{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-2-123","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 11-2-123","heading":"Employment training and placement programs for ex-offenders","body":"(a) In order to help facilitate the restoration of an ex-offender's responsibility and self-sufficiency, the Division of Labor shall work in conjunction with other appropriate state agencies, the private sector, and labor organizations to promulgate rules for implementing placement and training programs for ex-offenders. (b) Training and placement programs shall be intensive and focus on in-demand vocations and professions, including without limitation: (1) Professional careers and vocations; (2) Service careers and vocations; (3) Information and computer technology; (4) Medical technology; and (5) Office administration. (c) A training program created and administered under this section shall incorporate a \"Certificate of Completion\" to be awarded to any person who completes a training program under this section, which shall signify that the person is competent to enter the workforce as an employee satisfactorily trained in a particular vocation or profession or as an employee prepared for on-the-job training. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5300, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 1151, § 2.\n\n(a) In order to help facilitate the restoration of an ex-offender's responsibility and self-sufficiency, the Division of Labor shall work in conjunction with other appropriate state agencies, the private sector, and labor organizations to promulgate rules for implementing placement and training programs for ex-offenders.\n\n(b) Training and placement programs shall be intensive and focus on in-demand vocations and professions, including without limitation: (1) Professional careers and vocations; (2) Service careers and vocations; (3) Information and computer technology; (4) Medical technology; and (5) Office administration.\n\n(1) Professional careers and vocations;\n\n(2) Service careers and vocations;\n\n(3) Information and computer technology;\n\n(4) Medical technology; and\n\n(5) Office administration.\n\n(c) A training program created and administered under this section shall incorporate a \"Certificate of Completion\" to be awarded to any person who completes a training program under this section, which shall signify that the person is competent to enter the workforce as an employee satisfactorily trained in a particular vocation or profession or as an employee prepared for on-the-job training.","path":["AR Code","Title 11","Chapter 2","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"b41673dcaf89e692aacfb349374626bdcef06c7c530c81b497e5a71709c9da6a","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-2-122","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-2-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}