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6-16-139. Technology curriculum.
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6-16-139. Technology curriculum.
(a) In order to prepare public school students in the State of Arkansas for successful participation in a growing knowledge-based economy and technology-rich world and to improve student achievement, the public school curriculum must integrate technology into the educational process.
(b)(1)(A) In order to further the intent of this section, the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, with the advice of the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, shall develop a knowledge-based technology curriculum for use in grades seven through twelve (7-12).
(B) The curriculum shall be organized into a scope and sequence that constitutes a plan for achieving the educational objectives necessary for an adequate education as described in § 6-20-2302 and shall include the following components for each course in the curriculum:
(i) A collection of the substantive material used to teach a particular subject matter;
(ii) Lesson plans; and
(iii) Recommendations for activities and other learning processes.
(2) The curriculum shall be developed in sufficient time to allow for implementation in the 2007-2008 school year.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-16-139
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6-16-139. Technology curriculum.
(a) In order to prepare public school students in the State of Arkansas for successful participation in a growing knowledge-based economy and technology-rich world and to improve student achievement, the public school curriculum must integrate technology into the educational process.
(b)(1)(A) In order to further the intent of this section, the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, with the advice of the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, shall develop a knowledge-based technology curriculum for use in grades seven through twelve (7-12).
(B) The curriculum shall be organized into a scope and sequence that constitutes a plan for achieving the educational objectives necessary for an adequate education as described in § 6-20-2302 and shall include the following components for each course in the curriculum:
(i) A collection of the substantive material used to teach a particular subject matter;
(ii) Lesson plans; and
(iii) Recommendations for activities and other learning processes.
(2) The curriculum shall be developed in sufficient time to allow for implementation in the 2007-2008 school year.
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6-20-2302. Legislative findings.
(a) The General Assembly recognizes that:
(1) Intelligence and virtue are the safeguards of liberty and the bulwark of a free and good government; and
(2) Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 1, requires the State of Arkansas to ever maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools and to adopt all suitable means to secure to the people the advantages and opportunities of education.
(b) The General Assembly finds that because of the decision of the Supreme Court in Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee, 351 Ark. 31 (2002), it is the absolute duty of the State of Arkansas to provide all public school children with an opportunity for an adequate education.
(c) The General Assembly finds that a suitable and efficient system of public education should:
(1) Assure the availability of substantially equal and constitutionally appropriate expenditures by the state for the education of each similarly situated child in the public schools, regardless of where that child resides within the state;
(2) Assure that each school-age child resides in a school district that offers a competitive minimum salary for classroom teachers;
(3) Assure that:
(A) All students graduating from high school are able to demonstrate a defined adequate level of competence in:
(i) English, oral communications, reading, and writing;
(ii) Mathematics skills; and
(iii) Science and social studies disciplines; and
(B) An adequate level of competence evolves over time to higher levels;
(4) Assure that students with disabilities have the opportunity to graduate from high school by demonstrating alternative competencies or alternative levels of competency;
(5) Assure that students who are not on track for high school gra
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-2302
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