Provider and program approval process
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-17-704; Arkansas Code § 6-17-705
(a)
- (1) All professional development providers and programs must be approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to be eligible to provide credit toward required professional development.
- (2) A person whose license has been revoked by the State Board of Education is not eligible to be an approved provider of professional development.
- (b) At least thirty (30) days before a program is offered to educators, the professional development provider shall provide a detailed description of the entire program, including staff qualifications, to the division in an electronic format prescribed by the division.
(c) The division shall:
- (1) Promptly review the content of the program for compliance with all applicable law to determine if any or all of the program content shall be deemed to provide professional development credit; and
- (2) Establish the time period the professional development provider is approved to offer the program.
(d) Upon notification by the division of approval of the program, or a part or parts thereof, for professional development credit, the professional development provider may:
- (1) Enroll participants in the program; and
- (2) Offer the program for professional development credit for the set time period.
(e)
- (1) The program provider shall be responsible for the preparation and dissemination of proof of completion of the program, or parts thereof, to all attendees.
(2) All proof shall be submitted by the attendees who are employed by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school to the:
- (A) Superintendent of the district; or
- (B) Chief executive of the open-enrollment public charter school.