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6-15-203. Notification of failure to meet standards for accreditation — Appeal.
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6-15-203. Notification of failure to meet standards for accreditation — Appeal.
(a)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education annually shall notify all schools or school districts failing to meet standards for accreditation for elementary and secondary schools not later than May 1 of each year of this determination.
(2)(A) However, at any time the division may immediately notify a public school or school district failing to meet standards for accreditation for elementary and secondary schools when the failure is discovered by the division under § 6-15-202(i).
(B) A public school or school district notified by the division of the public school's or school district's failure to meet the standards for accreditation due to actions taken under § 6-15-202(i) shall have the same period of time to appeal to the State Board of Education as provided under subdivision (b)(3) of this section.
(b)(1) In the event that a school district affected by this subchapter believes the division has improperly determined that a school or school district fails to meet the standards for accreditation, the school district shall have a right of appeal thereafter to the state board.
(2) Any appeal shall be held in an open hearing, and the decision of the state board shall be in open session.
(3) Appeals must be filed not later than May 15 following the May 1 determination of accreditation status, and the state board hearing must be held before June 30 of the same calendar year.
(4) The state board may confirm the classification of a local school or school district as determined by the division, or it may sustain the appeal of the school district.
(5) An aggrieved school district may appeal the ruling of the state board to Pulaski County Circuit Court pursuant to the Arka
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-203
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6-15-203. Notification of failure to meet standards for accreditation — Appeal.
(a)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education annually shall notify all schools or school districts failing to meet standards for accreditation for elementary and secondary schools not later than May 1 of each year of this determination.
(2)(A) However, at any time the division may immediately notify a public school or school district failing to meet standards for accreditation for elementary and secondary schools when the failure is discovered by the division under § 6-15-202(i).
(B) A public school or school district notified by the division of the public school's or school district's failure to meet the standards for accreditation due to actions taken under § 6-15-202(i) shall have the same period of time to appeal to the State Board of Education as provided under subdivision (b)(3) of this section.
(b)(1) In the event that a school district affected by this subchapter believes the division has improperly determined that a school or school district fails to meet the standards for accreditation, the school district shall have a right of appeal thereafter to the state board.
(2) Any appeal shall be held in an open hearing, and the decision of the state board shall be in open session.
(3) Appeals must be filed not later than May 15 following the May 1 determination of accreditation status, and the state board hearing must be held before June 30 of the same calendar year.
(4) The state board may confirm the classification of a local school or school district as determined by the division, or it may sustain the appeal of the school district.
(5) An aggrieved school district may appeal the ruling of the state board to Pulaski County Circuit Court pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
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25-15-201. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-15-201
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6-15-202. Accreditation — Development of rules, criteria, and standards.
(a)(1) The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to develop comprehensive rules, criteria, and standards to be used by the state board and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in the accreditation of school programs in elementary and secondary public schools in this state.
(2) In its rules, criteria, and standards promulgated under this subchapter, the state board shall include a provision regarding the attainment of unitary status for school districts that have not been released from court supervision over desegregation obligations.
(b)(1) All public schools and school districts shall meet the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts that shall be adopted by the state board.
(2)(A) Except as provided under subdivisions (b)(2)(B)-(E) of this section, upon a showing of just cause, the state board may grant a waiver of any standard for accreditation for a time period of no longer than one (1) school year, except that no curriculum, student performance, school performance, or any standard required by law may be waived for any time period.
(B) The state board may grant a waiver of a standard for accreditation for a time period of longer than one (1) school year to a school district for the purpose of combining or embedding the curriculum frameworks from two (2) separate courses into one (1) combined or embedded course if:
(i) The school district timely makes an application for approval of the combined or embedded course to the division under the rules adopted by the state board;
(ii) The school district certifies in writing to the state board that all of the curriculum frameworks for the two (2) separate courses will be fully
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-202
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 6-15-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.