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AR Code § 6-18-1501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 15 - Mandated Eye and Vision Screening Procedures and Tests for Children|§ 6-18-1501. Vision screenings

 (a)  (1)  (A)  (i) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, all children in prekindergarten (preK), kindergarten (K), grades one (1), two (2), four (4), six (6), and eight (8) and all transfer students shall receive an eye and vision screening.  (ii) This requirement applies to public schools and public charter schools.    (B)  (i) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall ensure the provision of all general revenues necessary to access federal funds for eye and vision screenings for all qualified federal healthcare program recipients.  (ii) The school district shall be responsible for all remaining costs associated with eye and vision screenings.    (C) Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude voluntary screening of any educational grade or preclude the referral of any child regardless of grade who the teacher or school nurse feels should be screened or examined.    (2) The responsibility for the enforcement of this section rests equally with each school district or public charter school and the parent or guardian of the child.    (b) An eye and vision screening shall include the following tests, procedures, equipment, and instruments approved by the Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children and the division:  (1) Observation and external inspection of the eye;  (2) Distance visual acuity test using a Snellen eye chart at twenty feet (20') or an age or developmentally appropriate chart at ten feet (10') outside a vision screening instrument;  (3) A plus lens visual acuity test using a Snellen eye chart at twenty feet (20') or an age or developmentally appropriate chart at ten feet (10') outside a vision screening instrument; and  (4) Visual screening instrument tests, which include:  (A) Lateral muscle balance test at far;  (B) Vertical muscle balance test at far;  (C) Fusion or binocularity at far;  (D) Lateral muscle balance test at near;  (E) Fusion or binocularity at near; and  (F) Color perception.      (c) A child who fails an eye and vision screening shall be rescreened within one (1) month of the initial screening by the school nurse or a school vision care consultant.  (d)  (1) An eye and vision screening report shall be sent or given to each parent or guardian of each child who has failed the vision screening test.  (2) The report shall identify whether the child passed or failed the screening and the need for a comprehensive eye and vision examination.  (3) The report shall be mailed or given directly to the parent or guardian by the appropriate school personnel and shall comply with all applicable privacy laws.
AR Code § 6-18-1502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 15 - Mandated Eye and Vision Screening Procedures and Tests for Children|§ 6-18-1502. Eye exams

 (a)  (1) A child who does not pass the eye and vision screening tests, except for the color perception test, shall be required to have a comprehensive eye and vision examination conducted by an optometrist or ophthalmologist within sixty (60) days of receipt of the vision screening report identifying the need for the examination.  (2) The parent or guardian of the child shall be responsible for ensuring that the child receives the appropriate eye and vision examination.    (b)  (1) If a child does not receive an appropriate examination, as evidenced by a certificate signed by an optometrist or ophthalmologist acknowledging the examination, then the public school or public charter school where the child is registered shall report the child to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (2) The local school district shall take such action as necessary to encourage that the child receive an appropriate examination.    (c) A child who has had a comprehensive eye and vision examination conducted by an optometrist or ophthalmologist within six (6) months of an eye and vision screening is not required to have another examination if the parent or guardian of the child presents evidence of a comprehensive eye and vision examination in the form of a certificate signed by an optometrist or ophthalmologist acknowledging the examination.
AR Code § 6-18-1503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 15 - Mandated Eye and Vision Screening Procedures and Tests for Children|§ 6-18-1503. Forms

 (a) Standardized forms for eye and vision screening reports shall be developed by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in conjunction with the Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children and adopted by the division in rules promulgated under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (b) The standardized forms shall include:  (1) A screening form;  (2) A parent notification form;  (3) A doctor report form;  (4) A form to report the results of screening and examination; and  (5) Any other forms deemed necessary by the commission.    (c) Every public school and public charter school shall use the standardized forms for eye and vision screening reports.
AR Code § 6-18-1504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 15 - Mandated Eye and Vision Screening Procedures and Tests for Children|§ 6-18-1504. Training

 The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, in conjunction with the Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children, shall adopt rules that establish standards for training school nurses to perform eye and vision screenings.
AR Code § 6-18-1506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 15 - Mandated Eye and Vision Screening Procedures and Tests for Children|§ 6-18-1506. Consultant

