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6-15-2907. Statewide student assessment system — Definition.
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6-15-2907. Statewide student assessment system — Definition.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall implement a statewide student assessment system to be administered by Arkansas public schools on a schedule determined by the State Board of Education that includes the following components:
(1) Developmentally appropriate measurements or assessments for kindergarten through grade two (K-2) in literacy and mathematics;
(2) Assessments to measure English language arts, mathematics, and science as identified by the state board;
(3) Assessments of English proficiency of all English learners; and
(4)(A) Assessments to measure college and career readiness.
(B) A public school that serves any student in grades ten through twelve (10-12) shall administer college and career readiness assessments as determined by the state board to each student before he or she graduates from high school.
(C) Public school districts may offer additional college and career readiness assessments for students in grades ten through twelve (10-12) at no cost to the student by using public school district funding, including without limitation Enhanced Student Achievement Funding under § 6-20-2305.
(b) At the direction of the state board, the division shall cause assessment instruments to be administered at additional grade levels as necessary to measure educational achievement in the public schools of this state.
(c) The statewide student assessment system may include additional assessment options approved by the state board, including without limitation assessments to measure application of knowledge and skills in civics, government, and additional sciences, as measured on a schedule determined by the state board.
(d) A public school district, at its own expens
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2907
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6-15-2907. Statewide student assessment system — Definition.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall implement a statewide student assessment system to be administered by Arkansas public schools on a schedule determined by the State Board of Education that includes the following components:
(1) Developmentally appropriate measurements or assessments for kindergarten through grade two (K-2) in literacy and mathematics;
(2) Assessments to measure English language arts, mathematics, and science as identified by the state board;
(3) Assessments of English proficiency of all English learners; and
(4)(A) Assessments to measure college and career readiness.
(B) A public school that serves any student in grades ten through twelve (10-12) shall administer college and career readiness assessments as determined by the state board to each student before he or she graduates from high school.
(C) Public school districts may offer additional college and career readiness assessments for students in grades ten through twelve (10-12) at no cost to the student by using public school district funding, including without limitation Enhanced Student Achievement Funding under § 6-20-2305.
(b) At the direction of the state board, the division shall cause assessment instruments to be administered at additional grade levels as necessary to measure educational achievement in the public schools of this state.
(c) The statewide student assessment system may include additional assessment options approved by the state board, including without limitation assessments to measure application of knowledge and skills in civics, government, and additional sciences, as measured on a schedule determined by the state board.
(d) A public school district, at its own expense, may assess the academic achievement and growth of students by other means in addition to the required statewide student assessment system.
(e) All students enrolled in a public school district shall participate in the statewide student assessment system.
(f) Public school district boards of directors shall not establish school calendars that limit or interfere with student participation in the statewide student assessment system.
(g) The State of Arkansas shall participate in the administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress examinations.
(h) The division shall provide for statewide student assessments that are:
(1) Valid and reliable;
(2) Obtained or developed, as appropriate, through contracts and project agreements;
(3) Aligned to the Arkansas academic standards; and
(4) Scored and returned for public school and school district use by July 1 of each year.
(i)(1) Public schools, school districts, and educators shall maintain assessment security and confidentiality.
(2)(A)(i) The following individuals may serve as the test administrator during the administration of a statewide student assessment under this subchapter if the individual has received the training required by the division:
(a) A licensed educator, including a long-term substitute teacher;
(b) A retired educator; and
(c) An individual employed under a waiver from licensure as a teacher of record or as an administrator.
(ii) If accompanied by a test administrator as described in subdivision (i)(2)(A)(i) of this section, any employee, including a substitute teacher, may serve as a test proctor.
(B) A relative or guardian of a student shall not serve as a test administrator or proctor in the same testing room as the student during the administration of an assessment under this subchapter.
(C) As used in this section, “long-term substitute teacher” means an individual who holds a valid teaching license who does not have a full-time contract with a school district.
(3) A violation by a public school, a public school district, or an educator of the security or confidential integrity of any test or assessment may result in action by the state board under §§ 6-17-410 and 6-17-428 or under the rules promulgated by the state board to implement this subchapter.
