(a) Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, each local school district shall establish procedures and monitoring processes to ensure that the content of each course offered by the school district is consistent with content standards and curriculum frameworks developed by the State Board of Education.
(b) The superintendent of each school district shall provide to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, by October 1 of each year following the adoption of the plan under subsection (a) of this section, a written statement of assurance that the content of each class and subject area, as required by the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts regardless of levels, is aligned to content standards and curriculum frameworks developed by the state board in the plan.
(c) The division shall monitor, during the standards review visit, documentation related to the plan.
(d) If the division determines that a school district has failed to align the content of each class and subject area as required by the state board to content standards and curriculum frameworks developed by the state board, the division shall:
(1) Note the failure to comply in the annual school performance report under § 6-15-1402; and
(2) Cite the failure to comply of each school on the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts Annual Report.
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