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AR Code § 6-47-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs|Chapter 47 - Distance Learning|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Distance Learning Development Project Act of 2003|§ 6-47-404. Establishment and implementation

 (a) There is established the Arkansas Distance Learning Development Program, which shall be conducted by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and administered through the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (b) The program shall have four (4) focus areas:  (1) To help alleviate the increasing shortage of available qualified teachers;  (2) To provide additional course-scheduling opportunities for students currently forced to choose between courses that are scheduled infrequently or concurrently;  (3) To provide an opportunity for students to access an enriched curriculum and additional courses beyond those mandated by the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts; and  (4) To develop and make available online professional development and instructional resources for all teachers and administrators.    (c)  (1) The funding necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter may be derived from donations, grants, or legislative appropriation.  (2) The commissioner may solicit and receive donations and grants for the purpose of administering the program.  (3)  (A) All donations, grants, and appropriations received shall be accounted for by the division.  (B) Fund balances may be carried over from one (1) year to the next to continue the program.      (d) The commissioner shall review the implementation of this program annually and make recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding the number and amount of awards to ensure that the purpose of the program is achieved.  (e) The commissioner may enter into contracts or provide grants to local education agencies, education service cooperatives, or other entities for personnel, facilities, and services necessary to implement this program.  (f) Students taking courses through this program shall be considered entitled to any public education credits and grades assigned through this program, and those credits and grades shall be accepted by all public schools in the State of Arkansas.  (g) Courses offered or taught through the program may be offered or taught to public school students, private school students, and home-schooled students in the State of Arkansas.  (h) A home-schooled student or a private school student enrolled in a distance learning course shall not be entitled to any rights, privileges, courses, activities, or services available to a public school student or open-enrollment public charter school student other than receiving appropriate credit for a completed distance learning course.
AR Code § 6-47-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs|Chapter 47 - Distance Learning|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Distance Learning Development Project Act of 2003|§ 6-47-405. Rules

 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-47-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs|Chapter 47 - Distance Learning|Subchapter 5 - Distance Learning Grants|§ 6-47-501. Purpose

 (a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to make available distance learning in every school district in the state.  (b) The primary purpose of providing distance learning technologies is to assist school districts in receiving advanced high school courses, advanced placement courses, enriched course content, or other academic courses not otherwise available in the school district.
AR Code § 6-47-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs|Chapter 47 - Distance Learning|Subchapter 5 - Distance Learning Grants|§ 6-47-502. Distance learning grants

 (a)  (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop grant standards and provide grants to education service cooperatives for acquiring equipment and receiving telecommunications services necessary for each school district to have distance learning availability.  (2) The grants shall be used to assist school districts that do not have distance learning capabilities and to assist school districts in upgrading existing distance learning capabilities.  (3) The grants shall also be used by the education service cooperatives to provide technical assistance to the school districts in implementing and maintaining distance learning as an educational tool.    (b)  (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall:  (A) Establish, by rule, standards for eligible equipment and telecommunications services; and  (B) Oversee the efficient operation and use of the system pursuant to law.    (2) Each school district shall have adequate connectivity to provide quality of service for distance learning.  (3) The distance learning technical protocol or protocols shall be in alignment with technical standards set by the Director of the Division of Information Systems.    (c) Education service cooperatives and school districts shall coordinate with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to seek to obtain the benefits of the Federal Communications Commission's E-rate program.
AR Code § 6-47-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs|Chapter 47 - Distance Learning|Subchapter 5 - Distance Learning Grants|§ 6-47-503. Distance learning consortiums

 School districts shall form collaborative efforts with other schools or education service cooperatives or both other schools and education service cooperatives that share common educational needs in order to ensure that the state maximizes distance learning services by distributing shared course content.
AR Code § 6-47-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs|Chapter 47 - Distance Learning|Subchapter 5 - Distance Learning Grants|§ 6-47-504. Effect on teachers

 A teacher who is under contract in a school district in the respective field of study that is being offered by distance learning pursuant to this subchapter shall not be terminated by the school district because of the availability of distance learning courses.
AR Code § 6-50-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-50-101. Contracts with private organizations

 The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with private organizations licensed by the State Board of Education in order to provide vocational-technical training to citizens of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 6-50-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-50-102. Training workers in existing industries

 (a) The role and function of the Arkansas Industry Training Program of the Arkansas Economic Development Council and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission is expanded to authorize the program to provide training of workers in existing industries as well as in new and expanding businesses and industries.  (b) Such training may be for:  (1) Upgrading skills and abilities of workers to operate modern, more sophisticated equipment;  (2) Providing workers with skills needed for initiating more modern processes and using more sophisticated materials; and  (3) Other situations which create a technical-upgrade training need of employees.    (c) The resources provided shall not be used to address worker training needs caused by turnover and normal attrition.  (d) The commission shall cooperate with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board in the operation of this program.
AR Code § 6-50-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-50-103. Participation in vocational student organizations

