3.01 “Accredited -- Cited” means the status assigned to a public school or public school district that fails to meet any Standard identified by a “C” as being a cited violation in these rules.

3.02 “Enforcement action” means the intervention of the State to require compliance of a public school or a public school district that fails to meet the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts.

3.03 “Accredited -- Probation” means the status assigned to a public school or public school district that fails to meet any Standard identified by a “P” as being a probationary violation in these rules or fails to correct a violation by the specified deadline for which it acquired cited status.

3.04 “Division” means the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education of the Arkansas Department of Education.

3.05 “Public school” means:

3.05.1 A school operated by a public school district; or

3.05.2 An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in Ark. Code Ann. § 6-23-103.

3.06 “Public school district” means:

3.06.1 A geographic area that qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under Ark. Code Ann. § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3, and is either:

3.06.1.1 Governed by an elected board of directors; or

3.06.1.2 Under the administrative control of the State Board or the Commissioner of Education in place of an elected board of directors; or

3.06.2 An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in Ark. Code Ann. § 6-23-103.

3.07 “Standards for Accreditation” means the series of requirements that specify what a public school or public school district shall meet in order to be fully accredited by the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

3.08 “Written curriculum” includes identified sequences of student learning expectations, pacing, materials and resources used to teach the Arkansas Academic Standards and processes for evaluating mastery of the standards at particular points in time throughout the K--12 educational program.