Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-405 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 64 / Subchapter 4 / Section 6-64-405
University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board. (b) (1) The University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall be composed of fifteen (15) members to be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and shall be selected from a list submitted by the Dean of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine subject to the approval of the Chancellor for Health Sciences and the President of the University of Arkansas system. (2) Six (6) of the members shall be members of the faculty of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine. (3) Eight (8) of the members, at least four (4) of whom shall have faculty appointments in the University of Arkansas College of Medicine, shall be appointed from each of the four (4) congressional districts and shall be apportioned on the basis of two (2) members from each congressional district. (4) One (1) member shall be appointed from the state at large. (c) All members of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall serve one-year terms and may be reappointed for not more than three (3) additional consecutive terms. (d) The University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall promulgate reasonable rules necessary to the fair and competitive selection of freshmen medical students with due consideration being given scholastic standings, recommendations of the premedical advisory committees of the various schools where the applicants pursue their premedical studies, their performance on the Medical College Admission Test, and any other procedures that can be developed that would deal fairly with the applicant group as a whole. (e) The University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall serve without compensation except that each University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board member may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 383, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2013, No. 515,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1975, No. 310, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2928 -- 80-2930; Acts 1997, No. 250, § 30.

(a) There is established the University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board.

(b) (1) The University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall be composed of fifteen (15) members to be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and shall be selected from a list submitted by the Dean of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine subject to the approval of the Chancellor for Health Sciences and the President of the University of Arkansas system. (2) Six (6) of the members shall be members of the faculty of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine. (3) Eight (8) of the members, at least four (4) of whom shall have faculty appointments in the University of Arkansas College of Medicine, shall be appointed from each of the four (4) congressional districts and shall be apportioned on the basis of two (2) members from each congressional district. (4) One (1) member shall be appointed from the state at large.

(1) The University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall be composed of fifteen (15) members to be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and shall be selected from a list submitted by the Dean of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine subject to the approval of the Chancellor for Health Sciences and the President of the University of Arkansas system.

(2) Six (6) of the members shall be members of the faculty of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine.

(3) Eight (8) of the members, at least four (4) of whom shall have faculty appointments in the University of Arkansas College of Medicine, shall be appointed from each of the four (4) congressional districts and shall be apportioned on the basis of two (2) members from each congressional district.

(4) One (1) member shall be appointed from the state at large.

(c) All members of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall serve one-year terms and may be reappointed for not more than three (3) additional consecutive terms.

(d) The University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall promulgate reasonable rules necessary to the fair and competitive selection of freshmen medical students with due consideration being given scholastic standings, recommendations of the premedical advisory committees of the various schools where the applicants pursue their premedical studies, their performance on the Medical College Admission Test, and any other procedures that can be developed that would deal fairly with the applicant group as a whole.

(e) The University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board shall serve without compensation except that each University of Arkansas College of Medicine Admissions Board member may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 383, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 515,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 1975, No. 310, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2928 -- 80-2930; Acts 1997, No. 250, § 30.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-1803 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 82 / Subchapter 18 / Section 6-82-1803
Arkansas Future Grant
Status: in_force

(a) (1) An Arkansas Future Grant shall be in an amount equal to the tuition, fees, and other charges incurred by a student who meets the requirements under § 6-82-1802 to attend an approved institution of higher education less the amount the student receives in: (A) State-supported student financial assistance; (B) Federal student financial assistance; and (C) Private scholarships. (2) If the approved institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled is a state-supported four-year institution of higher education or a private, nonprofit four-year institution of higher education, the total amount of tuition, fees, and other charges under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be calculated as the average cost of tuition, fees, and other charges at approved institutions of higher education that are state-supported two-year institutions of higher education or private, nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education. (b) The Division of Higher Education shall disburse the grant directly to the approved institution of higher education. (c) The division shall award grants under this subchapter in the order in which the division receives applications from eligible students. Amended by Act 2021, No. 388,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2112, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2017, No. 316,§ 1, eff. 3/2/2017.

(a) (1) An Arkansas Future Grant shall be in an amount equal to the tuition, fees, and other charges incurred by a student who meets the requirements under § 6-82-1802 to attend an approved institution of higher education less the amount the student receives in: (A) State-supported student financial assistance; (B) Federal student financial assistance; and (C) Private scholarships. (2) If the approved institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled is a state-supported four-year institution of higher education or a private, nonprofit four-year institution of higher education, the total amount of tuition, fees, and other charges under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be calculated as the average cost of tuition, fees, and other charges at approved institutions of higher education that are state-supported two-year institutions of higher education or private, nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education.

(1) An Arkansas Future Grant shall be in an amount equal to the tuition, fees, and other charges incurred by a student who meets the requirements under § 6-82-1802 to attend an approved institution of higher education less the amount the student receives in: (A) State-supported student financial assistance; (B) Federal student financial assistance; and (C) Private scholarships.

(A) State-supported student financial assistance;

(B) Federal student financial assistance; and

(C) Private scholarships.

