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AR Code § 6-21-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 6-21-802. Intent

 (a) The General Assembly recognizes that:  (1) Intelligence and virtue are the safeguards of liberty and the bulwarks of a free and good government; and  (2) Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 1, requires the state to ever maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools and to adopt all suitable means to secure the advantages and opportunities of education to the people of the State of Arkansas.    (b) The General Assembly finds that because of the opinions of the Supreme Court in the matter of Lake View School District No. 25 vs. Huckabee, it is the absolute duty of the State of Arkansas to provide all public school children with an opportunity for an adequate education, which includes access to adequate academic facilities and equipment.  (c) The General Assembly finds that in order to satisfy the constitutional expectations of the Supreme Court, the state should:  (1) Provide constitutionally appropriate public school academic facilities for the education of each similarly situated child in the public schools of Arkansas, regardless of where that child resides within the state;  (2) Require all public school academic facilities to meet applicable facilities standards established in this subchapter and rules adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation;  (3) Provide that all public school students are educated in facilities that are suitable for teaching in accordance with:  (A) Standards for accreditation adopted by the State Board of Education;  (B) Curriculum frameworks adopted by the state board; and  (C) Technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment necessary to provide the adequate education explicated in subdivisions (c)(3)(A) and (B) of this section; and    (4) Require school districts to conserve and protect their academic facilities in such a manner that the academic facilities remain adequate.    (d) It is the intent of this subchapter to provide a system of state oversight of public school academic facilities so that school districts have academic facilities that support the opportunity for each public school student in the State of Arkansas to have an adequate education.
AR Code § 6-21-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 6-21-804. Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program

 (a) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes the following components:  (1) An Academic Facilities Master Plan Program that establishes a process by which:  (A) Each school district develops and submits a facilities master plan for review and approval by the division; and  (B) The division develops a comprehensive state master plan for managing state financial participation in local academic facilities projects across the state;    (2) A Public School Facilities Custodial, Maintenance, Repair, and Renovation Manual that contains uniform standards to direct custodial, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in public school facilities;  (3) A Public School Academic Facility Manual that contains uniform standards to guide the planning, design, and construction of new academic facilities and additions to existing academic facilities;  (4) A Public School Academic Equipment Manual that contains 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; and  (5) An Academic Facilities Distress Program to assist school districts that are unable to conserve and protect their academic facilities in accordance with this subchapter and rules adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.    (b) The commission shall promulgate rules necessary to administer the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program, all its component and related programs, and the provisions of this subchapter, which shall promote the intent and purposes of this subchapter and assure the prudent and resourceful expenditure of state funds with regard to public school academic facilities throughout the state.
AR Code § 6-21-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 6-21-805. Academic Facilities Master Plan Program — Purpose

 The purposes of the Academic Facilities Master Plan Program and this subchapter are to:   (1) Establish a mechanism for state supervision of school district activities impacting academic facilities and equipment;  (2) Develop and continually update information critical to identifying academic facilities needs at the local level and across the state; and  (3) Allow the state to manage state financial participation in eligible local academic facilities projects.
AR Code § 6-21-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 6-21-807. Academic Facilities Master Plan Program — State plan

 (a) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall develop a comprehensive state academic facilities master plan for managing state financial participation in local academic facilities projects across the state.  (b) The state academic facilities master plan shall include:  (1) A list of committed projects for public school academic facilities for the upcoming fiscal year categorized by program and method of state financial participation;  (2) The total estimated cost of each committed project and the estimated amount of state financial participation; and  (3) A four-year rolling forecast of planned new construction projects related to public school academic facilities.
AR Code § 6-21-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 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.
AR Code § 6-21-812 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 6-21-812. Facilities distress — Student transfers

 (a)  (1) Any student attending a public school district classified as being in facilities distress shall automatically be eligible and entitled under the Public School Choice Act of 2015, § 6-18-1901 et seq., to transfer to another school district not in facilities distress during the time period that a district is classified as being in facilities distress.  (2) The student is not required to file a petition to transfer by May 1 but shall meet all other requirements and conditions of the Public School Choice Act of 2015, § 6-18-1901 et seq.    (b) The resident district shall pay the cost of transporting the student from the resident district to the nonresident district.  (c) The nonresident district shall count the student for average daily membership purposes.
AR Code § 6-21-813 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 6-21-813. Inspections

