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Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to hold pubic hearing
January 4, 2018 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation will hold a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 201A at the Arkansas Department of Education. The purpose is to invite discussion on the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation Rules Governing Appeals from Determinations of the Arkansas Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
The rules were promulgated in response to the passage of Act 542, An Act to Grant Public Charter Schools a Right of Access to Unused or Underutilized Public School Facilities; To Clarify Rights of First Refusal to Purchase or Lease Unused of Underutilized Public School Facilities; and for Other Purposes.
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The first purpose of these Rules is to implement the requirements of Ark. Code Ann. §§ 6-21-801 through 6-21-814 6-21-815 to provide a method by which a school districts may appeal a decisions made by the Arkansas Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation (Division) to the Commission for Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation (Commission).