(a) By July 1, 2022, each public school district shall submit a three-year enhanced student achievement plan to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education describing:
- (1) The school district’s intended and implemented strategies to enhance student achievement; and
(2) How enhanced student achievement funds will be used to support the strategies of the school district:
- (A) As permitted by law; and
- (B) In accordance with this part.
(b) A school district shall:
- (1) Conduct a needs assessment developed by the division; and
- (2) Use district-specific data to identify areas where enhanced student achievement funds need to be directed.
(c) The plan shall specify the categories and types of expenditures, including without limitation personnel, programs, materials, supplies, services, and equipment including technology the district intends to use to meet the needs:
- (1) Identified through the assessment; and
- (2) Supported by the data.
- (d) The plan shall include goals and measures of success for the areas where enhanced student achievement funds will be directed.
(e) A school district shall provide justification for the use of enhanced student achievement funds in areas not:
- (1) Identified by the needs assessment; or
- (2) Supported by data.
(f) A school district shall review:
- (1) Annually the school district’s enhanced student achievement plan; and
- (2) The progress of the school district’s enhanced student achievement plan.
- (g) The enhanced student achievement plan of a school district shall be updated as necessary by the school district, and amendments to the enhanced student achievement plan shall be submitted annually to the division with the annual budget of the school district.
- (h) The division shall monitor the implementation and progress of the enhanced student achievement plan of a school district, including without limitation the categories and types of expenditures for enhanced student achievement funds.
(i) A school district that does not demonstrate progress toward the goals of the enhanced student achievement plan of the school district for three (3) consecutive years may be subject to one (1) or more of the following:
- (1) Additional monitoring by the division;
- (2) An increased level of support as provided in Arkansas Code § 6-15-2913; or
- (3) A corrective action plan that shall be developed in collaboration with the division.
- (j) The division shall provide a report on the progress of school districts in meeting plan goals to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education by October 1 of each odd-numbered year beginning in 2023.