{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-5-1101","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-1101","heading":"Legislative intent","body":"The General Assembly finds that: (1) Public schools should help all students: (A) Have the reading, writing, and mathematics skills needed to succeed in all first-year coursework in associate and baccalaureate degree programs in non-mathematics-based majors; and (B) Be ready for as many career options as possible by having a base level of employability; and (2) The development of college and career readiness standards should be undertaken as an integrative process among: (A) The General Assembly; (B) State agencies that regulate and support the public educational systems of the state; (C) Kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions; and (D) The public. Added by Act 2013, No. 585,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\nThe General Assembly finds that:\n\n(1) Public schools should help all students: (A) Have the reading, writing, and mathematics skills needed to succeed in all first-year coursework in associate and baccalaureate degree programs in non-mathematics-based majors; and (B) Be ready for as many career options as possible by having a base level of employability; and\n\n(A) Have the reading, writing, and mathematics skills needed to succeed in all first-year coursework in associate and baccalaureate degree programs in non-mathematics-based majors; and\n\n(B) Be ready for as many career options as possible by having a base level of employability; and\n\n(2) The development of college and career readiness standards should be undertaken as an integrative process among: (A) The General Assembly; (B) State agencies that regulate and support the public educational systems of the state; (C) Kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions; and (D) The public.\n\n(A) The General Assembly;\n\n(B) State agencies that regulate and support the public educational systems of the state;\n\n(C) Kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions; and\n\n(D) The public.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 5","Subchapter 11"],"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":"9954eb2f3a22bcdc774da22ce55d68471c798d3a51ae611e8adf757a987cfb5e","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-5-1004","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-5-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}