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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-1003 (2026)

Academically competent students

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    1. Arkansas public school students will achieve competency in the basic core of knowledge and skills.
    2. Students will meet required standards in academic areas of the curriculum that will serve as a basis for students to pursue immediate and lifelong educational and employment opportunities.
    3. Students will achieve competency in:
      1. Language arts, writing, spelling, speaking, listening, and reading;
      2. Math, computation, measurement, probability and statistics;
      3. Problem solving, basic algebra, data analysis, and geometry concepts;
      4. Science, physical and life science knowledge and scientific problem solving; and
      5. Social studies, history, geography, economics, and civic education.
    1. Arkansas public school students will apply practical knowledge and skills.
    2. Students will meet required academic standards in those areas that will better prepare them for lifelong career opportunities.
    3. Students will achieve competency at the local level in computer science and other technologies and in practical economic and consumer skills and will be offered courses in vocational preparation skills.
    1. Arkansas public school students will demonstrate achievement.
    2. School districts, schools, and students shall participate in the state assessments in the basic core of knowledge and skills as defined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in the Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act, § 6-15-2901 et seq.

History. Acts 1991, No. 236, § 1; 1997, No. 1108, § 3; 1999, No. 999, § 11; 2017, No. 936, § 14; 2019, No. 910, § 1210.

Amendments. The 2017 amendment substituted “Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act, § 6-15-2901 et seq.” for “Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program” in (c)(2).

The 2019 amendment substituted “Division of Elementary and Secondary Education” for “Department of Education” in (c)(2).

Research References

Ark. L. Rev.

Lessons From Lake View: Some Questions and Answers from Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee, 56 Ark. L. Rev. 519 (2003).

U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.

Annual Survey of Caselaw, Constitutional Law, 25 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 908.

Note, Constitutional Law — Education and Equal Protection — Towards Intelligence and Virtue: Arkansas Embarks on a Court-Mandated Search for an Adequate and Equitable School Funding System. Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee, 351 Ark. 31, 91 S.W.3d 472 (2002), 26 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 143 (2003).

Case Notes

Adequacy Study.

Many of the standards set forth in Rose v. Council for Better Education, Inc., 790 S.W.2d. 186 (Ky. 1989) as to what constitutes an adequate education were adopted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas in former § 6-20-302 and this section, and the school funding system in place between 1994 and 2000 unconstitutionally failed to meet those standards. Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 351 Ark. 31, 91 S.W.3d 472 (2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 1035, 123 S. Ct. 2097, 155 L. Ed. 2d 1066 (2003).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 91 S.W.3d 472 (Ark. 2002).
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Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 91 S.W.3d 472 (Ark. 2002). · cites it 4× “Act 1108 of 1997, § 3, codified in slightly different language at Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-1003 (a), (b), (c) (Repl.”
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-1003(a): 1 case
Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 91 S.W.3d 472 (Ark. 2002). “Act 1108 of 1997, § 3, codified in slightly different language at Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-1003 (a), (b), (c) (Repl.”
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