(a)
- (1) Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a first-year Arkansas superintendent shall complete the superintendent mentoring program within twelve (12) months of obtaining or maintaining employment as a superintendent to maintain his or her superintendent’s license.
- (2) Except as noted in subdivision (a)(3) of this section, the twelve-month superintendent mentoring program period shall begin upon the first day that the first-year Arkansas superintendent obtains employment with an Arkansas public school district, as evidenced by the effective date contained in the signed employment contract between the superintendent and an Arkansas public school district.
- (3) For an interim or acting superintendent of a school district who becomes the permanent superintendent of the same school district, the twelve-month superintendent mentoring program period shall begin upon the date the interim or acting superintendent becomes the permanent superintendent pursuant to official action of the school district’s board of directors.
- (b) The Department of Education shall, in conjunction with the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators, develop all curriculum and training materials for the superintendent mentoring program.
- (c) Membership in the association or any other organization is not required in order for a superintendent to successfully complete the requirements of the program.
- (d) The requirements contained in this part are in addition to those contained in other areas of Arkansas law or in other rules of the State Board of Education related to administrator licensure, including without limitation the department’s Rules Governing Initial and Standard/Professional Administrator and Administrator — Arkansas Correctional School Licensure [repealed].