Sixteen charter schools and charter school systems asked on Friday to give up their waivers of the state teacher salary law to clear the way for getting state funds to raise their beginning teacher salaries to $50,000.
Sixteen charter schools and charter school systems asked on Friday to give up their waivers of the state teacher salary law to clear the way for getting state funds to raise their beginning teacher salaries to $50,000.
A legislative panel on Tuesday signed off on granting $123.5 million in spending authority for the state Department of Education to disburse federal American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund money to 35 school districts.
Arkansas' four-year public high school graduation rate fell slightly to 88.46% in the 2020-21 COVID-marred school year, compared with 88.8% in the preceding year.
Arkansas' four-year public high school graduation rate fell slightly to 88.46% in the 2020-21 covid-marred school year, compared with 88.8% in the preceding year.