Local education agency (LEA) numbers
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-11-128; Arkansas Code § 6-18-213; Arkansas Code § 6-20-1805; Arkansas Code § 6-20-2202
- (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education is the sole and official issuer of LEA numbers to educational entities in the State of Arkansas.
(b) These numbers shall be issued, activated, deactivated, or changed:
- (1) According to the annual schedule; and
- (2) In a format established by the division.
- (c) An educational entity shall not be recognized as a public school district or entitled to the rights and privileges of a school district solely because the educational entity has been assigned an LEA number.
- (d) All requests for an LEA number assignment or change must be submitted on a form supplied by the division by June 1 in order for the assignment or change to be effective for the following school year.