§ 6-18-1407 - Grant program. - Arkansas Statutes

6-18-1407. Grant program.

(a) A grant program is established to provide financial assistance to school districts with priority elementary schools that establish family resource centers.

(b) The implementation of the grant program under this section is subject to funding.

(c) Local school districts shall submit to the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board the grant applications and plans for their family resource centers by March 1, 2005.

(d) Beginning July 1, 2005, the board shall award grants to school districts that establish family resource centers at priority elementary schools in their districts.

(e) (1) The board or its designee shall develop a grant application process that includes the following:

(A) An application for a grant under this subchapter;

(B) Instructions about the grant process; and

(C) Scoring procedures to determine the award of the grants.

(2) (A) The grant application process shall include the preparation of a grant application package that is distributed to each priority elementary school and the superintendent of the school district containing each priority elementary school.

(B) The board shall distribute the grant application package no later than December 15, 2004.

(3) The grant application process shall be straightforward and require a minimum amount of paperwork.

(f) In the award of grants under this subchapter, special consideration shall be given to the most impoverished and the lowest performing schools.