Title 6, Education

This subchapter is known and may be cited as the “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children”.

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in this compact in the form substantially as follows: Inte…

(1) Under the compact established under this subchapter and using the definitions in the compact:(1) The minimum fee for a member state is two thousand dollars ($2,000);(2) The maximum fee for each member state is two dollars ($2.00) per student who is a child of an active duty m…

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Many Arkansas high school students are unprepared for the academic rigor of college or to enter the career world of work upon graduation from high school;(2) A student who is academically prepared for college or to enter the career world up…

(a) As used in this subchapter, “career and technical education program of study” means a planned program of courses and learning experiences that:(1) Begins with the exploration of career options;(2) Supports basic academic and life skills; and(3) Enables achievement of:(A) High…

(a) (1) The Division of Career and Technical Education shall work in collaboration with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Higher Education to develop college and career readiness standards for career and technical education courses.(2) College…

(a) The Division of Career and Technical Education shall recognize valid and reliable technical skills assessments that provide evaluation of students' knowledge and skills necessary for entry into postsecondary education or a career in a selected program of study. (b) The techni…

(1) As used in this subchapter, “accelerated learning” means an organized method of learning that enables a student to meet individual academic goals and graduation requirements while pursuing higher levels of skill development, including without limitation the following coursewo…

(a) The purpose of accelerated learning is to:(1) Prepare more students for:(A) Success in higher education;(B) Postsecondary training; and(C) High-wage, high-demand careers;(2) Increase the number of students who graduate from institutions of higher education; and(3) Support and…

(a) Accelerated learning shall:(1) Provide accelerated learning content directors to work, mentor, and provide resources to accelerated learning teachers in the areas of:(A) Mathematics;(B) Science; and(C) English;(2) Provide nationally recognized professional development for acc…

(a) An organization that receives grant funding to provide accelerated learning shall publish a list of program fees on or before June 1 each year. (b) A public high school is eligible to participate in accelerated learning. (c) A public high school's accelerated learning shall p…

(a) Contingent upon legislative appropriations and based on criteria established by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, a school that is offering accelerated learning may be awarded a one-time equipment and instructional materials grant for providing an accelerate…

The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.

(a) As used in this subchapter, “hazing” means:(1) A willful act on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one (1) student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization if the volunteer or employee …

(a) A student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization of a school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas shall not knowingly engage in hazing or encourage, aid, or assist any other student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a …

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as in any manner affecting or repealing any law of this state respecting any other criminal offense.

(a) (1) There is hereby established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Educational Excellence Trust Fund”.(2) For each of the state's fiscal years, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Stat…

From the moneys accruing to the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Treasurer of State on the last day of the month shall transfer to the various funds and fund accounts listed below, the amounts determined by applying each fund or fund account's proportionate part of the tota…

(a) Any increase in Educational Excellence Trust Fund funds allocated for teacher salaries shall be used by school districts to provide salary increases for current licensed personnel positions and for no other purpose, except that required Social Security and teacher retirement …

It is the intent of this subchapter to supplement, not to supplant, funding for public education in this state. Nothing herein shall be construed to reduce that portion of general revenue or growth revenues which would otherwise accrue to the Public School Fund. The moneys provid…

This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Higher Education Awareness Act of 1993”.

(1) The General Assembly hereby finds and determines the following:(1) That the skills required for jobs and careers in the future demand increasing knowledge and training, and the continued development of the Arkansas economy depends on more of our citizens obtaining postseconda…

(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is hereby directed to work with Arkansas public institutions of higher education, and those private institutions of higher education that wish to participate, to annually provide updated or additional information for the inform…

(a) The State Board of Education, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the public schools of Arkansas shall:(1) Cooperate with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Division of Higher Education, and the institutions of higher education in provid…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Civil War” means the 1861-1865 American Civil War;(2) “Civil War-era weapon” means an instrument used in offensive or defensive combat during the Civil War or a modern reproduction;(3) “Civil War reenactor” means a member of an organized group …

A person in this state who is a Civil War reenactor may carry a Civil War-era weapon on school property for educational purposes so long as a school official grants approval in advance and, if the weapon is a firearm, the firearm is unloaded.

