SB554 Summary

• Replaces "certificate" with "license" throughout Arkansas education code to standardize terminology for teacher and educator credentials

• Defines "week" as a seven-day period beginning Sunday and ending Saturday for school year calculations

• Revises school district consolidation and annexation procedures to include facilities distress standards and require written notice and digital maps of election zone boundaries

• Changes reporting deadlines for school performance reports from March 15 to April 15 and updates references to college readiness programs

• Repeals driver education funding provisions (§ 6-61-109) and updates vehicle accident instruction requirements in state education and traffic safety codes