§ 10-3-2102. Duties
(a) During each interim, the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall meet separately or jointly, as needed, to: (1) Assess, evaluate, and monitor the entire spectrum of public education across the State of Arkansas to determine whether equal educational opportunity for an adequate education is being substantially afforded to the […]
§ 10-3-2103. Investigations
(a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall have the authority to conduct investigations pertaining to the effectiveness of any and all education programs of: (1) Any school; (2) Any school district; (3) Any service cooperative; (4) Any institution; (5) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or its successors; […]
§ 10-3-2104. Report
(a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall file separately or jointly, or both, reports of their findings and recommendations with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than November 1 of each year before the convening of a regular […]
§ 10-3-2201. Academic Facilities Oversight Committee
(a) There is created a legislative committee to be known as the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee. (b) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall consist of fifteen (15) members as follows: (1) (A) Seven (7) members of the Senate as follows: (i) One (1) member who is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education or […]
§ 10-3-2202. Powers and duties
(a) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall: (1) Oversee development and implementation of state statutory requirements with regard to providing constitutionally appropriate public school academic facilities and related equipment for all public schools in the State of Arkansas as necessary to provide an equal opportunity for an adequate education for all public school students in […]
§ 10-3-2203. Committee assistance
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Division of Career and Technical Education, the Division of Higher Education, the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, and the Division of Public School Accountability shall provide the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee with assistance as requested by the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee. (b) The […]
§ 10-3-1107. Allocation of space for General Assembly — Furnishings
(a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall determine the best and most efficient means of allocating the additional space in the State Capitol Building, as provided by this subchapter, to be used by the Senate and the House of Representatives and for providing space for staff for the General Assembly, for either house […]
§ 10-3-1602. Duties
The duties of the Joint Interim Oversight Committee on Education Reform shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Reviewing policy issues regarding the creation and implementation of acceptability systems for the state system of education, including the review of any regulatory changes proposed by the appropriate agencies of the executive branch or […]
§ 10-3-1108. Employment of architect
The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall have the authority to employ an architect to prepare plans and specifications for the work to be done, to supervise the construction, and to furnish other architectural services which the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities may require in the performance of its duties, and for that […]
§ 10-3-1701. Purpose
The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the highest public interest to provide appropriate means for the continued development and enhancement of educational opportunities, medical care services, and governmental operations throughout the State of Arkansas through the use of the public telecommunications infrastructure and networks employing advanced communication and information technology. Such […]