HB1573 Summary

• Repeals outdated provisions related to paperwork elimination, computer network approvals, and school election kits for the State Board of Education

• Transfers responsibility for maintaining school district boundary records and maps from the Department of Education to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office

• Updates terminology throughout education code to replace references to "comprehensive school improvement plans" with "school-level improvement plans" and "academic distress" with "Level 5 — Intensive support"

• Modifies school performance reporting requirements to notify legislative committees of report availability online rather than distributing physical copies, and changes parental involvement plan review deadline from October to August 1

• Makes various technical amendments including changes to physical examination procedures for school students, school nurse reporting requirements, bus driver qualifications, and special education section organizational structure