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Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-51-801. Necessary criteria

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The State Board of Education shall review criteria established by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board that must be met by any secondary vocational center requesting permission to become a community-based education center.

(b)(1) The board shall periodically review and revise, if necessary, the community-based education center criteria.

(2) Such centers may include:

(A) Offerings of traditional vocational-technical education during regular school hours;

(B) Extended day programs so that students may attend the center for vocational instruction after regular school hours;

(C) Adult basic education or general adult education programs;

(D) Adult skill training and retraining for the general population;

(E) Industry start-up and retraining; and

(F) Workplace literacy.

(c) Any secondary vocational center which satisfies the criteria established by the board pursuant to this section, in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the board, may seek approval from the board to become a community-based education center. Upon approval by the board of any such application, the school may change its name to ________________ Community-Based Education Center.

(d) The secondary area vocational centers which elect to provide enhanced education and training employment or retraining services appropriate to area industry and business needs may request from the board that they be designated as community-based education centers.

(e) A list of new and existing programs shall be published annually on the Division of Career and Technical Education's and Office of Skills Development's website.

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