 Each school district is encouraged to select one (1) or more optometrists or ophthalmologists to serve as nonpaid eye and vision care consultants to provide advice and assistance with eye and vision screenings and examinations.
AR Code § 6-18-1601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1601. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Universal ACT Assessment Program Act”.
AR Code § 6-18-1602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “ACT Assessment” means a test of student educational development that measures student readiness for future learning and that may be used by institutions of higher education as part of their admissions, placement, and scholarship processes and by high schools to improve college and workforce readiness; and  (2) “Smart Core” means:  (A) The college and career readiness curriculum by that name under the rules of the State Board of Education; or  (B) A college and career readiness curriculum that is:  (i) Established by rules of the state board in coordination with the Division of Higher Education; and  (ii) Substituted for the curriculum named “Smart Core”.
AR Code § 6-18-1603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1603. Creation

 There is created in the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education the Universal ACT Assessment Program to be developed, implemented, and administered by the division as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-18-1604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1604. Purpose

 The purpose of the Universal ACT Assessment Program is to:   (1) Improve the college readiness of all students in grade eleven (11);  (2) Prevent or minimize the continued remediation of nearly fifty percent (50%) of all students entering Arkansas institutions of higher education in one (1) or more subjects because they do not meet the college readiness score of nineteen (19) or higher on the ACT Assessment;  (3) Advance the number of students, including students of low income, English-language learners, and minority students, taking the ACT Assessment while in grade eleven (11) to increase the number of first-generation college students;  (4) Increase the college participation rates among all racial and ethnic groups;  (5) Improve preparation for college and the workforce;  (6) Improve the course selection patterns of high school students;  (7) Increase the early identification of college-ready students;  (8) Support students participating in the Smart Core by providing a baseline for their college and workforce readiness and an opportunity to benefit from earlier remediation or course selection review; and  (9) Provide a link between what students have learned, what they need to learn, and what is necessary in order to be college or workforce ready or both by providing expectations and measuring their progress.
AR Code § 6-18-1605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1605. Smart Core and ACT Assessment

 (a) The General Assembly finds that students who take the recommended Smart Core courses or students who take additional courses after completing the Smart Core continue to perform better on the ACT Assessment than students who take less than the recommended core.  (b) The recommended core courses according to ACT Assessment officials include:  (1) Four (4) years or more of English;  (2) Three (3) years or more of mathematics;  (3) Three (3) years or more of social studies; and  (4) Three (3) years or more of natural sciences.
AR Code § 6-18-1606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1606. Implementation

 (a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the Universal ACT Assessment Program may provide each student in grades nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), or twelve (12) with the opportunity to take the ACT Assessment while in grades nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), or twelve (12) without any charge by using school district funding, including National School Lunch Act funds, 42 U.S.C. § 1751 et seq., to pay for the exams as approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (b) A public school district shall allow a student to choose to take the ACT Assessment under subsection (a) of this section in grade ten (10) or grade eleven (11).
AR Code § 6-18-1607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1607. Rules

 The Division of Higher Education and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop rules for the administration of this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-18-1608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 16 - Universal ACT Assessment Program Act|§ 6-18-1608. Reporting

 The Division of Higher Education and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall submit a combined annual report to the Legislative Council by December 1 of each year that establishes compliance with this subchapter, provides data on the number of participants in the Universal ACT Assessment Program, and outlines the impact of this program on the college readiness of high school seniors and the remediation rates at institutions of higher education.
AR Code § 6-18-1701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 17 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act|§ 6-18-1701. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act”.
AR Code § 6-18-1702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 17 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act|§ 6-18-1702. Legislative findings

