(A) Except as provided by Arkansas Code § 6-15-202(b)(2), the State Board of Education on its own motion or on petition from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or from a district may, upon a showing of just cause in a public hearing of the state board, grant a waiver of any standard for accreditation for no longer than one (1) school year.
(B) However, no curricula, student performance, school performance, or any standard required by law may be waived for any time period.
(2) A petition for a waiver under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section shall be filed with the division under the procedures outlined in the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Rules Governing Act 1240 Waivers, 6 CAR pt. 230.
(b) A waiver of any standard for accreditation approved by the state board shall only apply to the school year in which it was granted.