has met, or is in the process of meeting, the state requirements for graduation shall not be denied access to any program of vocational education if space is available within the program.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-105 Priorities — Vocational-technical institutions

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A high priority of the vocational-technical institutions shall be to combat illiteracy and to provide industrial training in the workplace.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-1101 Merger

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(a) (1) This subchapter shall govern the merger of Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute and East Arkansas Community College if:(A) The Board of Directors of Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute votes to merge with East Arkansas Community College;(B) The Board of Directors of East A…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-1102 Board of directors

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(1) On the effective date of a merger under § 6-51-1101(a)(2):(1) The Board of Directors of Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute shall be abolished; and(2) The Board of Directors of East Arkansas Community College shall assume the powers and duties of the Board of Directors of Cro…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-1103 Purchasing

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(a) Upon the vote of the Board of Directors of Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute to merge with East Arkansas Community College under § 6-51-1101(a)(1)(A) and before the effective date of a merger under § 6-51-1101(a)(2):(1) Purchases by Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute shall…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-1104 Transfer of assets, obligations, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances, and legal authority

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(1) Beginning on the effective date of a merger under § 6-51-1101(a)(2):(1) All property and other rights, claims, and assets of Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute shall be transferred to East Arkansas Community College;(2) All obligations of Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-1105 Funding from the Work Force 2000 Development Fund

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Beginning on the effective date of a merger under § 6-51-1101(a)(2) [repealed], funding from the Work Force 2000 Development Fund, which would have been provided to Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute, shall be provided to the University of Arkansas East Arkansas Community Colleg…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-1106 Funding from the Federal Adult Basic Education Fund

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Beginning on the effective date of a merger under § 6-51-1101(a)(2) [repealed], funding from the Federal Adult Basic Education Fund, which would have been provided to Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute, shall be provided to the University of Arkansas East Arkansas Community Coll…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-201 Receipt and administration of federal funds

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The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is designated as the agency of state government to receive and administer any and all federal funds made available to this state for the purpose of assisting the state or school districts in providing for the extension of vocationa…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-202 Authority to establish schools

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(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is authorized to establish or designate one (1) or more area vocational-technical and adult education schools of less than college grade for the purpose of offering training in the various areas which may be prescribed by the U…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-203 Determining school location and establishing courses of instruction

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(a) In determining the location of technical institutes or vocational-technical schools and in establishing the courses of instruction to be offered in the schools, the State Board of Education shall give consideration to:(1) Trends in industrial development;(2) Concentration of …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-204 Public school or community branches — Special instruction

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In addition to the authority of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to establish area vocational-technical and adult education schools as authorized in §§ 6-51-201 — 6-51-203, § 6-51-205, § 6-51-207, § 6-51-208(a)-(c), § 6-51-209, and § 6-51-210, and laws amendatory …

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-205 Responsibility for school operation — Personnel and equipment

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(a) The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the operation of the schools and shall have authority to purchase, lease, or construct buildings, land, equipment, machinery, and supplies necessary for the teaching of trade, vocational, or other federally aided adult cou…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-206 Local boards' authority to sell, convey, or lease unneeded lands

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(a) The local boards of technical institutes and comprehensive lifelong learning centers are authorized to sell or convey lands belonging to any of the local boards of technical institutes and comprehensive lifelong learning centers of this state if the local board shall determin…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-207 Authority to accept gifts and donations

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The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is granted authority to accept gifts, grants, donations, equipment and materials, and bequests of money and real and personal property for the purposes of this section and §§ 6-51-201 — 6-51-203, § 6-51-205, § 6-51-208(a)-(c), § 6-…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-208 Student fees

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(a) The State Board of Education may establish a reasonable system of charges as fees to be paid by students in the technical institutes or vocational-technical schools and adult education courses, with the system of charges to be established according to the type of course of in…

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-209 Accident insurance for students

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(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to expend fees collected from students to provide accident insurance coverage to students. (b) Such purchases shall follow regular state purchasing procedures and rules.