AR App Approval and Grant Distribution 

The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has approved the AR Apps for the fiscal year 2024-2025 for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) listed here. If your LEA has yet to receive an AR App approval notification or has questions about its AR App approval status, please contact ARapp@ade.arkansas.gov. 

The Arkansas Department of Education's Federal Finance Unit has distributed grants under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and IDEA for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. LEAs are authorized based on information contained in their submitted applications and budgets for identified programs. Although DESE has approved these materials, approval and any subsequent grant awards do not exempt LEAs from complying with all related legal and regulatory requirements.

LEA Strategic Plans 

DESE has created a public-facing Strategic Plan for each LEA based on their approved AR App. These plans inform the community of the LEAs' goals and strategies for the current school year and can be found here. LEAs must upload the plan to their websites under the 'State Required Information' section by November 8. LEAs should not alter the content of their Strategic Plan. Additional instructions for Strategic Plans can be found here. 

Please contact ARapp@ade.arkansas.gov with questions about AR App approvals or Strategic Plans.