§ 6-13-1606 - Development of plan to track student progress. - Arkansas Statutes

6-13-1606. Development of plan to track student progress.

(a) Following the administrative consolidation or administrative annexation under 6-13-1601 -- 6-13-1603, 6-13-1604 [repealed], and 6-13-1605 [repealed] effective before December 1, 2004, and before any consolidation, annexation, detachment, approval of a conversion charter, or any other type of reclassification or reorganization of a school district after December 1, 2004, each receiving district or resulting district and the Department of Education shall develop a plan to track the educational progress of all students from the affected district and the following subgroups of those students:

(1) Students who have been placed at risk of academic failure as required under 6-15-1602;

(2) Economically disadvantaged students;

(3) Students from major racial and ethnic groups; and

(4) Specific population groups as identified by the State Board of Education, the department, the affected district, or the receiving district as target groups for closing the achievement gaps.

(b) The receiving or resulting district shall obtain and retain all student records from the affected district for the five (5) years immediately preceding the administrative consolidation or administrative annexation, specifically including, but not limited to:

(1) Individual student records;

(2) Attendance records;

(3) Enrollment records;

(4) Assessment records for assessments required under the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act, 6-15-401 et seq., specifically including benchmark assessments and end-of-course assessments; and

(5) American College Test and Standardized Aptitude Test results and records.

(c) The school district shall report to the department information determined by the department as necessary to track the educational progress of all students from the affected district as a subgroup and the following subgroups of those transferred students:

(1) Students who have been placed at risk of academic failure as required under 6-15-1602;

(2) Economically disadvantaged students; and

(3) Students from major racial and ethnic groups.

(d) By November 1, 2005, and by November 1 each year thereafter, the department shall file a written report with the Governor, the chair of the House Interim Committee on Education, the chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Education, and the secretary of the Legislative Council assessing the educational progress of all students from the affected district as a subgroup and the following subgroups of those transferred students:

(1) Students who have been placed at risk of academic failure as required under 6-15-1602;

(2) Economically disadvantaged students; and

(3) Students from major racial and ethnic groups.