Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-52-208. Functions of program sponsors

(1) Establish standards and goals for supplementary instruction and related instruction for apprentices in the program;

(2) Establish rules governing the on-the-job training and other instruction for apprentices in the program;

(3) Plan and organize instructional materials designed to provide technical and theoretical knowledge and basic skills required by apprentices in the program;

(4) Recommend qualified instructors for the program;

(5) Monitor and evaluate the performance and progress of each apprentice in the program and the program as a whole; and

(6) Interview applicants and select those most qualified for entrance into the program.

(e)(1) An apprenticeship program sponsor shall provide the names of the employers who enroll apprentices into the program to the Office of Skills Development on or before September 1 of each fiscal year.

(2) The office shall not publish the names of the employers who have enrolled apprentices, nor use the employer names for a purpose other than program administration and research, unless approved by the employer.

(3) The names of employers provided by apprenticeship program sponsors under this subsection shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.