 (a)  (1) The Division of Career and Technical Education may reimburse secondary vocational centers and other public schools in Arkansas for dues, membership fees, supplies, travel, lodging, and other expenses related to a student's participation in vocational student organizations.  (2) The amount allowed pursuant to this section shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per student as documented by national and state membership records.  (3) The division may disburse funds after the final cut-off date for membership enrollments.    (b) The division shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this section.  (c) The provisions of this section shall be contingent on the appropriation and funding necessary to allow the division to carry out the duties assigned to it in this section.
AR Code § 6-50-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-50-104. Marketing and services provided outside of service areas

 This title of the Arkansas Code and corresponding rules promulgated under this title shall not limit the ability of a state-supported two-year institution of higher education to market, offer courses, or provide services to any individual who resides in this state, regardless of the service area, as defined in § 6-53-103, within which the individual resides.
AR Code § 6-50-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Work-Based Learning Act|§ 6-50-501. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Youth Apprenticeship/Work-Based Learning Act of 1991”.
AR Code § 6-50-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Work-Based Learning Act|§ 6-50-502. Legislative findings

 Whereas workplace changes have profoundly altered and increased the skills required of workers and managers; and   Whereas schools are struggling to improve the basic skills of the school-age population drawn increasingly from “at risk” households where children tend to leave school early; and   Whereas many noncollege-bound youth, especially women and minorities, spend their first years after high school unemployed or job-hopping from one low-skills job to another, with a consequent loss in productivity and access to career-oriented learning; and   Whereas most new jobs that will be created in the 1990s will require some postsecondary education; and   Whereas the economic position of “The Forgotten Half” — noncollege-bound high school graduates — is deteriorating, with real earnings declining by twenty-eight percent (28%) from 1973 to 1986, while the earnings of college graduates have risen; and   Whereas most employers in the United States lack a tradition of strong employee training;   Now, therefore, the State of Arkansas has determined that the establishment of a youth apprenticeship program can contribute significantly to addressing these problems by providing Arkansas's noncollege-bound young people with additional opportunities to develop meaningful job skills.
AR Code § 6-50-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Work-Based Learning Act|§ 6-50-503. Establishment of programs

 (a) The Division of Career and Technical Education is hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement work-based learning programs to provide additional educational and training opportunities for Arkansas high school students.  (b) The programs established under this section shall be based on the following fundamental principles:  (1) Providing strong employer commitment and involvement;  (2) Guiding high school students through a three-year or four-year process that connects high school and the first one (1) or two (2) years of postsecondary learning;  (3) Providing high-quality supervised learning opportunities for students at the work site;  (4) Integrating academic and vocational teaching and learning in the classroom and at work;  (5) Fostering interactive, team-based learning in the classroom;  (6) Including curriculum on all aspects of the industry;  (7) Using competency-based measures for evaluating student progress;  (8) Providing both academic and occupational credentials;  (9) Providing access and support to nontraditional groups; and  (10) Explicitly addressing issues regarding diversity in society and the workplace.    (c)  (1) The industries and occupations selected for the programs established under this section shall offer entry-level jobs with good opportunities for career advancement into high-skill, high-wage jobs.  (2) The division, the State Apprenticeship Coordination Steering Committee, and local sites shall take joint responsibility for identifying the industries and occupations selected in subdivision (c)(1) of this section.  (3) The State Apprenticeship Coordination Steering Committee is responsible for identifying traditional apprenticeship programs that are currently in place.
AR Code § 6-50-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Work-Based Learning Act|§ 6-50-505. Waiver of rules — Articulation agreements — Duties of Career Education and Workforce Development Board

 (a) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board may provide waivers of rules adopted by the Division of Career and Technical Education when waivers are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter so long as the waivers will not weaken the quality of the educational opportunities provided.  (b)  (1) The division also shall take the lead role in seeking the establishment of articulation agreements between high schools, technical institutes or vocational-technical schools, and institutions of higher education, with a goal of eliminating barriers to lifelong learning.  (2) The resulting articulation agreements will need to be approved by the appropriate local and state boards of the participating school districts, postsecondary technical institutes or vocational-technical schools, and institutions of higher education.    (c) The board is authorized to promulgate rules for the implementation of the program established by this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-50-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Act of 1995|§ 6-50-701. Title

 This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Act of 1995”.
AR Code § 6-50-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Act of 1995|§ 6-50-703. Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Program — Creation — Purpose

 (a) There is hereby created the Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Program, to be administered by a governing council composed of equal representation from the Division of Higher Education, the Division of Career and Technical Education, and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  (b) The primary purpose of the program shall be to provide financial assistance to Arkansas business and industry for upgrading the knowledge and skills of the existing work force or a potential new workforce and to increase the capacity of state-supported educational institutions to supply the ongoing training needs of Arkansas companies.  (c)  (1)  (A) When an eligible company uses a state-supported educational institution to provide its classroom training, financial support can be either in the form of a direct grant or in the form of an income tax credit.  (B) Companies that elect to receive a grant cannot claim a tax credit for the same purpose.    (2) When an eligible company is conducting internal training using company trainers or consultants, financial support can be only in the form of an income tax credit.  (3) When an eligible consortium uses a state-supported educational institution to provide its classroom training, financial support can be only in the form of a grant.
AR Code § 6-50-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Act of 1995|§ 6-50-705. Uses for grant funds or tax credits

