Katie Fite

Director of Communications

Arkansas Public School Resource Center

501-492-4300 | kfite@apsrc.net

 

Charter Authorizing Panel Meeting 

June 18th

 

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel met for its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on June 18th, 2024. The panel works to oversee the "authorization, renewal, revision, and revocation of charters."

In this month's meeting, the panel considered and acted upon the agenda items detailed below.


Agenda and attachments can be found here..

 

II. Consent Agenda

The board approved the consent agenda. Items included:

II.1. Minutes


III. Action Agenda

IIII.1. Fountain Lake Middle School Cobra Digital Prep Academy

The panel approved rescission of the Fountain Lake Middle School Cobra Digital Prep Academy charter as of June 30, 2024. All associated waivers will be rescinded at that time.  

III.2. Fort Smith Virtual Academy

The panel approved the Fort Smith Virtual Academy request to change the current grade levels served from Grades K-12 to Grades 6-12.   

III.3. Pinecrest Academy Fayetteville

The panel approved the Pinecrest Academy Fayetteville request to defer the school start date to August 2025 with the stipulation that they provide an update at the October meeting.  

III.4. CIVICA Career and Collegiate Academy Bentonville

The panel approved the CIVICA Career and Collegiate Academy Bentonville request to defer the school start date to August 2025 with the stipulation that they provide an update at the October meeting.  

III.5. Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas 

The panel approved the Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas request to amend the grades levels served at the Founders Classical Academy Online campus from Grades K-12 to Grades 7-12; amend the grade levels served at the Founders Classical Academy Bentonville campus from Grades K-7 to Grades K-8; change the name of Founders Classical Academy Online to iSchool Virtual Academy of Arkansas; and close Founders Classical Academy Online Elementary LEA 0442702.

III.6. Cabot Panther Academy

The Cabot Panther Academy withdrew their request to add a new campus to be located within the Cabot School District at 407 S. Polk Street, Cabot, Arkansas; and change the grade levels served from Grades 5-12 to Grades K-12. 



To learn more about the Charter Authorizing Panel, click here. 

 

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