Definitions

1. Law
2. Arkansas Code
3. Education
4. Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
5. Educational Standards and Quality Generally
6. Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act
7. Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

1. (1) “Academic growth” means the calculation of a student's academic progress from one school year to the next, as measured by assessments and other criteria required by rule of the State Board of Education;

2. (2) “College and career readiness assessment” means a set of criterion-referenced measurements of a student's acquisition of the knowledge and skills that the student needs to:

   1. (A) Be successful in future endeavors, including credit-bearing, first-year courses at an institution of higher education such as a two-year or four-year college, trade school, or technical school; or

   2. (B) Embark on a career;

3. (3) “Consolidated state plan” means the Arkansas consolidated state application accountability plan required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 89-10, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95;

4. (4)

   1. (A) “Educator” means a person holding a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, an ancillary license, a provisional license, a technical permit, or an administrator's license issued by the state board.

   2. (B) “Educator” includes a licensed or nonlicensed classroom teacher or administrator employed in a position under a waiver from licensure;

5. (5) “English language arts” means the academic standards for English, reading, and writing;

6. (6) “English learner” means an individual whose native language is a language other than English or who comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual's level of English language proficiency;

7. (7) “Personally identifiable information” means the same as in 34 C.F.R. § 99.3, as it existed on January 1, 2017;

8. (8) “Public school” means:

   1. (A) A school operated by a public school district; or

   2. (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103;

9. (9) “Public school district” means:

   1. (A) A geographic area that:

      1. (i) Is governed by an elected board of directors that conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested by this title; and

      2. (ii) Qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3; or

   2. (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103;

10. (10) “School-level improvement plan” means a plan that at a minimum:

    1. (A) Establishes goals or anticipated outcomes;

    2. (B) Identifies student supports or interventions to be implemented; and

    3. (C) Describes the professional learning necessary for adults to deliver the supports or interventions;

11. (11) “School district systems” means the operations and procedures that occur within a public school district, including without limitation:

    1. (A) Academics;

    2. (B) Facilities;

    3. (C) Fiscal operations;

    4. (D) Human capital management; and

    5. (E) Student support services; and

12. (12) “Student success plan” means a personalized education plan intended to assist students with achieving readiness for college, career, and community engagement.

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