Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-23-103. Definitions

(1) “Adult education charter school” means a charter school for individuals at least nineteen (19) years of age that offers a high school diploma program and an industry certification program simultaneously to students;

(2) “Application” means the proposal for obtaining conversion public charter school status or open-enrollment public charter school status;

(3) “Authorizer” means an entity that authorizes a charter, which may be either the:

(4) “Charter” means a performance-based contract for an initial five-year period between the authorizer and an approved applicant for public charter school status that exempts the public charter school from state and local rules, regulations, policies, and procedures specified in the contract and from the provisions of this title specified in the contract;

(5) “Conversion public charter school” means a public school that has converted to operating under the terms of a charter approved by the local school district board of directors and the authorizer;

(6) “Eligible entity” means:

(7) “Founding member” means any individual who is either:

(8) “Local school board” means a board of directors exercising the control and management of a public school district;

(10) “Parent” means any parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or charge of a school-age child;

(11) “Public charter school” means a conversion public charter school or an open-enrollment public charter school; and

(12) “Public school” means a school that is part of a public school district under the control and management of a local school district board of directors.