2016 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 13 - School Districts
Subchapter 16 - -- Public Education Reorganization Act
§ 6-13-1612. Academic support centers

AR Code ยง 6-13-1612 (2016) What's This?

(a) The purpose of this section is to:

(1) Prevent students who attend administratively consolidated or administratively annexed schools from returning home to communities with little or no opportunities for supplemental academic support;

(2) Increase opportunities for access to library materials, academic resource materials, and educational technology for these students within their local communities; and

(3) Help advance academic performance for these students by providing opportunities for homework and tutorial assistance based on the Arkansas curriculum frameworks.

(b) An academic support center may be established in communities whose schools have been closed by administrative consolidation or administrative annexation under this subchapter to fulfill the objectives identified in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The Department of Education shall:

(1) Establish rules to implement this section; and

(2) Report annually to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education regarding the establishment of academic support centers and their effectiveness.

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