(2) If the approved institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled is a state-supported four-year institution of higher education or a private, nonprofit four-year institution of higher education, the total amount of tuition, fees, and other charges under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be calculated as the average cost of tuition, fees, and other charges at approved institutions of higher education that are state-supported two-year institutions of higher education or private, nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education.

(b) The Division of Higher Education shall disburse the grant directly to the approved institution of higher education.

(c) The division shall award grants under this subchapter in the order in which the division receives applications from eligible students.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 388,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2112, eff. 7/1/2019.

Added by Act 2017, No. 316,§ 1, eff. 3/2/2017.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2605 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 26 / Section 6-17-2605
Employment by public school district
Status: in_force

(a) A lifetime teaching license holder is eligible to serve as a substitute teacher and as a tutor. (b) A lifetime teaching license holder who becomes employed as a licensed educator by a school district shall participate in the professional development programs required by the employing school district. Amended by Act 2017, No. 588,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 2007, No. 169, § 1; 2009, No. 224, § 3.

(a) A lifetime teaching license holder is eligible to serve as a substitute teacher and as a tutor.

(b) A lifetime teaching license holder who becomes employed as a licensed educator by a school district shall participate in the professional development programs required by the employing school district.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 588,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 2007, No. 169, § 1; 2009, No. 224, § 3.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-85-220 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 85 / Subchapter 2 / Section 6-85-220
Legislative Council - Annual report
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislative Council shall: (1) Oversee the development and implementation of Arkansas Code requirements with regard to the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program; (2) Review whether and how the use of net state lottery proceeds helps to accomplish state objectives for higher education; (3) Review the ongoing data collection, research, and evaluation of the program; (4) Review the annual report of the Division of Higher Education under § 6-85-219 ; (5) Review and recommend changes to the: (A) Number of awards for each scholarship and grant; (B) Award levels; (C) Eligibility requirements; and (D) Overall administration of the program; and (6) Review and recommend policies for scholarships and grants funded with nonlottery state educational resources, including without limitation ways to ensure that net proceeds from the state lottery are used to supplement and not supplant nonlottery state educational resources. (b) Annually by December 15, the Legislative Council shall report its findings and recommendations to the: (1) Office of the Arkansas Lottery; (2) President Pro Tempore of the Senate; (3) Speaker of the House of Representatives; (4) Governor; (5) House Committee on Education; and (6) Senate Committee on Education. Amended by Act 2021, No. 636,§ 1, eff. 4/12/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2186, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1258,§ 11, eff. 7/22/2015. Amended by Act 2015, No. 218,§ 12, eff. 2/26/2015. Acts 2009, No. 605, § 4; 2009, No. 606, § 4; 2011, No. 207, § 18.

(a) The Legislative Council shall: (1) Oversee the development and implementation of Arkansas Code requirements with regard to the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program; (2) Review whether and how the use of net state lottery proceeds helps to accomplish state objectives for higher education; (3) Review the ongoing data collection, research, and evaluation of the program; (4) Review the annual report of the Division of Higher Education under § 6-85-219 ; (5) Review and recommend changes to the: (A) Number of awards for each scholarship and grant; (B) Award levels; (C) Eligibility requirements; and (D) Overall administration of the program; and (6) Review and recommend policies for scholarships and grants funded with nonlottery state educational resources, including without limitation ways to ensure that net proceeds from the state lottery are used to supplement and not supplant nonlottery state educational resources.

(1) Oversee the development and implementation of Arkansas Code requirements with regard to the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program;

(2) Review whether and how the use of net state lottery proceeds helps to accomplish state objectives for higher education;

(3) Review the ongoing data collection, research, and evaluation of the program;

(4) Review the annual report of the Division of Higher Education under § 6-85-219 ;

(5) Review and recommend changes to the: (A) Number of awards for each scholarship and grant; (B) Award levels; (C) Eligibility requirements; and (D) Overall administration of the program; and

(A) Number of awards for each scholarship and grant;

(B) Award levels;

(C) Eligibility requirements; and

(D) Overall administration of the program; and

(6) Review and recommend policies for scholarships and grants funded with nonlottery state educational resources, including without limitation ways to ensure that net proceeds from the state lottery are used to supplement and not supplant nonlottery state educational resources.

(b) Annually by December 15, the Legislative Council shall report its findings and recommendations to the: (1) Office of the Arkansas Lottery; (2) President Pro Tempore of the Senate; (3) Speaker of the House of Representatives; (4) Governor; (5) House Committee on Education; and (6) Senate Committee on Education.

(1) Office of the Arkansas Lottery;

(2) President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(3) Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(4) Governor;

(5) House Committee on Education; and

(6) Senate Committee on Education.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 636,§ 1, eff. 4/12/2021.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2186, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 1258,§ 11, eff. 7/22/2015.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 218,§ 12, eff. 2/26/2015.

