§ 25-30-102 - Powers and duties of the State Board of Career Education. - Arkansas Statutes

25-30-102. Powers and duties of the State Board of Career Education.

(a) On April 24, 1997, the State Board of Career Education shall become vested with and succeed to all the rights, titles, powers, interests, obligations, duties, and responsibilities of the State Board of Vocational Education.

(b) The State Board of Career Education shall develop and monitor a state plan for vocational-technical education which shall include the establishment of at least one (1) area vocational center in each education service cooperative service area and in Pulaski County. All policy issues affecting the public schools will be developed by the State Board of Career Education after consultation with the State Board of Education and implemented in coordination with the Department of Education or the education service cooperatives, or both.

(c) The State Board of Career Education shall have general supervision of all programs regarding vocational, technical, and occupational education. All of those programs and the funding of those programs shall be subject to the approval of the board.

(d) (1) The responsibilities of the State Board of Career Education shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(A) Establishing policies relating to plans and specifications for facilities and instructional equipment;

(B) Prescribing standardized standards for programs and teachers;

(C) Approving applied courses of related academic instruction; and

(D) Other items relative to program quality and operation.

(2) The State Board of Career Education shall have the authority to reorganize and restructure current programs and personnel in the institutions covered in this section. Any savings of appropriated funds effected thereby may be used by the board for other programs as it deems appropriate.

(e) The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the administration of all funds appropriated by the General Assembly for public education based on the average daily membership of students enrolled in vocational education programs in the public schools, and these funds shall be administered through the Department of Education.

(f) All references in the laws of this state to the State Board of Vocational Education shall be construed to refer to the State Board of Career Education.