School for Agricultural Studies

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Education
  4. Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
  5. Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013
  6. General Provisions
  7. School for Agricultural Studies

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  1. (a) The authorizer may designate a public charter school as a “School for Agricultural Studies”.

  2. (b) To be designated as a “School for Agricultural Studies”, the applicant must include in its original application or charter amendment request:

    1. (1) A request to be designated as a “School for Agricultural Studies”;

    2. (2) The school's agricultural studies plan, which shall include without limitation:

      1. (A) The type of agricultural industry in the school's local region;

      2. (B) How the school will address the needs of that industry and the state's agricultural-based economy; and

      3. (C) Anticipated support from the agricultural industry; and

    3. (3) A written review of the agricultural studies plan from the Division of Career and Technical Education.

  3. (c)

    1. (1) A School for Agricultural Studies may petition the State Board of Education for creation of a new school district by detachment under § 6-13-1501 et seq. if the School for Agricultural Studies meets the conditions of this subsection.

    2. (2) To be eligible to petition for detachment, the school shall:

      1. (A) Complete three (3) academic years serving students as a School for Agricultural Studies;

      2. (B) Not currently be classified in need of Level 5 — Intensive support, fiscal distress, or facilities distress;

      3. (C) Not be in probationary status for violation of the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts; and

      4. (D) Show evidence that the school is meeting its stated goals.

    3. (3) A School for Agricultural Studies:

      1. (A) Is exempt from the minimum student enrollment and square mileage requirements under § 6-13-1501(a)(2) and § 6-13-1502; and

      2. (B) Shall not be approved to create a new school district by detachment with fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students as determined by a feasibility study included with the petition.

  4. (d)

    1. (1) Nothing in this section prohibits a public charter school from offering agricultural programming without the designation as a “School for Agricultural Studies”.

    2. (2) A public charter school shall not refer to itself as a “School for Agricultural Studies” unless it is designated as a “School for Agricultural Studies” under this section.


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