 (a) The Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Program shall provide matching funds or approve income tax credits to eligible companies or consortia at a rate to be determined by the governing council.  (b) Matching funds may be provided to state-supported educational institutions to upgrade the skills of regular or adjunct faculty if approved by the governing council. Matching funds to upgrade faculty skills will only be granted when there is a documented demand for training in the area served by the educational institution and when there is no faculty member who can provide the needed training.
AR Code § 6-50-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-801. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Workforce Development Center Authority Act”.
AR Code § 6-50-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-802. Purpose — Construction

 (a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to:  (1) Enhance the availability, accessibility, responsiveness, and quality of vocational and technical education in this state;  (2) Assist cities and counties in upgrading the knowledge and skills of their existing workforce or potential new workforce;  (3) Encourage and facilitate cooperation between cities, counties, school districts, and vocational-technical schools; and  (4) Develop new funding sources for vocational and technical education.    (b) This subchapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its intent and purposes and shall be the sole authority required for the accomplishment of its purpose.
AR Code § 6-50-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-803. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Area of operation” means, for a workforce development center authority, the area within the combined geographical boundaries of every school district, city, and county that is a sponsor of a workforce development center authority;  (2) “Sponsor” means a school district, city, county, or vocational-technical school that is a sponsor of a workforce development center authority;  (3) “Vocational-technical school” means:  (A) A publicly supported vocational-technical school under § 6-51-202;  (B) A publicly supported technical institute under § 6-51-217; or  (C) A two-year or four-year state-supported institution of higher education that operates or has been approved to operate a secondary vocational center as of January 1, 2017;    (4) “Workforce development center” means a public education facility established by a workforce development center authority for any purpose of this subchapter; and  (5) “Workforce development center authority” means a public educational institution created under this subchapter to operate one (1) or more workforce development centers and to further the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-50-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-804. Workforce development center authority — Creation — Public corporation — Immunity

 (a)  (1) Four (4) or more sponsors listed under subdivision (a)(2) of this section may create a workforce development center authority.  (2) A workforce development center authority's four (4) or more sponsors:  (A) Shall include:  (i) One (1) or more school districts; and  (ii) One (1) or more vocational-technical schools; and    (B) May include one (1) or more cities or counties.      (b)  (1) A county or city shall not sponsor a workforce development center authority unless the governing body of the county or city provides by ordinance to sponsor the workforce development center authority.  (2) A school district or vocational-technical school shall not sponsor a workforce development center authority unless the governing body of the school district or vocational-technical school provides by resolution to sponsor the workforce development center authority.    (c)  (1) The sponsors of a workforce development center authority shall enter into an agreement establishing the terms and conditions for operation of the workforce development center authority.  (2) To the extent consistent with this subchapter, the agreement shall specify the information provided for in § 25-20-104(c) of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, § 25-20-101 et seq.  (3) The agreement shall be filed with the Secretary of State.    (d) By action of the board of directors of the workforce development center authority, a workforce development center authority established under this subchapter may add one (1) or more sponsors to the creating sponsors under subsection (a) of this section.  (e)  (1) Each workforce development center authority and its sponsors:  (A) Shall constitute a public corporation;  (B) Shall have perpetual succession;  (C) May contract and be contracted with;  (D) May sue and be sued; and  (E) May have and use a common seal.    (2) The exercise of the powers and performance of duties provided for in this subchapter by each workforce development center authority and its officers, agents, and employees are declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose and matters of public necessity, conferring upon each workforce development center authority governmental immunity from suit in tort.
AR Code § 6-50-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-805. Board of directors

 (a) The management and control of each workforce development center authority and its property, operations, business, and affairs shall be lodged in a board of directors of not less than five (5) members.  (b)  (1) The membership of the board of directors shall include:  (A) The superintendent of each sponsoring school district, or his or her designee; and  (B) The president or executive director of each sponsoring vocational-technical school, or his or her designee.    (2) The membership of the board of directors may include, as determined by the agreement establishing the terms and conditions for the operation of the workforce development center authority, one (1) or more of the following:  (A) The county judge of one (1) or more sponsoring counties, or his or her designee;  (B) The mayor of one (1) or more sponsoring cities, or his or her designee; and  (C)  (i) One (1) or more individuals appointed by the board of directors of one (1) or more sponsoring school districts.  (ii) The agreement establishing the terms and conditions for the operation of the workforce development center authority may define the term lengths, qualifications, and process for filling vacancies for individuals appointed by a school district board of directors.        (c) The board of directors shall elect a chair and other officers as determined by the board of directors.  (d) The members of the board of directors shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.