(a) Within ten (10) calendar days of the close of the first quarter of each school year, a public charter school shall submit a written report to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education that contains the following information for the current school year:
- (1) The number of applications for enrollment received;
- (2) The number of applicants with a disability identified under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.; and
- (3) The number of applications for enrollment the public charter school denied and an explanation of the reason for each denial.
(b) Within ten (10) calendar days of the close of the fourth quarter of each school year, a public charter school shall submit a written report to the division that contains the following information for the current school year:
(1) The number of students in each of the following categories:
- (A) Students who dropped out of the public charter school during the school year;
- (B) Students who were expelled during the school year by the public charter school;
- (C) Students who were enrolled in the public charter school but for a reason other than those cited under subdivisions (b)(1)(A) and (B) of this section did not complete the school year at the public charter school;
- (D) Students identified in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) – (C) of this section who transferred to another open-enrollment public charter school;
- (E) Students identified in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) – (C) of this section who transferred to a private school;
- (F) Students identified in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) – (C) of this section who transferred to a home school;
- (G) Students identified in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) – (C) of this section who transferred to a school outside of Arkansas; and
- (H)
(i) Students identified in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) – (C) of this section who transferred to a traditional public school district within Arkansas.
- (ii) The report shall identify the dates of transfer for all students identified in subdivision (b)(1)(H)(i) of this section;
- (2) For all students enrolled in the public charter school, the scores for assessments required under the Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act, Arkansas Code § 6-15-2901 et seq.; and
(3) If there is any discrepancy in the number of students for whom scores are reported under subdivision (b)(2) of this section and the number of students enrolled at the beginning of the school year, the public charter school shall explain in the report the reason for the discrepancy.
(c) The division shall not exempt a public charter school from the reporting required under this section.
- (d) The division shall publish a copy of each report on the division's website.
- (e) If a public charter school fails to comply with Arkansas Code § 6-23-107 and this section, the division shall note the failure in the annual evaluation of the public charter school.
(f) Every public charter school shall furnish any other information, record, or report requested by the charter school office unless disclosure of the information, record, or report is explicitly prohibited by:
- (1) Court order; or
- (2) Federal or state law.
- (g) The charter school office shall, at least annually, post on the division’s website a list of deadlines for which legally required reports are due from the public charter school to the division.