(j) The statewide student assessment system shall not assess students' religious or political beliefs.
(k)(1) The assessment scores of students attending the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall be sent to and included on the reports of the public school district the student attended immediately before transferring to the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts.
(2) Copies of the assessment scores of students attending the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall be made available to the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts.
(l) Public school districts shall analyze and report student performance data to students, parents, and the community, if the disclosures are not in conflict with applicable federal law and state law.
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6-17-410. Teacher licensure — Application, renewal application, revocation, suspension, and probation — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A)(i) An applicant for a license issued by the State Board of Education, an applicant for license renewal, and a preservice teacher shall apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a statewide and nationwide criminal records check, to be conducted by the Division of Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(ii) The check shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints as required under § 6-17-417.
(iii) The Identification Bureau may maintain these fingerprints in the automated fingerprint identification system.
(iv) An institution of higher education is not required to bar a student from enrollment in an educator preparation program due to a disqualifying offense.
(B) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall be responsible for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal records check.
(2) Upon completion of the criminal records check, the Identification Bureau shall forward all releasable information obtained concerning the applicant to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(3)(A) An applicant for a license issued by the state board, an applicant for license renewal, and a preservice teacher are required to request through the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education a Child Maltreatment Central Registry check to be conducted by the Department of Human Services.
(B) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and is responsible for the payment of any fee associated with
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-410
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6-17-428. Ethical violations — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Code of ethics” means the code of ethics for educators established by the Professional Licensure Standards Board under § 6-17-422;
(2) “Educator” means, at the time of the alleged violation:
(A) A person holding a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, ancillary license, provisional license, technical permit, or administrator's license issued by the State Board of Education, even if the license expires during the pendency of the ethics complaint process;
(B) A preservice teacher;
(C) An individual employed under a waiver from licensure as a teacher of record or as an administrator; or
(D) A person employed under an emergency teaching permit;
(3)(A) “Ethical violation” means an act or omission on the part of an educator when the educator knew or reasonably should have known that the act or omission was in violation of the code of ethics.
(B) “Ethical violation” does not include:
(i) A reasonable mistake made in good faith;
(ii) An act or omission undertaken in accordance with the reasonable instructions of a supervisor; or
(iii) An act or omission under circumstances in which the educator had a reasonable belief that failure to follow the instructions of a supervisor would result in an adverse job action against the educator;
(4) “Ethics complaint” means a document that:
(A) States facts constituting an alleged ethical violation of the code of ethics; and
(B) Is signed under penalty of perjury by the person filing the ethics complaint; and
(5) “Preservice teacher” means an unlicensed person who is enrolled as a student in an educator preparation program.
(b)(1) The Professional Licensure Standards Board shall:
(A) Establish procedures for:
(i) Receiving
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-428
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6-20-2305. School funding.
(a)(1)(A) For each school year, each school district shall receive state foundation funding aid computed as the foundation funding amount under subdivision (a)(2) of this section less the sum of:
(i) Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax multiplied by the property assessment of the school district; and
(ii) An amount of miscellaneous funds of the school district calculated under § 6-20-2308.
(B) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall distribute state foundation funding aid to each school district in twelve (12) monthly payments.
(2)(A) For the 2019-2020 school year, the foundation funding amount is equal to six thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars ($6,899) multiplied by the school district's average daily membership for the previous school year.
(B) For the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, the foundation funding amount is equal to seven thousand eighteen dollars ($7,018) multiplied by the school district's average daily membership for the previous school year.
(3)(A) A school district that has experienced a decline in average daily membership over the two (2) immediately preceding school years shall receive:
(i) Declining enrollment funding equal to the difference between the average of the two (2) immediately preceding years' average daily memberships and the average daily membership for the previous school year multiplied by the amount of foundation funding set forth in subdivision (a)(2) of this section; or
(ii) Special needs isolated funding under § 6-20-604.
(B) Any funding appropriated and available for declining enrollment funding under subdivision (a)(3)(A)(i) of this section or special needs isolated funding under § 6-20-604 that is not distributed under
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-2305
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 6-20-2305. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.