About APSRC
The mission of the Arkansas Public School Resource Center is to support the improvement of public education by providing advocacy services on behalf of public schools with a special emphasis on charter schools and rural districts.
APSRC is a service-oriented, nonprofit membership organization that offers technical support, resources and training. Our full-time and highly trained staff provide assistance in five main areas:
- Legal Services
- Financial Analysis and Management
- Teaching and Learning
- Technology
- Communications
Membership in APSRC is open to charter schools, rural school districts, educational cooperatives and educationally related entities and businesses. To apply for membership, please call 501.492.4300 with any questions or requests for assistance in the membership application process.
This school year, we introduced several new endeavors and enhanced services. Those include:
- Assistance and product development for school districts, educational service cooperatives, and charter schools in the following school facility areas:
- Strategic planning
- Facility program compliance
- Development of master plans and partnership program project applications
- General advice on issues regarding school planning, design, construction maintenance, and contract procurement
- An expanded array of bookkeeping services provided by our Finance Department
- An expanded array of bookkeeping services provided by our Finance Department
- Specialized legal trainings and policy advice
- Daily news coverage of the 2018 legislative session
- CFAM 2.0, per the request of many superintendents and bookkeepers
- The Charter Leadership Institute for beginning charter-school adminstrators
- Special education support services in the areas of IEPs, law and due process, and best practices