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On May 20, 2015, Paul spoke for ten and a half hours in opposition to the reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act. [46] At midnight on May 31, 2015, Section 215 expired. [47] With the passage of the USA Freedom Act on June 2, 2015 the expired parts of law, including Section 215, were reported broadly as restored and renewed through ...
Teachers have a workday on both sides of that break — Dec. 20 and Jan. 2, 2024. Students and teachers return to school Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. For spring break, students will have Friday, March ...
In the 1932–1933 school year, Arkansas had 3,086 school districts, with 1,990 of them each operating a school for white students that only employed a single teacher. Calvin R. Ledbetter Jr. of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock stated that the Great Depression caused a drop in government revenues and frustrated school consolidation. [3]
The Augmented Benchmark Examinations is a test required by the Arkansas Department of Education in support of NCLB.Starting with the 2007–08 school year, a criterion-referenced test mandated by the state was merged with the Stanford Achievement Test, Series 10 to form the Augmented Benchmark Examinations.
Generally prohibited in the Western world at large, school corporal punishment is not unusual in recent Arkansas experience, with 20,083 public school students [a] paddled at least one time, according to government data for the 2011–12 school year. [24] The rate of corporal punishment in public schools is higher only in Mississippi. [24]
Overhauled the role of federal government in public schools. Provided funding for public schools. Funded educator recruitment and development. Pub. L. 89–10: 1965 Higher Education Act of 1965: Overhauled the role of federal government in higher education. Provided financial aid for students and institutions. Pub. L. 89–329: 1966 Child ...
The calendar for the 2024-25 school year is set. The first day of school in Miami-Dade schools will be Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, and the final day of classes will be Thursday, June 5, 2025, the ...
Spring break [a] is a vacation period at universities and schools that includes the Easter holiday, and takes place in early Northern Hemisphere spring. Introduced in the U.S. during the 1930s, spring break has been observed in Europe since the late 19th century, and is observed in many other countries.