§ 6-16-1806 — Long-term value of a career-ready pathway

(a) To ensure that a career-ready pathway to a diploma adequately prepares public school students for high-wage, high-growth opportunities within Arkansas, the Arkansas Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop a system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting the public school student outcomes associated with the completion of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways under this subchapter. (b) The system required under subsection (a) of this section shall include without limitation the: (1) Hiring and retention of students and graduates within their respective fields of training; and (2) Remediation courses taken, including both quantity and type, for career-ready high school graduates entering postsecondary institutions. (c) Data collected under this section shall be used to inform: (1) Adjustments, approvals, and denials of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways to diplomas approved for high school graduation; and (2) Accountability measures for high schools.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 20, eff. 3/8/2023.