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25-43-502. State entities transferred to Department of Education.
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25-43-502. State entities transferred to Department of Education.
(a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Education by a cabinet-level department transfer:
(1) The Arkansas Better Chance Program, created under § 6-45-105;
(2) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, created under § 6-61-201;
(3) The Arkansas School for the Blind, described in § 6-43-201 et seq.;
(4) The Arkansas School for the Deaf, created under § 6-43-301;
(5) The Arkansas State Library, created under § 13-2-203;
(6) The Board of Trustees for the Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf, created under § 6-43-101;
(7) The Department of Career Education, created under § 25-30-106, now to be known as the “Division of Career and Technical Education”;
(8) The Department of Education, created under § 25-6-102, now to be known as the “Division of Elementary and Secondary Education”;
(9) The Department of Higher Education, created under § 25-7-101, now to be known as the “Division of Higher Education”;
(10) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, created under § 6-21-112;
(11) The Division of Public School Accountability, created under § 6-15-102;
(12) The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, created under § 25-24-101;
(13) The State Board of Education, created under § 6-11-101;
(14) The State Library Board, created under § 13-2-205; and
(15) The AmeriCorps Office, created under § 25-43-504.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Education under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-43-502
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25-43-502. State entities transferred to Department of Education.
(a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Education by a cabinet-level department transfer:
(1) The Arkansas Better Chance Program, created under § 6-45-105;
(2) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, created under § 6-61-201;
(3) The Arkansas School for the Blind, described in § 6-43-201 et seq.;
(4) The Arkansas School for the Deaf, created under § 6-43-301;
(5) The Arkansas State Library, created under § 13-2-203;
(6) The Board of Trustees for the Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf, created under § 6-43-101;
(7) The Department of Career Education, created under § 25-30-106, now to be known as the “Division of Career and Technical Education”;
(8) The Department of Education, created under § 25-6-102, now to be known as the “Division of Elementary and Secondary Education”;
(9) The Department of Higher Education, created under § 25-7-101, now to be known as the “Division of Higher Education”;
(10) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, created under § 6-21-112;
(11) The Division of Public School Accountability, created under § 6-15-102;
(12) The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, created under § 25-24-101;
(13) The State Board of Education, created under § 6-11-101;
(14) The State Library Board, created under § 13-2-205; and
(15) The AmeriCorps Office, created under § 25-43-504.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Education under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division, office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the Department of Education under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of Education under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the cabinet-level Department of Education in the same manner as before the creation of the cabinet-level department.
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6-43-201. Board of trustees — Eligibility.
The superintendent, general business manager, and teachers of the Arkansas School for the Blind shall not be eligible for the office of trustee for the school.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-43-201
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6-43-301. Establishment.
An institute of learning is established in the State of Arkansas for the education of hearing impaired persons of the state, by and under the name and title of the Arkansas School for the Deaf.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-43-301
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6-45-105. Establishment of Arkansas Better Chance Program.
(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 Better Chance Program there is established the Arkansas Better Chance for School Success Program for providing appropriate early care and education programs for children three (3) years of age and four (4) years of age as identified under § 6-45-108(a).
(2)(A) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall award grants or contracts to appropriate early childhood programs selected by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with specified programmatic standards.
(B)(i) These standards will be developed by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, with the advice and assistance of the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission.
(ii) Standards for funding the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) will be developed in conjunction with the Arkansas HIPPY Advisory Board.
(C) The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) regional technical assistance and training center shall be defined and funded as an integral part of the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) to provide necessary training, technical assistance, and program support to program sites in Arkansas.
(b) The programmatic standards and other rules necessary for the implementation of the Arkansas Better Chance Program shall be adopted by the State Board of Education in accordance with the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(c)(1)
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-45-105
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6-61-201. Members — Meetings.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall consist of twelve (12) members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(A)(i) Six (6) members who shall be:
(a) Qualified electors of the State of Arkansas; and
(b) Graduates of public two-year or four-year institutions of higher education within the state.
(ii) If an appointee under this subdivision (a)(1)(A) is serving as a member of a board of a two-year or four-year institution of higher education at the time of appointment to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the appointee shall relinquish his or her membership on the board of the two-year or four-year institution of higher education; and
(B)(i) Six (6) members shall be selected from business, industry, education, agriculturally related industry, and medical services and shall not be current members of a board of a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education.
(ii) At least one (1) of the appointees shall have a strong interest in and commitment to economic and workforce development.
(iii) At least one (1) of the appointees shall have experience in the knowledge-based technology field.
(2) No more than four (4) members of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall be appointed from any one (1) congressional district as the districts exist at the time of the appointment.
(b) Vacancies on the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall be filled for the unexpired terms, and the appointments shall be made in the same manner as the positions vacated.
(c)(1) The members of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall serve staggered terms of six (6) years.
(2) The terms of two (2) members shall expire each year.
(d) An intensive orientation progr
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-201
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-61-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.