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6-15-2202. Access to public school information on school improvement plans.
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6-15-2202. Access to public school information on school improvement plans.
(a) This section is intended to:
(1) Improve student achievement and close achievement gaps among student subgroups by providing public access to school-level improvement plans;
(2) Improve parental involvement and communication with parents;
(3) Increase transparency and accountability of public schools and public school districts to the public; and
(4) Make public school and public school district data more accessible to researchers and policymakers.
(b) By the twentieth day following the date a public school or public school district is required by law or rule to provide the applicable information listed in this subsection, a public school district shall post the most recent version of the following information on its website:
(1) The public school district's annual report card and the annual report card of each public school in the public school district;
(2) A parent-friendly explanation of why the public school district is receiving Level 5 — Intensive support, a school is identified as in need of targeted or comprehensive support, or the public school district is in fiscal distress and what the public school district is doing to be removed from Level 5 — Intensive support, to remove the school or schools within the public school district from being identified as in need of targeted or comprehensive support, or to be removed from fiscal distress;
(3) The public school district's parental involvement plan and the parental involvement plan of all public schools in the public school district and informational packets required under § 6-15-1702; and
(4) Teacher qualifications for all public schools in the public school district.
(c) Not less than annually, the Division of
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2202
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6-15-2202. Access to public school information on school improvement plans.
(a) This section is intended to:
(1) Improve student achievement and close achievement gaps among student subgroups by providing public access to school-level improvement plans;
(2) Improve parental involvement and communication with parents;
(3) Increase transparency and accountability of public schools and public school districts to the public; and
(4) Make public school and public school district data more accessible to researchers and policymakers.
(b) By the twentieth day following the date a public school or public school district is required by law or rule to provide the applicable information listed in this subsection, a public school district shall post the most recent version of the following information on its website:
(1) The public school district's annual report card and the annual report card of each public school in the public school district;
(2) A parent-friendly explanation of why the public school district is receiving Level 5 — Intensive support, a school is identified as in need of targeted or comprehensive support, or the public school district is in fiscal distress and what the public school district is doing to be removed from Level 5 — Intensive support, to remove the school or schools within the public school district from being identified as in need of targeted or comprehensive support, or to be removed from fiscal distress;
(3) The public school district's parental involvement plan and the parental involvement plan of all public schools in the public school district and informational packets required under § 6-15-1702; and
(4) Teacher qualifications for all public schools in the public school district.
(c) Not less than annually, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall monitor compliance with the requirements of this section when the division:
(1) Directly monitors a school for compliance with standards for accreditation; or
(2) Assists a school with its school-level improvement plan or school district support plan.
(d)(1) The division shall report a failure to comply with this section to the State Board of Education.
(2) The state board shall establish by rule that compliance with this section is a requirement for accreditation of a public school or public school district.
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6-15-1702. Parental involvement plan.
(a) Each public school district and each public school within its boundaries, in collaboration with parents, shall establish a parental involvement plan, including programs and practices that enhance parental involvement and reflect the specific needs of students and their families.
(b) The parental involvement program in each school shall:
(1) Involve parents of students at all grade levels in a variety of roles;
(2) Be comprehensive and coordinated in nature;
(3)(A) Recognize that communication between home and school should be regular, two-way, and meaningful.
(B) To encourage communication with parents, the school shall:
(i) Prepare an informational packet to be distributed annually to the parent of each child in the school, appropriate for the age and grade of the child, describing:
(a) The school's parental involvement program;
(b) The recommended role of the parent, student, teacher, and school;
(c) Ways for the parent to become involved in the school and his or her child's education;
(d) A survey for the parent regarding his or her interests concerning volunteering at the school;
(e) Activities planned throughout the school year to encourage parental involvement; and
(f) A system to allow the parents and teachers to communicate in a regular, two-way, and meaningful manner with the child's teacher and the school principal; and
(ii) Schedule no fewer than two (2) parent-teacher conferences per school year.
(C) The school may plan and engage in other activities determined by the school to be beneficial to encourage communication with parents;
(4)(A) Promote and support responsible parenting.
(B) To promote and support responsible parenting, the school shall, as funds are available:
(i) Purcha
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-1702
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 6-15-1702. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.