§ 17-38-402 - Powers of State Board of Career Education. - Arkansas Statutes

17-38-402. Powers of State Board of Career Education.

The State Board of Career Education shall have the following powers:

(1) To ensure that all persons working as apprentice plumbers are properly registered;

(2) To adopt rules and regulations as to the qualifications, training, and supervision of apprentice plumbers subject to the approval of the Department of Health;

(3) To adopt rules and regulations establishing the roles and duties of the following organizations or officials in the plumbing apprenticeship program in compliance with the National Plumbing Standards as approved and registered with the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training:

(A) The Department of Career Education;

(B) The State Apprenticeship Committee; and

(C) The local apprenticeship committee; and

(4) To review and approve a correspondence course for apprentice plumbers in hardship cases, provided that:

(A) The department will maintain the responsibility for a correspondence course. However, the department shall delegate the administration of the correspondence course to the Department of Career Education;

(B) The correspondence course material shall be developed by the Department of Education, subject to the approval of the State Apprenticeship Committee and the Department of Health, and made available and to be implemented by the local apprenticeship committee; and

(C) The apprentice is tested for adequate progress no fewer than four (4) times a year.