 (a) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall conduct random unannounced on-site inspections of all academic facilities to ensure compliance with the school district's facilities master plan and, if applicable, the school district's facilities improvement plan in order to preserve the integrity of and extend the useful life of public school academic facilities and equipment across the state.  (b) The division shall submit reports regarding its on-site inspections of academic facilities to the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation within thirty (30) days of completion of the on-site inspections.  (c) Based on the division's on-site inspection or notification by the division to the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation that the changes or additions to a school district's facilities master plan or facilities improvement plan required by the division have not been implemented within the time period prescribed by the division, the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall restrict the use of the necessary funds or otherwise allocate funds from moneys appropriated by the General Assembly.  (d) The division shall work with state agencies and commissions requesting inspection assistance for those areas in which the state agency or commission has primary responsibility to conduct lawfully required inspections.  (e) The division shall work with school districts, state agencies, and state commissions to ensure that:  (1) All lawfully required inspections of academic facilities are performed, including without limitation scheduled, unscheduled, or emergency inspections of or concerning:  (A) Boilers;  (B) Electrical systems;  (C) Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems;  (D) Natural gas piping systems;  (E) Liquid propane gas systems;  (F) Plumbing systems, including without limitation reduced pressure zone valves;  (G) Indoor air quality systems;  (H) Fire prevention;  (I) Elevators;  (J) Occupational safety and health issues;  (K) Water wells; and  (L) Asbestos; and    (2) The division receives the same report on the same date that a school district receives a report concerning a lawfully required scheduled or unscheduled inspection or reinspection of an academic facility.    (f) If an inspection or code violation is reported in the course of an inspection or reinspection conducted by a state agency or commission, the division shall work closely with the school district and the appropriate state agency or commission to ensure the violation is remedied within thirty (30) days of the date the inspection or code violation is reported or as soon as reasonably possible thereafter.
AR Code § 6-21-814 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act|§ 6-21-814. Appeals

 (a) A school district may appeal any determination of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation under this subchapter to the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation in accordance with procedures developed by the commission.  (b) All decisions of the commission resulting from a school district's appeal of a division determination under this subchapter shall be final and shall not be subject to further appeal or request for rehearing to the commission or petition for judicial review under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 6-23-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-23-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013”.
AR Code § 6-23-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-23-102. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of the General Assembly, by this chapter, to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain public schools that operate independently from the existing structure of local school districts as a method to accomplish the following:   (1) Improve student learning;  (2) Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are identified as low-achieving;  (3) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods;  (4) Create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site;  (5) Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and  (6) Hold the schools established under this chapter accountable for meeting measurable student achievement standards.
AR Code § 6-23-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-23-104. Charter form for public charter schools — Requirements — Revision

 (a) A charter for a public charter school shall:  (1) Be in the form of a written contract signed by the Commissioner of Education and the chief operating officer of the public charter school;  (2) Satisfy the requirements of this chapter; and  (3) Ensure that the information required under § 6-23-404 is consistent with the information provided in the application and any modification that the authorizer may require.    (b) Any revision or amendment of the charter for a public charter school may be made only with the approval of the authorizer.
AR Code § 6-23-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-23-106. Impact on school desegregation efforts

 (a) The applicants for a public charter school, the local school district board of directors for the district in which a proposed public charter school would be located, and the authorizer shall carefully review the potential impact of an application for a public charter school on the efforts of a public school district or public school districts to comply with court orders and statutory obligations to create and maintain a unitary system of desegregated public schools.  (b) The authorizer shall attempt to measure the likely impact of a proposed public charter school on the efforts of public school districts to achieve and maintain a unitary system.  (c) The authorizer shall not approve any public charter school under this chapter or any other act or any combination of acts that hampers, delays, or in any manner negatively affects the desegregation efforts of a public school district or public school districts in this state.
AR Code § 6-23-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-23-107. Reporting requirements

