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6-16-1504. School district participation.
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6-16-1504. School district participation.
(a) A school district may participate in the Reengagement System and Differentiated Pathway to a High School Diploma Program by entering into:
(1) A model contract as specified under § 6-16-1505; or
(2) An interlocal agreement as specified under § 6-16-1505.
(b) This section does not affect the authority of a school district to:
(1) Contract for educational services;
(2) Offer reengagement programs that include career and college classes, internship opportunities, or other educational services for eligible students directly; or
(3) Have an audit conducted to ensure that the participating program offered by the school district meets academic standards adopted by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-16-1504
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6-16-1504. School district participation.
(a) A school district may participate in the Reengagement System and Differentiated Pathway to a High School Diploma Program by entering into:
(1) A model contract as specified under § 6-16-1505; or
(2) An interlocal agreement as specified under § 6-16-1505.
(b) This section does not affect the authority of a school district to:
(1) Contract for educational services;
(2) Offer reengagement programs that include career and college classes, internship opportunities, or other educational services for eligible students directly; or
(3) Have an audit conducted to ensure that the participating program offered by the school district meets academic standards adopted by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-16-1505. Model contract and model interlocal agreement.
(a) The State Board of Education shall develop and adopt a model contract and model interlocal agreement that a school district can tailor to its needs for adopting a participating program in the Reengagement System and Differentiated Pathway to a High School Diploma Program.
(b) A model contract or model interlocal agreement shall address without limitation:
(1) The responsibilities of identifying, referring, and enrolling eligible students;
(2) Instruction and services to be provided as part of a participating program;
(3) The responsibilities for data collection and reporting, including student transcripts and data required by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;
(4) Administration of the high school student assessments or their equivalent;
(5)(A) Uniform financial reimbursement rates per full-time equivalent eligible student enrolled in a participating program, calculated and allocated as a statewide annual average of public school funding and including enhancements for students enrolled in college classes and workforce readiness programs.
(B) Financial reimbursement may include a uniform administrative fee to be retained by the school district;
(6) The responsibilities for providing special education or related services for eligible students with disabilities who have an individualized education plan;
(7) Minimum instructional staffing ratios for participating programs offered by community-based organizations such as the Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge Program, which are not required to be the same as for other basic education programs in school districts; and
(8) Performance measures that are required to be reported to high school counselors for the purpose of ac
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-16-1505
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 6-16-1505. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.