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6-21-810. Public School Academic Equipment Manual.
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6-21-810. Public School Academic Equipment Manual.
(a) The Public School Academic Equipment Manual shall contain uniform standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment determined to be necessary for a public school to provide an adequate education as described in § 6-20-2302.
(b)(1) The standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment shall address the following areas:
(A) Science and mathematics;
(B) Library media center;
(C) English and language arts;
(D) Foreign languages;
(E) Social studies;
(F) Health education and physical education;
(G) Art;
(H) Music;
(I) Guidance and health services; and
(J) Workforce education.
(2) The standards shall account for variations in a school district's use of and need for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment such as size of school district, grade configuration of schools within the school district, number of course offerings available, and enrollment levels.
(3) The standards shall establish a method for creating, maintaining, and updating an inventory of public school academic equipment, including, without limitation, technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-21-810
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6-21-810. Public School Academic Equipment Manual.
(a) The Public School Academic Equipment Manual shall contain uniform standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment determined to be necessary for a public school to provide an adequate education as described in § 6-20-2302.
(b)(1) The standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment shall address the following areas:
(A) Science and mathematics;
(B) Library media center;
(C) English and language arts;
(D) Foreign languages;
(E) Social studies;
(F) Health education and physical education;
(G) Art;
(H) Music;
(I) Guidance and health services; and
(J) Workforce education.
(2) The standards shall account for variations in a school district's use of and need for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment such as size of school district, grade configuration of schools within the school district, number of course offerings available, and enrollment levels.
(3) The standards shall establish a method for creating, maintaining, and updating an inventory of public school academic equipment, including, without limitation, technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
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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