(a) The state shall make available a free appropriate public education to each child with a disability from three (3) years of age until the end of the school year in which the child turns twenty-one (21) years of age.
(b) The State Board of Education shall provide or cause to be provided by school districts, or in some cases by other departments of state government, by institutions, or by private facilities, all regular and special education, corrective, and supporting services required by children with disabilities to the end that they shall receive the benefits of a free and appropriate public education.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs
Chapter 41 - Children with Disabilities
Subchapter 2 - Children with Disabilities Act of 1973
§ 6-41-202. Purposes and applicability
§ 6-41-204. Least restrictive environment
§ 6-41-205. Provision for education
§ 6-41-206. Responsibilities of state and school districts
§ 6-41-207. Duties of the State Board of Education
§ 6-41-208. Contracts for services
§ 6-41-209. Cooperation among state agencies
§ 6-41-210. Special Education Unit for children with disabilities
§ 6-41-211. Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities
§ 6-41-215. Tests and examinations — Evaluation of child
§ 6-41-216. Tests and evaluations — Change of child's status — Hearings
§ 6-41-217. Individualized education program — Definition
§ 6-41-218. Tests and evaluations — Records
§ 6-41-220. Equality in expenditure