Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 19 - MINORITY RECRUITMENT (§§ 6-17-1901 — 6-17-1903) › Section 6-17-1902 - Equity Assistance Center - Coordination and contents of plan

(a)
The Equity Assistance Center shall provide technical assistance, guidance, and support to public school districts and public open-enrollment charter schools in developing recruitment and retention plans and setting and meeting annual goals.
(b)
(1)
Each public school district and open-enrollment public charter school shall designate an employee to coordinate the implementation and review of the public school district's and open-enrollment public charter school's recruitment and retention plan.
(2)
The designated equity assistance coordinator in each public school district and open-enrollment public charter school may serve as the coordinator of the public school district's and open-enrollment public charter school's recruitment and retention plan.
(c)
The teacher and administrator recruitment and retention plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1)
The annual goals of the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school established pursuant to §
6-17-1901(b)
;
(2)
The actions and steps the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school has taken and will take to meet each of the public school district's and open-enrollment public charter school's goals;
(3)
The progress of the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school in meeting each of the public school district's and open-enrollment public charter school's goals;
(4)
The evaluative methods the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school will use to measure progress towards meeting the public school district's or open-enrollment public charter school's goals;
(5)
If the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school did not meet the public school district's or open-enrollment public charter school's goals for the previous reporting period, the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school shall state the reasons for not meeting the goals and the steps the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school will take to overcome the reasons for not meeting the goals;
(6)
The steps the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school will take to encourage students to pursue a career in education, including steps specific to students of minority races and ethnicities;
(7)
Public school district or open-enrollment public charter school teacher and administrator recruitment and retention data to show the:
(A)
Racial and ethnic composition of teachers and administrators employed by the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school for each of the previous three (3) years; and
(B)
Effectiveness of the plan; and
(8)
The racial and ethnic composition of the student body and the racial and ethnic composition of the residents of the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school.
(d)
The State Board of Education may promulgate rules necessary for implementation of this subchapter.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 646,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1480, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1991, No. 1164, § 1.