Title 6 — Education

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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-44-308 Accountability
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(a) After the close of the second fiscal year of the Arkansas Adult Diploma Program and each year thereafter, the Department of Education shall review data from each approved program provider to ensure that each approved program provider is achieving minimum performance standards…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-44-309 Rules
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The Department of Education, in consultation with the Office of Skills Development, shall promulgate rules to implement this act.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-101 Title
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The title of this chapter shall be the "Arkansas Better Chance Program Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-102 Legislative intent
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It is the intent of the General Assembly to expand the availability of developmentally appropriate early childhood programs, including, but not limited to, the Head Start program, the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), therapeutic child development prog…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-103 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Appropriate early childhood program” means a developmentally appropriate program for young children, birth through five (5) years of age, approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as complying with the regulatory guidelines of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-104 Construction
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(a) (1) Except as required under subdivision (a)(2) of this section, this chapter shall not require any school district to participate.(2) A local school is required to work with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and its local community to establish, promote, and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-105 Establishment of Arkansas Better Chance Program — Arkansas Better Chance for School Success Program
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(a) (1) (A) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish the Arkansas Better Chance Program to assist in the establishment and funding of the appropriate early childhood programs for children from birth through five (5) years of age.(B) Within the Arkansas B…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-106 Application process — Allocation of funding
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(a) (1) (A) (i) Any early childhood program accredited and quality-approved by the Department of Human Services according to standards approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may apply for funding, regardless of the sponsorship of the program.(ii) Local sch…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-107 Publication of funding availability and program criteria
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The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall annually provide notification to school districts and to other appropriate providers of the availability of funds under the Arkansas Better Chance Program and shall include in such notification the programmatic standards an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-108 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-45-108Current 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. § 6-45-109 Certification by Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
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(a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall certify childcare facilities which have an appropriate early childhood program, as defined in § 6-45-103. Certification numbers shall be issued to those childcare facilities that meet the applicable qualifications…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-110 Assessment
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(a) (1) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall be responsible for assessment of students enrolled in the Arkansas Better Chance for School Success Program.(2) (A) Assessment shall begin upon enrollment in the Arkansas Better Chance for School Success Progr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-45-111 Early childhood program assessments
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(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall assess each early childhood program in this state that receives state funding under this subchapter based on nationally recognized standards and assessments t…
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.
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. § 6-50-504 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-50-504Current 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. § 6-50-505 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…