 (a) Within ten (10) calendar days of the close of the first quarter of each school year, a public charter school shall submit a written report to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education that contains the following information for the current school year:  (1) The number of applications for enrollment received;  (2) The number of applicants with a disability identified under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.; and  (3) The number of applications for enrollment the public charter school denied and an explanation of the reason for each denial.    (b) Within ten (10) calendar days of the close of the fourth quarter of each school year, a public charter school shall submit a written report to the division that contains the following information for the current school year:  (1) The number of students in each of the following categories:  (A) Students who dropped out of the public charter school during the school year;  (B) Students who were expelled during the school year by the public charter school; and  (C) Students who were enrolled in the public charter school but for a reason other than those cited in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) and (B) of this section did not complete the school year at the public charter school; and    (2)  (A) For all students enrolled in the public charter school, the scores for assessments required under the Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act, § 6-15-2901 et seq.  (B) If there is any discrepancy in the number of students for whom scores are reported under this subdivision (b)(2) and the number of students enrolled at the beginning of the school year, the public charter school shall explain in the report the reason for the discrepancy.      (c) The division shall not exempt a public charter school from the reporting required under this section.  (d) The division shall publish a copy of each report on the division's website.  (e) If a public charter school fails to comply with this section, the division shall note the failure in the annual evaluation of the public charter school.
AR Code § 6-23-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-23-108. School for Agricultural Studies

 (a) The authorizer may designate a public charter school as a “School for Agricultural Studies”.  (b) To be designated as a “School for Agricultural Studies”, the applicant must include in its original application or charter amendment request:  (1) A request to be designated as a “School for Agricultural Studies”;  (2) The school's agricultural studies plan, which shall include without limitation:  (A) The type of agricultural industry in the school's local region;  (B) How the school will address the needs of that industry and the state's agricultural-based economy; and  (C) Anticipated support from the agricultural industry; and    (3) A written review of the agricultural studies plan from the Division of Career and Technical Education.    (c)  (1) A School for Agricultural Studies may petition the State Board of Education for creation of a new school district by detachment under § 6-13-1501 et seq. if the School for Agricultural Studies meets the conditions of this subsection.  (2) To be eligible to petition for detachment, the school shall:  (A) Complete three (3) academic years serving students as a School for Agricultural Studies;  (B) Not currently be classified in need of Level 5 — Intensive support, fiscal distress, or facilities distress;  (C) Not be in probationary status for violation of the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts; and  (D) Show evidence that the school is meeting its stated goals.    (3) A School for Agricultural Studies:  (A) Is exempt from the minimum student enrollment and square mileage requirements under § 6-13-1501(a)(2) and § 6-13-1502; and  (B) Shall not be approved to create a new school district by detachment with fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students as determined by a feasibility study included with the petition.      (d)  (1) Nothing in this section prohibits a public charter school from offering agricultural programming without the designation as a “School for Agricultural Studies”.  (2) A public charter school shall not refer to itself as a “School for Agricultural Studies” unless it is designated as a “School for Agricultural Studies” under this section.
AR Code § 6-23-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 2 - Conversion Public Charter Schools|§ 6-23-202. Authorization for conversion public charter school status

 As requested by the conversion public charter school applicant, the authorizer shall review the application for conversion public charter school status and may approve any application that:   (1) Provides a plan for improvement at the school level for improving student learning and for meeting or exceeding the state education goals;  (2) Includes a set of performance-based objectives and student achievement objectives for the term of the charter and the means for measuring those objectives on at least a yearly basis;  (3) Includes a proposal to directly and substantially involve the parents of students to be enrolled in the conversion public charter school, as well as the licensed employees and the broader community, in the process of carrying out the terms of the charter; and  (4) Includes an agreement to provide a yearly report to parents, the community, the local school district board of directors, and the authorizer that indicates the progress made by the conversion public charter school in meeting the performance objectives during the previous year.
AR Code § 6-23-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 2 - Conversion Public Charter Schools|§ 6-23-203. Notice of disapproval — Technical assistance to conversion public charter school applicants

 (a) If the authorizer disapproves an application for a conversion public charter school, the authorizer shall notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for the disapproval.  (b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may provide technical assistance to the conversion public charter school applicants in the:  (1) Creation of its application; and  (2) Modification of its application as directed by the authorizer.
AR Code § 6-23-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 23 - Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013|Subchapter 2 - Conversion Public Charter Schools|§ 6-23-204. Charter renewal

 The authorizer may renew charters of conversion public charter schools on a one-year or multiyear basis, not to exceed five (5) years, after the initial five-year period if the renewal is approved by the local school district board of directors.