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Signed into law 04/2011 | Governance--School Boards |
P-12 | Implementing Common Core State Standards
S.B. 383
To transition to and implement the Common Core State Standards, the State Board of Education may: (1) Modify curriculum and assessment requirements; (2) Adopt new curriculum and assessment requirements; and (3) Direct the Department of Education to: (A) Propos...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
P-12 | Public School Facilities Program Act
S.B. 593
Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and
Transportation to develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes an academic facili...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative
H.B. 2489
Creates the Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative. Requires the director of the department of education to prioritize identified teacher professional development needs and develop a statewide online professional development program. Requires onli...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Conditions Not Requiring Certification
S.B. 1044 (sections 16-17)
States that teacher certification requirements do not apply to persons teaching concurrent credit courses or advanced placement courses who: (i) Are employed by a postsecondary institution; (ii) Meet the qualification requirements of that institution or the d...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | Counseling/Guidance |
P-12 | Incentives for Teacher Recruitment and Retention in High-Priority Districts
S.B. 1044 (section 31)
Includes guidance counselors and librarians in definition of "teacher" or "teachers" in provisions relating to incentives for teacher recruitment and retention in high-priority districts. Clarifies that all teachers not newly signed to work in a high-priority ...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | Curriculum |
P-12 | International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
S.B. 1054
Allows a high school course offered under the international baccalaureate diploma program to be treated the same as an advanced placement course in terms of the state grading scale and weighted credit, teacher licensure requirements, district reporting of cour...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | Curriculum |
P-12 | Seized Motor Vehicles
H.B. 2828
Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2828.pdf...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
P-12 | Distance Learning Coordinating Council
S.B. 592
Repeals language relating to the Arkansas Interagency Distance Learning Review Commission. Establishes the Distance Learning Coordinating Council. Assigns the council to evaluate distance learning activities for K-12 education across the state and determine if...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | State Longitudinal Data Systems |
P-12,
Postsec. | Career Counseling for Students
H.B. 2868
Requires each district's student services plan to include a district-level tracking system for students who fail to reach proficiency on state-mandated assessments. Specifies that guidance and counseling services in each district's "student services program" i...
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Signed into law 03/2005 | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Leadership Academy School Support Program
H.B. 2434
Creates the Arkansas Leadership Academy School Support Program to train principals and teachers in schools and districts designated as being in school improvement. Specifies that any school district in school improvement may be invited, strongly encouraged, or...
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Signed into law 03/2005 | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec. | The Mission and Scope of Higher Education
S.B. 287
An act to strengthen the connection between the mission and scope of Arkansas institutions of higher education and the economic goals of the state. Requires the department of economic development to provide the department of higher education with a list of the...
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Signed into law 03/2005 | Leadership |
P-12 | School District Coordinator and Executive Council
S.B. 490
Permits any county that contains all or part of six or more districts to create an executive council and a school district coordinator. Establishes membership of executive council and duties and powers of school district coordinator. http://www.arkleg.state.ar...
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Signed into law 03/2005 | School/District Structure/Operations |
P-12 | Comprehensive Financial Review of School Districts Prior to Annexation or Consolidation
H.B. 2560
Requires a comprehensive financial review of school districts prior to consolidation, annexation, or otherwise reorganization. Requires any district involved in consolidation or annexation to have an audit begun within 30 days of the closing of the district's ...
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Signed into law 02/2005 | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec. | Centers Of Excellence At Colleges
S.B. 285
Defines a "center of excellence" as a consortium of two or more institutions of higher education working in collaboration with regional economic developers to address the workforce education and training needs of a region for existing, expanding, or attracting...
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Signed into law 02/2004 | Finance--Facilities |
P-12 | Tax Amnesty Program
H.B. 1100
Creates a State Tax Penalty and Interest Amnesty Program for taxpayers who make a voluntary payment of State taxes during the period of July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004; provides all moneys collected under the program would be deposited in a special Publ...
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