Ark. Code § 6-5-1101

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.

Section 6-5-1101 - Legislative intent

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.

Ark. Code § 6-5-1101

Added by Act 2013, No. 585,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.