(a) Annually, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall:
- (1) Review the parental involvement plan of each public school district; and
- (2) Determine whether the plan is in compliance with law.
- (b) On each annual school performance report published by the division pursuant to Arkansas Code § 6-15-1402, the division shall indicate whether or not the public school district is in compliance with this part and Arkansas Code § 6-15-1701 et seq.
(c) Periodically on a rotating schedule, the division shall monitor each public school district’s plan to:
- (1) Evaluate whether the school district is implementing its plan and the implementation’s effectiveness; and
- (2) Assess the areas in which a school district needs to revise its plan or its implementation of the plan.
(d) The division shall place priority for monitoring on public school districts that have been identified as being in need of:
- (1) Level 4 — Directed support; or
- (2) Level 5 — Intensive support.
- (e) The division may monitor a public school district’s plan at other additional times as determined necessary by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education or the State Board of Education.
(f) By January 1 of each year, the division shall provide any recommendations in writing to a school district:
- (1) Concerning areas of noncompliance with this part or Arkansas Code § 6-15-1701 et seq.; or
- (2) Arising from the division’s review of public school district plans under subdivision (a)(2) of this section.
- (g) The division shall allow a public school district opportunity to incorporate the division’s recommendations into the district’s parental involvement plan.