Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 6-17-427 - Superintendent license - Superintendent mentoring program required(a)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop and sponsor a superintendent mentoring program for first-year superintendents that includes without limitation: (A) Curriculum and instruction;(2) The division shall incorporate all training that is currently required for first-year superintendents into the superintendent mentoring program.(3) The State Board of Education shall establish rules to implement the superintendent mentoring program.(b) 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.(c) This section is subject to the appropriation and availability of funding.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1427, eff. 7/1/2019.