It is the intent of the general assembly to develop a state research and development prekindergarten through grade twelve school in order to do the following:

1. 1. To raise and sustain the level of all prekindergarten through grade twelve students’ educational attainment and personal development through innovative and promising teaching practice.
2. 2. To enhance the preparation and professional competence of the educators in this state through collaborative inquiry and exchange of professional knowledge in teaching and learning.
3. 3. To focus on research that transforms teaching practice to meet the changing needs of this state’s educational system.

2009 Acts, ch 177, §49, 57