§ 6-16-1301 - End-of-Course Success Incentive Program. - Arkansas Statutes

6-16-1301. End-of-Course Success Incentive Program.

(a) (1) The End-of-Course Success Incentive Program is established, to be administered by the Commissioner of Education.

(2) Contingent upon legislative appropriations, schools will be awarded fifty dollars ($50.00) for each student passing the end-of-course assessment on his or her first attempt.

(3) These funds shall be utilized in the schools to improve student academic performance.

(b) Subject to legislative appropriations, a teacher teaching a course that has a state-required end-of-course assessment may be awarded subsidized teacher training for that particular course at a cost not to exceed six hundred fifty dollars ($650) per teacher.

(c) The provisions of this section shall be contingent on the appropriation and availability of funding for that purpose.

(d) The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules necessary to implement this subchapter.