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6-18-2003. Comprehensive school counseling program and plan framework.
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6-18-2003. Comprehensive school counseling program and plan framework.
(a) Each public school district shall:
(1) Develop and implement a comprehensive school counseling program that ensures student services are coordinated in a manner that provides comprehensive support to all students; and
(2) Have a written plan for a comprehensive school counseling program that:
(A) Is implemented by an Arkansas-certified school counselor, a counselor serving under an additional licensure plan, or a school employee acting as a school counselor under a waiver granted under § 6-15-103(c);
(B) Utilizes state and nationally recognized counselor frameworks;
(C) Is reviewed annually and updated as needed by the school counselor in collaboration with the building administrator and other stakeholders;
(D) Is systemically aligned to kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) within the public school district; and
(E) Contains the following four (4) components of a comprehensive school counseling program:
(i) Foundation, which includes without limitation:
(a) Vision statements;
(b) Mission statements; and
(c) Program goals;
(ii) Management, which utilizes assessments and other data to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program;
(iii) Delivery, which focuses on direct and indirect services through the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program; and
(iv) Accountability, which ensures regular analysis of the comprehensive school counseling program that is provided.
(b) The comprehensive school counseling program required under subsection (a) of this section shall:
(1) Guide students in academic pursuits, career planning, and social and emotional learning;
(2) Follow the comprehensive school counseling program guid
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-2003
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6-18-2003. Comprehensive school counseling program and plan framework.
(a) Each public school district shall:
(1) Develop and implement a comprehensive school counseling program that ensures student services are coordinated in a manner that provides comprehensive support to all students; and
(2) Have a written plan for a comprehensive school counseling program that:
(A) Is implemented by an Arkansas-certified school counselor, a counselor serving under an additional licensure plan, or a school employee acting as a school counselor under a waiver granted under § 6-15-103(c);
(B) Utilizes state and nationally recognized counselor frameworks;
(C) Is reviewed annually and updated as needed by the school counselor in collaboration with the building administrator and other stakeholders;
(D) Is systemically aligned to kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) within the public school district; and
(E) Contains the following four (4) components of a comprehensive school counseling program:
(i) Foundation, which includes without limitation:
(a) Vision statements;
(b) Mission statements; and
(c) Program goals;
(ii) Management, which utilizes assessments and other data to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program;
(iii) Delivery, which focuses on direct and indirect services through the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program; and
(iv) Accountability, which ensures regular analysis of the comprehensive school counseling program that is provided.
(b) The comprehensive school counseling program required under subsection (a) of this section shall:
(1) Guide students in academic pursuits, career planning, and social and emotional learning;
(2) Follow the comprehensive school counseling program guidance provided by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;
(3) Include goals that are developed annually based on the vision and mission statements that are shared by stakeholders to ensure equitable access to opportunities for all students; and
(4) Identify student needs through a multilevel school data review that includes without limitation:
(A) Data analysis;
(B) Use-of-time data review;
(C) Program results data; and
(D) Communication and contact with administrators, parents, students, and stakeholders.
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6-15-103. School district waivers.
(a) A public school district may petition the State Board of Education for all or some of the waivers granted to an open-enrollment public charter school.
(b) The petition for all or some of the waivers granted to an open-enrollment public charter school that is submitted by a public school district shall include without limitation:
(1) The name of the open-enrollment public charter school that has the requested waiver;
(2) A copy of the waivers granted to the open-enrollment public charter school; and
(3) A list of the waivers that the public school district seeks to have granted.
(c)(1) The state board shall grant, in whole or in part, or deny, in whole or in part, a petition for a waiver submitted by a public school district within ninety (90) days of receiving the petition.
(2) The state board shall notify the superintendent of the public school district in writing of the decision of the state board.
(3) A waiver that is granted to a public school district, in whole or in part, shall be valid for the duration approved by the state board not to exceed the duration that the waiver is valid for the open-enrollment charter school.
(4) A waiver under this section shall not be granted for a period of time exceeding five (5) years.
(d) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may promulgate rules to implement this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-103
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 6-15-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.