(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall plan for the statewide implementation of distance learning in elementary and secondary public schools in the state.
(b)
(1) The elementary or secondary school may utilize courses from outside the state if the out-of-state course provider is approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or the Division of Career and Technical Education before the school offers the courses through distance learning.
(2) A course offered through an approved out-of-state course provider under this subsection shall follow Division of Elementary and Secondary Education course frameworks.
(c) The courses offered through distance learning may include college preparatory courses, advanced mathematics and science courses, and technological courses.
(d) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall work with the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, the education service cooperatives, the Arkansas State Library, and other state agencies involved in distance learning.