Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-20-2703. Department of Education--Duties--Reports

(1) Develop a modernization grant application and application procedures for the Transportation Modernization Grant Program, including defining which public school districts are rural and remote, that require a grant applicant to explain how the grant applicant would use grant moneys to:

(2) Make final grant determinations and awards; and

(3) Submit an interim report by December 15, 2023, and a final report by June 30, 2024, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State.

(1) The best practices used by grant recipients to transport students to public school districts, open-enrollment public charter schools, or licensed childcare centers serving publicly funded students who are located outside of traditional attendance boundaries;

(2) A list of the grant recipients and the amounts and purposes of the grants; and

(3) The number of children impacted per grant recipient.

(1) Demand;

(2) The most innovative solutions proposed; and

(3) Other relevant criteria as determined by the department.

(e)(1) At least twenty-five percent (25%) of grants under this subchapter shall be awarded to support rural and remote public school districts.

(2) Subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall not apply if an insufficient number of proposals from qualified rural and remote public school districts is submitted.