{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-427","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-427","heading":"Superintendent license - Superintendent mentoring program required","body":"(a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop and sponsor a superintendent mentoring program for first-year superintendents that includes without limitation: (A) Curriculum and instruction; (B) Ethics; (C) Facilities; (D) Human resources; (E) Leadership; (F) School funding; and (G) Technology. (2) The division shall incorporate all training that is currently required for first-year superintendents into the superintendent mentoring program. (3) The State Board of Education shall establish rules to implement the superintendent mentoring program. (b) Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a first-year Arkansas superintendent shall complete the superintendent mentoring program within twelve (12) months of obtaining or maintaining employment as a superintendent to maintain his or her superintendent's license. (c) This section is subject to the appropriation and availability of funding. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1427, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 586, § 1.\n\n(a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop and sponsor a superintendent mentoring program for first-year superintendents that includes without limitation: (A) Curriculum and instruction; (B) Ethics; (C) Facilities; (D) Human resources; (E) Leadership; (F) School funding; and (G) Technology. (2) The division shall incorporate all training that is currently required for first-year superintendents into the superintendent mentoring program. (3) The State Board of Education shall establish rules to implement the superintendent mentoring program.\n\n(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop and sponsor a superintendent mentoring program for first-year superintendents that includes without limitation: (A) Curriculum and instruction; (B) Ethics; (C) Facilities; (D) Human resources; (E) Leadership; (F) School funding; and (G) Technology.\n\n(A) Curriculum and instruction;\n\n(B) Ethics;\n\n(C) Facilities;\n\n(D) Human resources;\n\n(E) Leadership;\n\n(F) School funding; and\n\n(G) Technology.\n\n(2) The division shall incorporate all training that is currently required for first-year superintendents into the superintendent mentoring program.\n\n(3) The State Board of Education shall establish rules to implement the superintendent mentoring program.\n\n(b) Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a first-year Arkansas superintendent shall complete the superintendent mentoring program within twelve (12) months of obtaining or maintaining employment as a superintendent to maintain his or her superintendent's license.\n\n(c) This section is subject to the appropriation and availability of funding.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 17","Subchapter 4"],"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":"f47666c7cb18348bc7bf488e2258fb89da29c7066d0d454e4936de00bc6feb0e","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-426","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-428"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}