(1) The General Assembly finds:(1) Effective evaluation serves to enhance quality in existing services and programs by:(A) Ensuring accountability for funds and services used;(B) Raising the bar for standards and expectations; and(C) Increasing the use of data to inform program o…

(a) There is established at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff the Arkansas Evaluation Center to build evaluation capacity in the State of Arkansas by:(1) Assisting nonprofit corporations in their reporting processes to their boards, funding agencies, the government, and th…

(a) The Arkansas Evaluation Center shall:(1) Contribute to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff by:(A) Attracting students to existing courses;(B) Providing new online and distance learning courses; and(C) Serving as a catalyst to stimulate university faculty to conduct evalu…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Health Care Student Summer Enrichment Program for Underrepresented Student Populations Act”.

(a) This subchapter is intended to ensure academic success and completion of medical, pharmacy, and nursing school by an increasing number of minority students. (b) The General Assembly finds that:(1) The healthcare workforce and its ability to deliver quality care for all, inclu…

(a) There is created within the Division of Higher Education the Arkansas Academic Physician Program. (b) To ensure academic success and completion of medical, pharmacy, or nursing school, the program shall provide academic support for students preparing to matriculate at a medic…

(a) There is created within the Division of Higher Education the Health Care Student Summer Enrichment Program for Underrepresented Student Populations. (b) The program is an intensive six-week program targeting undergraduate students designed to:(1) Increase awareness among raci…

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to expand the availability of positive youth development programs that incorporate the standards and recommendations of the Governor's Task Force on Best Practices for After-School and Summer Programs, including without limitation:(1) …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Grant” means a Positive Youth Development Grant;(2) “Positive youth development program” means a developmentally appropriate learning experience that helps children and youth five through nineteen (5-19) years of age develop educational, social…

(a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish the Positive Youth Development Grant Program to assist in the establishment and funding of positive youth development programs for children and youth five through nineteen (5-19) years of age once funding …

(a) (1) A public school district, licensed youth development program, license-exempt youth development program, or an applicant that partners with a public school district, licensed youth development program, or license-exempt youth development program may apply for a Positive Yo…

(a) Children and youth five (5) through nineteen (19) years of age who are members of a family with a gross family income not exceeding two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible to attend a positive youth development program without cost if there i…

(a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall be responsible for evaluating the impacts of the Positive Youth Development Grant Program. (b) (1) The division shall provide grant recipients with technical assistance, evaluation, program monitoring, and profess…

This act shall be known as the “School Law”.

Any officer or employee of the State Board of Education or school district board of directors who shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any provisions of the School Law for which no punishment is otherwise provided by law shall be deemed guilty of a violation and shall be…

(a) Prosecutions under this act shall be brought in the name of the State of Arkansas before any court having competent jurisdiction. (b) Any fine collected shall be paid over to the county treasurer and be credited to the general school fund of the respective school district. (c…

(a) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorneys of the State of Arkansas or their deputies in any county to prosecute the violators of this act as in the case of any other misdemeanor. (b) The prosecuting attorney of each judicial district shall, upon being satisfied that a…

(a) (1) (A) Each school year, each public school district board of directors and governing entity of an open-enrollment public charter school shall establish by policy the first day of the school year for student attendance in public elementary and secondary schools.(B) The first…

(a) At least ten (10) days before the beginning of the session of school, it shall be the duty of all school district boards of directors to provide ample means of publicity, by posting or printing notices or by public announcement, as to the date on which any session of school s…

(a) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that public school facilities in the state are now effectively utilized only nine (9) or ten (10) months each year and that such facilities could be more efficiently utilized and educational opportunities in the various schoo…