Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
6-16-128. Arkansas Early Grades Foreign Language Pilot Program.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-16-128. Arkansas Early Grades Foreign Language Pilot Program.
(a) There is hereby created the Arkansas Early Grades Foreign Language Pilot Program. The purpose of this program is to encourage the development of new foreign language programs for students in kindergarten through grade six (K-6), with an emphasis on Spanish.
(b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Division of Higher Education and representatives of the state's foreign language educators, shall develop a request-for-proposals process whereby public schools serving students in kindergarten through grade six (K-6) may apply for funding, not to exceed three (3) years, to establish a foreign language training program, with an emphasis on Spanish.
(c)(1) The awards granted under the provisions of this section and § 6-16-127 may be funded by donations, grants, or legislative appropriation.
(2) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education may solicit and receive donations and grants for the purpose of making awards.
(3) All donations, grants, and appropriations received shall be accounted for by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(4) The provisions of this section and § 6-16-127 shall be contingent on the appropriation and funding necessary to allow the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to carry out the duties assigned to it in this section and § 6-16-127.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-16-128
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. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Issuing source page ↗
Authority boundary: historical statutory source snapshot not current law.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:6-16-128
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.06.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 03290cb6ed96212168a8ef401997432cb656efd14cd66f193fc998f99e7f54dc
Source location: content.xml paragraph 9838
Stored source content
6-16-128. Arkansas Early Grades Foreign Language Pilot Program.
(a) There is hereby created the Arkansas Early Grades Foreign Language Pilot Program. The purpose of this program is to encourage the development of new foreign language programs for students in kindergarten through grade six (K-6), with an emphasis on Spanish.
(b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Division of Higher Education and representatives of the state's foreign language educators, shall develop a request-for-proposals process whereby public schools serving students in kindergarten through grade six (K-6) may apply for funding, not to exceed three (3) years, to establish a foreign language training program, with an emphasis on Spanish.
(c)(1) The awards granted under the provisions of this section and § 6-16-127 may be funded by donations, grants, or legislative appropriation.
(2) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education may solicit and receive donations and grants for the purpose of making awards.
(3) All donations, grants, and appropriations received shall be accounted for by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(4) The provisions of this section and § 6-16-127 shall be contingent on the appropriation and funding necessary to allow the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to carry out the duties assigned to it in this section and § 6-16-127.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-16-127. Arkansas Foreign Language Teacher Training Program.
(a) This section and § 6-16-128 shall be known as “The Arkansas Foreign Language Act of 1999”.
(b) There is hereby created the Arkansas Foreign Language Teacher Training Program. The purpose of this program is to:
(1) Encourage undergraduate students who intend to teach in the state's public schools to pursue a foreign language degree;
(2) Encourage currently licensed foreign language teachers to pursue additional training or an advanced degree in a foreign language;
(3) Encourage licensed personnel to add foreign language to their areas of licensure; and
(4) Encourage individuals to seek licensure as a foreign language teacher in grades kindergarten through eight (K-8).
(c) The Division of Higher Education, in consultation with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and representatives of the state's foreign language educators, shall develop a request-for-proposals process whereby Arkansas institutions of higher education with teacher training programs may apply for funding, not to exceed three (3) years, to enhance their foreign language teacher training program.
(d)(1) The awards granted under the provisions of this section and § 6-16-128 may be funded by donations, grants, or legislative appropriation.
(2) All donations, grants, and appropriations received shall be accounted for by the Division of Higher Education.
(3) The Director of the Division of Higher Education may solicit and receive donations and grants for the purpose of making awards.
(4) The provisions of this section and § 6-16-128 shall be contingent on the appropriation and funding necessary to allow the Division of Higher Education to carry out the duties assigned it in this section and § 6-16-128.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-16-127
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 6-16-127. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.