 The General Assembly finds that:   (1) Many international student exchange visitor placement organizations have been established to provide students from other countries the opportunity to share their histories, languages, and cultures with their counterparts in this state;  (2) International exchange programs give the state's students and school faculty the opportunity to share their histories, languages, and cultures with foreign students;  (3) Arkansas's own former United States Senator James William Fulbright championed efforts to establish international exchange programs, the most famous of which bears his name, the “Fulbright Fellowships”; and  (4) This subchapter is necessary to provide a registration procedure and process for these organizations in order to make information concerning these organizations accessible to the people of Arkansas.
AR Code § 6-18-1703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 17 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act|§ 6-18-1703. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “International student exchange visitor placement organization” or “organization” means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity that regularly arranges the placement of international student exchange visitors for the purpose, in whole or in part, of allowing the student an opportunity to attend school in the United States; and  (2) “Representative” means a natural person who is responsible on behalf of an international student exchange visitor placement organization for:  (A) The selection of a suitable host family for the placement of a foreign exchange student;  (B) The enrollment of a foreign exchange student in a local public or private school; and  (C) The periodic monitoring of the foreign exchange student and his or her living conditions and educational progress.
AR Code § 6-18-1704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 17 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act|§ 6-18-1704. Compliance required

 An international student exchange visitor placement organization shall not place a foreign exchange student with a host family or in a public or private school in this state without complying with this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-18-1705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 17 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act|§ 6-18-1705. Rules

 The Secretary of State shall adopt necessary rules concerning the registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations for the implementation of this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-18-1707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 17 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act|§ 6-18-1707. Informational document

 International student exchange visitor placement organizations that provide services to place students in this state shall provide before arrival to each student, host family, and school principal of the school in which the student is being placed an informational document in English that shall include the following:   (1) An explanation of the services to be performed by the organization for the student, host family, and school district, which shall include:  (A) The name, address, and telephone number of the local representative of the placement organization and the local representative's immediate superior; and  (B) The responsibilities and duties of the local representative of the placement organization and the local representative's immediate superior;    (2) A copy of this subchapter; and  (3)  (A) Telephone numbers and email addresses that the student, host family, and school district may use for assistance, which shall include the telephone numbers and email addresses of the following organizations:  (i) The United States Department of State; and  (ii) The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel.    (B) The telephone numbers shall include, at a minimum, a telephone number for the placement organization and the telephone numbers of the placement organization's national headquarters if any.
AR Code § 6-18-1708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 17 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act|§ 6-18-1708. Violations

 A placement organization that fails to register as required by this subchapter or that submits false or incorrect information to the Secretary of State in filing statements required by this subchapter, whether or not the statement or report is verified, shall be prohibited from placing students in this state during the following academic year.
AR Code § 6-18-1801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 18 - Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children|§ 6-18-1801. Intent

 (a) The General Assembly recognizes:  (1) The importance of adequate eye and vision care for school-age children as an important component to maximizing their educational opportunities and classroom performance; and  (2) The need for a study to be conducted to evaluate eye and vision care in school-age children and to develop a strategic statewide plan regarding the needs and solutions of eye and vision problems of school-age children.    (b) Therefore, the purposes of this act are to create a commission to conduct such a study and to make findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor.
AR Code § 6-18-1802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 18 - Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children|§ 6-18-1802. Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children

 (a)  (1) There is established the Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children to be composed of seventeen (17) members.  (2) The following members shall be appointed by the Governor:  (A) Four (4) optometrists;  (B) Two (2) ophthalmologists;  (C) One (1) pediatrician;  (D) One (1) school nurse who is currently working in a public elementary school in this state;  (E) One (1) person currently working as a principal in a public elementary school in this state; and  (F) One (1) person currently working as a classroom teacher in a public elementary school in this state.    (3) The following members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives:  (A) One (1) family practice physician; and  (B) One (1) principal of a public elementary school.    (4) The following members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate:  (A) One (1) family practice physician; and  (B) One (1) teacher in a public elementary school.    (5) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall appoint one (1) member who has a child in a public school in this state.  (6) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall appoint one (1) member who has a child in a public school in this state.  (7) The optometrist serving on the State Board of Health shall also be a member of the board and shall serve as a liaison to the Department of Health.    (b)  (1) The Governor shall designate one (1) of the optometrist appointees to serve as chair of the commission.  (2) The members of the commission shall select from their membership a vice chairperson, a secretary, and a treasurer.    (c) The first meeting shall be held within thirty (30) days of the appointment of the members by the Governor, and shall be called by the chair.  (d)  (1) A majority of the membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum.  (2) A majority vote of those members present shall be required for any action of the commission.    (e) Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as is provided in this section for initial appointments.  (f) To the extent that moneys are made available for that purpose, the members of the commission may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-902.