{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-15-2903","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-2903","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Academic growth\" means the calculation of a student's academic progress from one school year to the next, as measured by assessments and other criteria required by rule of the State Board of Education; (2) \"College and career readiness assessment\" means a set of criterion-referenced measurements of a student's acquisition of the knowledge and skills that the student needs to: (A) Be successful in future endeavors, including credit-bearing, first-year courses at an institution of higher education such as a two-year or four-year college, trade school, or technical school; or (B) Embark on a career; (3) \"Consolidated state plan\" means the Arkansas consolidated state application accountability plan required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 89-10, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95; (4) (A) \"Educator\" means a person holding a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, an ancillary license, a provisional license, a technical permit, or an administrator's license issued by the state board. (B) \"Educator\" includes a licensed or nonlicensed classroom teacher or administrator employed in a position under a waiver from licensure; (5) \"English language arts\" means the academic standards for English, reading, and writing; (6) \"English learner\" means an individual whose native language is a language other than English or who comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual's level of English language proficiency, and is not considered proficient in English as measured by an approved English language proficiency assessment; (7) \"Personally identifiable information\" means the same as in 34 C.F.R. § 99.3 , as it existed on January 1, 2017; (8) \"Public school\" means: (A) A school operated by a public school district; or (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103 ; (9) \"Public school district\" means: (A) A geographic area that: (i) Is governed by an elected board of directors that conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested by this title; and (ii) Qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3; or (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103 ; (10) \"School-level improvement plan\" means a plan that at a minimum: (A) Establishes goals or anticipated outcomes; (B) Identifies student supports or interventions to be implemented; and (C) Describes the professional learning necessary for adults to deliver the supports or interventions; (11) \"School district systems\" means the operations and procedures that occur within a public school district, including without limitation: (A) Academics; (B) Facilities; (C) Fiscal operations; (D) Human capital management; and (E) Student support services; and (12) \"Student success plan\" means a personalized education plan intended to assist students with achieving readiness for college, career, and community engagement. Amended by Act 2023, No. 793,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023. Added by Act 2017, No. 930,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Academic growth\" means the calculation of a student's academic progress from one school year to the next, as measured by assessments and other criteria required by rule of the State Board of Education;\nachieving readiness for college, career, and community engagement. Amended by Act 2023, No. 793,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023. Added by Act 2017, No. 930,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Academic growth\" means the calculation of a student's academic progress from one school year to the next, as measured by assessments and other criteria required by rule of the State Board of Education;\n\n(2) \"College and career readiness assessment\" means a set of criterion-referenced measurements of a student's acquisition of the knowledge and skills that the student needs to: (A) Be successful in future endeavors, including credit-bearing, first-year courses at an institution of higher education such as a two-year or four-year college, trade school, or technical school; or (B) Embark on a career;\n\n(A) Be successful in future endeavors, including credit-bearing, first-year courses at an institution of higher education such as a two-year or four-year college, trade school, or technical school; or\n\n(B) Embark on a career;\n\n(3) \"Consolidated state plan\" means the Arkansas consolidated state application accountability plan required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 89-10, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95;\n\n(4) (A) \"Educator\" means a person holding a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, an ancillary license, a provisional license, a technical permit, or an administrator's license issued by the state board. (B) \"Educator\" includes a licensed or nonlicensed classroom teacher or administrator employed in a position under a waiver from licensure;\n\n(A) \"Educator\" means a person holding a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, an ancillary license, a provisional license, a technical permit, or an administrator's license issued by the state board.\n\n(B) \"Educator\" includes a licensed or nonlicensed classroom teacher or administrator employed in a position under a waiver from licensure;\n\n(5) \"English language arts\" means the academic standards for English, reading, and writing;\n\n(6) \"English learner\" means an individual whose native language is a language other than English or who comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual's level of English language proficiency, and is not considered proficient in English as measured by an approved English language proficiency assessment;\n\n(7) \"Personally identifiable information\" means the same as in 34 C.F.R. § 99.3 , as it existed on January 1, 2017;\n\n(8) \"Public school\" means: (A) A school operated by a public school district; or (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103 ;\n\n(A) A school operated by a public school district; or\n\n(B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103 ;\n\n(9) \"Public school district\" means: (A) A geographic area that: (i) Is governed by an elected board of directors that conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested by this title; and (ii) Qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3; or (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103 ;\n\n(A) A geographic area that: (i) Is governed by an elected board of directors that conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested by this title; and (ii) Qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3; or\nn-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103 ;\n\n(A) A geographic area that: (i) Is governed by an elected board of directors that conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested by this title; and (ii) Qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3; or\n\n(i) Is governed by an elected board of directors that conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested by this title; and\n\n(ii) Qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3; or\n\n(B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in § 6-23-103 ;\n\n(10) \"School-level improvement plan\" means a plan that at a minimum: (A) Establishes goals or anticipated outcomes; (B) Identifies student supports or interventions to be implemented; and (C) Describes the professional learning necessary for adults to deliver the supports or interventions;\n\n(A) Establishes goals or anticipated outcomes;\n\n(B) Identifies student supports or interventions to be implemented; and\n\n(C) Describes the professional learning necessary for adults to deliver the supports or interventions;\n\n(11) \"School district systems\" means the operations and procedures that occur within a public school district, including without limitation: (A) Academics; (B) Facilities; (C) Fiscal operations; (D) Human capital management; and (E) Student support services; and\n\n(A) Academics;\n\n(B) Facilities;\n\n(C) Fiscal operations;\n\n(D) Human capital management; and\n\n(E) Student support services; and\n\n(12) \"Student success plan\" means a personalized education plan intended to assist students with achieving readiness for college, career, and community engagement.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 15","Subchapter 29"],"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":"3adecccd8679b75bfa721a20efc3d7a4673040c305a48defa1be55dd468698c9","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-15-2902","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-15-2904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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