The General Assembly finds:
(1) It is the duty of the State of Arkansas to provide a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools to the children of the state under Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 1;
(2) The General Assembly is obligated to ensure the provision of an adequate and equitable system of education;
(3) The House Interim Committee on Education and Senate Interim Committee on Education conducted hearings in 2006 after the 2005 Supreme Court decision in Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee, 364 Ark. 398 (2005);
(4) The Eighty-fifth General Assembly, in the First Extraordinary Session of 2006, implemented revisions to Arkansas law recommended by the House Interim Committee on Education and the Senate Interim Committee on Education based on the committees' findings following the 2006 hearings; and
(5) The acts passed upon the recommendation of the House Interim Committee on Education and the Senate Interim Committee on Education result in a system of public education that is adequate and equitable.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 10 - General Provisions
§ 6-10-103. Prosecutions and fines
§ 6-10-104. Duty of prosecuting attorney
§ 6-10-106. Uniform dates for beginning and end of school year — Definition
§ 6-10-107. Notice of beginning of school term
§ 6-10-108. Twelve-month school year — Definition
§ 6-10-109. Special program for training parents of students
§ 6-10-110. Fire marshal program
§ 6-10-111. Equity Assistance Center
§ 6-10-112. Rent on Department of Education buildings
§ 6-10-113. Eye protection — Definitions
§ 6-10-114. Unlawful to discriminate — Penalties
§ 6-10-117. Four-day school week — Definition
§ 6-10-118. Information about the availability of ARKids First
§ 6-10-120. Adequate and equitable public education system
§ 6-10-121. Tornado safety drills — Definition
§ 6-10-122. Automated external defibrillators required
§ 6-10-123. School-based automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation programs
§ 6-10-124. Updating of school policies
§ 6-10-125. School district floor plan on file with emergency management coordinator — Definition
§ 6-10-126. Delay or early release of school due to emergency circumstances
§ 6-10-127. Making up missed school days
§ 6-10-128. School resource officers
§ 6-10-129. Efficiency in reporting — Definitions
§ 6-10-130. Use of English learner assessment scores
§ 6-10-132. Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act — Definition