LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Just a few weeks out of the legislative session ending and a few months ahead of a new school year starting, education leaders are running against the clock to put some of the new LEARNS Act in place.
“We are starting right away,” Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva said.
A massive education reform package that has now become law requires quite a bit of work to make it a reality. Oliva said this next phase of implementation does not happen without the public.
“We made a commitment to do that in a clear and transparent manner,” he said.
This is done through work groups, made up of Arkansans, to help give ideas and feedback for the rule-implementing process.
The groups are based on parts of education in the LEARNS Act that will be affected. The groups are:
Oliva said the Department of Education received more than 1,200 applications.
“That ranged everywhere from college presidents, school superintendents, school board members, teachers, parents,” he said.
Oliva noted that the intent is to have people from all four corners of the state represented in groups, as well as people from all levels of education. Each group- made up of 10 or so people- is overseen by an ADE staff member.
The secretary also said if a person does not make the work group, the department plans to still...
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