§ 6-47-201 — Administration in elementary schools

(a) The Department of Education shall oversee and coordinate the implementation of distance learning in elementary and secondary public schools in the state. (b) The department shall promulgate rules establishing appropriate adult supervision. (c) (1) The elementary or secondary school may import courses from outside the state if the out-of-state course provider is approved by the department before the school offers the courses through distance learning. (2) A course offered through an approved out-of-state course provider under this subsection shall follow department course frameworks. (d) The courses offered through distance learning shall include, but not be limited to: (1) College preparatory courses, including, but not limited to, calculus, physics, Arkansas history, foreign languages, and computer science; and (2) Technological courses, including, but not limited to, advanced math and science courses, advanced computer skills courses, and advanced courses in the arts. (e) The department shall work with the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, the Educational Television Division, the education service cooperatives, and other state agencies involved in distance learning in implementing distance learning.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 334, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1999, No. 1083, § 1; 2009, No. 1469, § 25.