Katie Fite

Director of Communications

Arkansas Public School Resource Center

501-492-4300 | kfite@apsrc.net

 

Charter Authorizing Panel Meeting 

April 16th

 

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel met for its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on April 16th, 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

III.1. School for Advanced Studies-Northwest Arkansas

The panel approved the School for Advanced Studies request to:

  • Change the grade levels served from Grades 5-9 to Grades 5-10.  
  • Waive Curriculum: Fine Arts Standard 1-A.1.3.6.
  • Waive Curriculum: Advanced Placement Course Ark. Code Ann. 6-16-1204(c)(d); Standard 1-A.1.3-10: DESE Rules Governing Grading and Course Credit-Section 6.
  • Waive Curriculum: Foreign Language-Standard 1-A.1.3.5.  

III.2. Arkansas Lighthouse Charter School Amendment Request

The panel approved the Arkansas Lighthouse Charter School request to waive Ark. Code Ann. 6-10-106(a)-Uniform dates for beginning and end of school year.

III.3. Cabot Panther Academy 

The Cabot Panther Academy request to add a new campus to be located within the Cabot School District at 407 S. Polk Street, Cabot, Arkansas was withdrawn to be re-presented at the May Charter Authorizing Panel meeting. 

III.4. Founders Classical Academy of Arkansas 

The panel approved the Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas request to waive Ark. Ann Code 6-10-106(g)(3). 

III.5. Premier High School of Arkansas and Premier High School of North Little Rock

The panel approved the Premier High School of Arkansas request to:

  • Merge Premier High School of North Little Rock with Premier High Schools of Arkansas Charter. The North Little Rock campus will keep all the waivers currently held by the Premier High School of Arkansas Charter. 
  • Obtain a waiver for Ark. Code Ann. 6-17-2403(f)(2)(A)(i). The waiver currently exists in Premier High School of North Little Rock.  
  • Premier High School of Arkansas has identified locations for Premier High School of Russellville and Premier High School of Fayetteville.  

III.6. Lisa Academy

The panel approved the Lisa Academy request to amend its charter to include a waiver of Arkansas Code 6-18-213(b) for all LISA Academy schools.  

III.7. LISA Academy Data Review

LISA Academy presented data to the panel.


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

 

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