SB383 Summary

• State Board of Education may assume governance authority of a school district that it takes over and removes the school board of directors, with authority delegable to the Commissioner of Education.

• Changes personnel policy filing requirements from electronic submission to posting on school district websites by September 15, with website address provided to Department of Education.

• Replaces "certified" with "licensed" throughout Title 6 to standardize terminology for school personnel and teachers.

• Adjusts multiple deadlines: accreditation notification moved from May 15 to May 1, appeals deadline from May 30 to May 15, and state board hearing deadline from August 15 to June 30.

• Repeals Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 18, Subchapter 4 (Arkansas American College Test Assessment Assistance Pilot Program Act of 1999) and makes technical corrections to school district boundary, consolidation, and financing provisions.