{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-16-1806","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-1806","heading":"Long-term value of a career-ready pathway","body":"(a) To ensure that a career-ready pathway to a diploma adequately prepares public school students for high-wage, high-growth opportunities within Arkansas, the Arkansas Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop a system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting the public school student outcomes associated with the completion of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways under this subchapter. (b) The system required under subsection (a) of this section shall include without limitation the: (1) Hiring and retention of students and graduates within their respective fields of training; and (2) Remediation courses taken, including both quantity and type, for career-ready high school graduates entering postsecondary institutions. (c) Data collected under this section shall be used to inform: (1) Adjustments, approvals, and denials of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways to diplomas approved for high school graduation; and (2) Accountability measures for high schools. Added by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 20, eff. 3/8/2023.\n\n(a) To ensure that a career-ready pathway to a diploma adequately prepares public school students for high-wage, high-growth opportunities within Arkansas, the Arkansas Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop a system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting the public school student outcomes associated with the completion of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways under this subchapter.\n\n(b) The system required under subsection (a) of this section shall include without limitation the: (1) Hiring and retention of students and graduates within their respective fields of training; and (2) Remediation courses taken, including both quantity and type, for career-ready high school graduates entering postsecondary institutions.\n\n(1) Hiring and retention of students and graduates within their respective fields of training; and\n\n(2) Remediation courses taken, including both quantity and type, for career-ready high school graduates entering postsecondary institutions.\n\n(c) Data collected under this section shall be used to inform: (1) Adjustments, approvals, and denials of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways to diplomas approved for high school graduation; and (2) Accountability measures for high schools.\n\n(1) Adjustments, approvals, and denials of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways to diplomas approved for high school graduation; and\n\n(2) Accountability measures for high schools.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 16","Subchapter 18"],"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":"5ae7030917af92413d58f8f8f3a1dc3944c71523a8b9b66f4fa05859ef62ae26","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-16-1805","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-16-1901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}