Arkansas Correctional School District, also known as the Arkansas Correctional School (ACS), and previously the Arkansas Department of Correction School District (ADCSD), is the education system that serves the
Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) prisons and the
Arkansas Department of Community Corrections (DCC) facilities. The district opened in 1973 when Act 279 was passed by the
Arkansas General Assembly. The agency has its headquarters within the Pine Bluff Complex in
Pine Bluff.
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Arkansas Correctional School. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
Since the beginning of the 1997–98 school year, ADC inmates without a high school diploma who have not passed their
GED
The General Educational Development (GED) tests are a group of four subject tests which, when passed, provide certification that the test taker has United States or Canadian high school-level academic skills. It is an alternative to the US high ...
high-school equivalency exam have been required to take ACS classes.
Guide for Family and Friends
. Arkansas Department of Correction
The Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC), formerly the Arkansas Department of Correction, is the state law enforcement agency that oversees inmates and operates state prisons within the U.S. state of Arkansas. DOC consists of two divisions, t ...
. 15 (16/27). Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
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School districts in Arkansas
1973 establishments in Arkansas
School districts established in 1973