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6-15-2503. Inclusion of schools within designated education renewal zone.
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6-15-2503. Inclusion of schools within designated education renewal zone.
(a)(1) The Division of Education Renewal Zones, the State Board of Education, and the local school districts shall exercise due diligence to assure, to the extent that funds are available, that each school identified as a school in need of support under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95, is included in a designated education renewal zone.
(2) The state board may promulgate rules establishing criteria for the placement of schools in need of support in a designated education renewal zone if insufficient funds exist to place all schools in need of support in a designated education renewal zone.
(b) At its discretion, the division may include any school regardless of its eligibility under the criteria in § 6-15-2502(d)(3)(C)(i)-(v) if it determines, on the basis of location, characteristics of its faculty or leadership, needs of the students, or other factors, that the inclusion of such a school significantly strengthens the prospect of the education renewal zone in meeting its school improvement goals.
(c) At its discretion, the division may change participating schools within each education renewal zone.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2503
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6-15-2503. Inclusion of schools within designated education renewal zone.
(a)(1) The Division of Education Renewal Zones, the State Board of Education, and the local school districts shall exercise due diligence to assure, to the extent that funds are available, that each school identified as a school in need of support under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95, is included in a designated education renewal zone.
(2) The state board may promulgate rules establishing criteria for the placement of schools in need of support in a designated education renewal zone if insufficient funds exist to place all schools in need of support in a designated education renewal zone.
(b) At its discretion, the division may include any school regardless of its eligibility under the criteria in § 6-15-2502(d)(3)(C)(i)-(v) if it determines, on the basis of location, characteristics of its faculty or leadership, needs of the students, or other factors, that the inclusion of such a school significantly strengthens the prospect of the education renewal zone in meeting its school improvement goals.
(c) At its discretion, the division may change participating schools within each education renewal zone.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-15-2502. Establishment of education renewal zones — Purpose — Organization.
(a) A public school, an education service cooperative, or an institution of higher education is authorized to enter into one (1) or more interlocal agreements through which they collaborate to improve public school performance and academic achievement.
(b) Each interlocal agreement shall establish an education renewal zone.
(c) The purpose of an education renewal zone shall be to:
(1) Identify and implement education and management strategies designed specifically to improve public school performance and student academic achievement throughout the State of Arkansas, with special focus on the public schools in need of support;
(2) Provide for collaboration among the state's smaller schools and school districts in order to achieve some of the advantages of economies of scale in providing educational and related activities;
(3) Maximize benefits and outcomes of public schooling by concentrating and coordinating the resources of Arkansas’s higher education institutions, the expertise of the regional education service cooperatives, and the technical assistance of other service providers to improve public school performance and student academic achievement; and
(4) Enable small, rural, and low-wealth schools to make the best use of the latest cost-effective distance learning technology to enhance curricula and professional development through two-way interactive learning environments.
(d) Each education renewal zone shall consist of the following:
(1)(A) A higher education partner.
(B) The Division of Education Renewal Zones shall develop, publish, and disseminate guidelines for establishing an education renewal zone, including a process for selecting a qualified higher education
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2502
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 6-15-2502. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.