(a) The State Board of Education or the Career Education and Workforce Development Board is designated as the state agency or authority to receive and administer all available federal funds or those funds which may hereafter become available for early childhood education or adult education of less than college grade.
(b) This provision shall be applicable except in instances in which the United States Congress specifically provides for some other state agency, institution, or state official to receive and administer specific federal grants in these areas.
(c) The state agency or authority shall disburse any and all federal funds in accordance with federal and state statutes and any implementing federal regulations or state rules pertaining thereto.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Subchapter 3 - Early Childhood and Adult Education Act
§ 6-16-302. Administration of federal funds
§ 6-16-303. Acceptance of gifts, grants, donations, etc
§ 6-16-304. Limits on expenditure
§ 6-16-305. Funds for research and demonstration centers — Consultative services
§ 6-16-306. Vocational-technical high schools
§ 6-16-307. Rules and regulations for orderly school operation
§ 6-16-308. Maximum age of persons admitted to public schools — Exceptions
§ 6-16-309. Authorization for adult education expenditures
§ 6-16-310. Early childhood and kindergarten programs — Approval and funding generally
§ 6-16-311. Early childhood education — Approval of private programs
§ 6-16-312. Early childhood and kindergarten programs — Tuition, etc., prohibited
§ 6-16-313. Early childhood and kindergarten programs — Minimum standards