§ 6-11-125 - Legislative intent regarding information technology.
6-11-125. Legislative intent regarding information technology.
(a) The General Assembly finds that the State of Arkansas has provided the encouragement and the financial means to build a foundation for an information technology network linking local school districts and the Department of Education. The General Assembly further finds that the amount of information that local school districts and their personnel are required to furnish the department, while essential, has become increasingly burdensome. The General Assembly therefore expresses its intent and commitment to ensuring that the department utilizes and continually upgrades to the fullest extent possible the information technology network linking the various school districts and the department.
(b) The State Board of Education, acting through the department, shall use every means available to eliminate the amount of paperwork required by state law and regulations to be reported from each local school district by utilizing to the fullest extent possible, beginning no later than July 1, 1998, the information technology network linking local school districts and the department.