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6-48-104. Division of Elementary and Secondary Education responsibilities.
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6-48-104. Division of Elementary and Secondary Education responsibilities.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules to implement this chapter, including without limitation rules that establish:
(1)(A) The criteria for distributing state funding for alternative learning environment programs.
(B) The criteria shall identify the characteristics of students who may be counted for the purpose of funding an alternative learning environment program including without limitation that a student is educated in the alternative learning environment for a minimum of twenty (20) consecutive days.
(C) If a student is educated in the alternative learning environment for fewer than twenty (20) days, the division may provide funding to a school district based on the actual number of days the student is educated in the alternative learning environment if the student:
(i) Leaves the school district to transfer to another alternative learning environment; or
(ii) Is placed in a residential treatment program;
(2)(A) The criteria for teacher training for teachers in alternative learning environments, including without limitation:
(i) In-service training in classroom management; and
(ii) Training in additional areas related to the specific needs and characteristics of students who are educated in alternative learning environments.
(B) The division shall award professional development credit for the training under this subdivision (a)(2); and
(3) Measures of effectiveness for alternative learning environments that measure:
(A) For the students educated in the alternative learning environment the effect on the students':
(i) School performance;
(ii) Need for intervention; and
(iii) School attendance and dropout rate; and
(B) Any
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-48-104
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6-48-104. Division of Elementary and Secondary Education responsibilities.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules to implement this chapter, including without limitation rules that establish:
(1)(A) The criteria for distributing state funding for alternative learning environment programs.
(B) The criteria shall identify the characteristics of students who may be counted for the purpose of funding an alternative learning environment program including without limitation that a student is educated in the alternative learning environment for a minimum of twenty (20) consecutive days.
(C) If a student is educated in the alternative learning environment for fewer than twenty (20) days, the division may provide funding to a school district based on the actual number of days the student is educated in the alternative learning environment if the student:
(i) Leaves the school district to transfer to another alternative learning environment; or
(ii) Is placed in a residential treatment program;
(2)(A) The criteria for teacher training for teachers in alternative learning environments, including without limitation:
(i) In-service training in classroom management; and
(ii) Training in additional areas related to the specific needs and characteristics of students who are educated in alternative learning environments.
(B) The division shall award professional development credit for the training under this subdivision (a)(2); and
(3) Measures of effectiveness for alternative learning environments that measure:
(A) For the students educated in the alternative learning environment the effect on the students':
(i) School performance;
(ii) Need for intervention; and
(iii) School attendance and dropout rate; and
(B) Any other characteristic of alternative learning environments deemed necessary by the division.
(b)(1) As part of the division's accreditation review of a school district under § 6-15-202, the division shall evaluate each alternative learning environment to ensure that the alternative learning environment is:
(A) Established and operated in compliance with this chapter; and
(B) Effective under the measurements established by the division under this section.
(2) The division shall identify a school district's noncompliance with this chapter on the school district's annual report card.
(c) The division shall identify information concerning best practices for educating students in alternative learning environments and disseminate that information to teachers and administrators working in alternative learning environments.
(d) Annually by September 15, the division shall provide to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education a report on:
(1) The information reported to it under § 6-48-102; and
(2) The effectiveness of alternative learning environments evaluated under this chapter.
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6-15-202. Accreditation — Development of rules, criteria, and standards.
(a)(1) The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to develop comprehensive rules, criteria, and standards to be used by the state board and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in the accreditation of school programs in elementary and secondary public schools in this state.
(2) In its rules, criteria, and standards promulgated under this subchapter, the state board shall include a provision regarding the attainment of unitary status for school districts that have not been released from court supervision over desegregation obligations.
(b)(1) All public schools and school districts shall meet the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts that shall be adopted by the state board.
(2)(A) Except as provided under subdivisions (b)(2)(B)-(E) of this section, upon a showing of just cause, the state board may grant a waiver of any standard for accreditation for a time period of no longer than one (1) school year, except that no curriculum, student performance, school performance, or any standard required by law may be waived for any time period.
(B) The state board may grant a waiver of a standard for accreditation for a time period of longer than one (1) school year to a school district for the purpose of combining or embedding the curriculum frameworks from two (2) separate courses into one (1) combined or embedded course if:
(i) The school district timely makes an application for approval of the combined or embedded course to the division under the rules adopted by the state board;
(ii) The school district certifies in writing to the state board that all of the curriculum frameworks for the two (2) separate courses will be fully
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-202
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 6-15-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-48-102. Alternative learning environment required — Reporting.
(a)(1) A school district shall provide one (1) or more alternative learning environments for all students who meet the minimum criteria established by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(2) A school district complies with this section if the school district provides an alternative learning environment by one (1) or more of the following methods:
(A) Establishes and operates an alternative learning environment;
(B) Cooperates with one (1) or more other school districts to establish and operate an alternative learning environment;
(C) Uses an alternative learning environment operated by an education service cooperative established under The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985, § 6-13-1001 et seq.; or
(D) Partners with a state-supported institution of higher education and technical institutes to provide concurrent courses or technical education options for academic learning to students in grades eight through twelve (8-12).
(b) Annually, a school district shall submit to the division:
(1) Information on race and gender of the students educated in the alternative learning environment;
(2) Any other information regarding students educated in alternative learning environments that the division requires by rule; and
(3) An assurance statement that the school district is in compliance with this chapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-48-102
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 6-48-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.