Acts 2009, No. 605, § 4; 2009, No. 606, § 4; 2011, No. 207, § 18.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-2405 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 18 / Subchapter 24 / Section 6-18-2405
Physical restraint
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Physical restraint of a student shall be used only by a member of school personnel who is appropriately trained to administer physical restraint except in the case of a clearly unavoidable emergency situation in which a trained member of school personnel is not immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the emergency situation. (2) If an incident occurs in which a trained member of school personnel is not immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the emergency situation, a school district shall: (A) Reevaluate the training needs of school personnel in the school district; (B) Reevaluate the physical restraint policy and practices of the school district; and (C) Develop a plan to prevent a future incident. (3) School personnel who administer physical restraint may be trained: (A) By a person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 ; and (B) In-state guidelines and the policies and procedures of the school district concerning the physical restraint of a student. (b) (1) School personnel shall use the least restrictive technique necessary to end imminent danger or serious physical harm to a student and others. (2) The ability of a student to communicate shall not be restricted unless the use of a less restrictive technique by school personnel will not prevent imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others. (c) When using a crisis intervention procedure or technique, school personnel shall consider the health and safety of a student, including without limitation whether the student has an existing medical condition that makes the use of physical restraint inadvisable. (d) Supine restraint shall not be used unless: (1) The school personnel administering the supine restraint has been trained by a person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 ; and (2) A person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 determines that supine restraint is required to provide safety for the student and others. (e) If physical restraint is used on a student, the student shall be continuously and visually observed and monitored while he or she is under physical restraint. (f) When using physical restraint on a student, school personnel shall: (1) Use the safest method available and appropriate to the situation; (2) Use the amount of force that is reasonably necessary to protect a student or others from imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; and (3) Not verbally abuse, ridicule, humiliate, taunt, or engage in any other similar action towards the student. (g) Physical restraint of a student shall: (1) Be used for a limited period of time; and (2) Not be used: (A) When imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates or a medical condition occurs that puts the student at risk of harm; (B) Unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; (C) After the threat of imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates; or (D) In the following manner: (i) To punish or discipline the student; (ii) To coerce the student; (iii) To force the student to comply; (iv) To retaliate against the student; (v) To replace the use of an appropriate educational or behavioral support; (vi) As a routine safety measure; (vii) As a planned behavioral intervention in response to behavior of the student that does not pose an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; (viii) As a convenience for school personnel; or (ix) To prevent property damage unless the act of damaging property committed by the student poses an imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student and others. (h) School personnel shall not use the following on a student: (1) Mechanical restraint; (2) Chemical restraint; (3) Aversive behavioral interventions that compromise health and safety; (4) Physical restraint that is: (A) Life-threatening; or (B) Medically contraindicated unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; or (5) Prone restraint or other restraint that restricts the breathing of a student. (i) (1) The use of physical restraint on a student as a planned behavioral intervention shall not be included in a student's Individualized Education Program, 504 Plan, behavior intervention plan, individual safety plan, or other individual planning document. (2) However, if appropriate, physical restraint of a student may be considered as a crisis intervention for the student. (j) A functional behavior assessment shall be conducted following the first incident of physical restraint used on a student unless a previous functional behavior assessment was conducted for the same behavior that was at issue when the physical restraint was used. (k) The use of a technique that is abusive shall be reported to the Child Abuse Hotline and law enforcement. Added by Act 2021, No. 1084,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

(a) (1) Physical restraint of a student shall be used only by a member of school personnel who is appropriately trained to administer physical restraint except in the case of a clearly unavoidable emergency situation in which a trained member of school personnel is not immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the emergency situation. (2) If an incident occurs in which a trained member of school personnel is not immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the emergency situation, a school district shall: (A) Reevaluate the training needs of school personnel in the school district; (B) Reevaluate the physical restraint policy and practices of the school district; and (C) Develop a plan to prevent a future incident. (3) School personnel who administer physical restraint may be trained: (A) By a person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 ; and (B) In-state guidelines and the policies and procedures of the school district concerning the physical restraint of a student.

(1) Physical restraint of a student shall be used only by a member of school personnel who is appropriately trained to administer physical restraint except in the case of a clearly unavoidable emergency situation in which a trained member of school personnel is not immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the emergency situation.

(2) If an incident occurs in which a trained member of school personnel is not immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the emergency situation, a school district shall: (A) Reevaluate the training needs of school personnel in the school district; (B) Reevaluate the physical restraint policy and practices of the school district; and (C) Develop a plan to prevent a future incident.

(A) Reevaluate the training needs of school personnel in the school district;

(B) Reevaluate the physical restraint policy and practices of the school district; and

(C) Develop a plan to prevent a future incident.

(3) School personnel who administer physical restraint may be trained: (A) By a person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 ; and (B) In-state guidelines and the policies and procedures of the school district concerning the physical restraint of a student.

(A) By a person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 ; and

(B) In-state guidelines and the policies and procedures of the school district concerning the physical restraint of a student.

(b) (1) School personnel shall use the least restrictive technique necessary to end imminent danger or serious physical harm to a student and others. (2) The ability of a student to communicate shall not be restricted unless the use of a less restrictive technique by school personnel will not prevent imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others.

(1) School personnel shall use the least restrictive technique necessary to end imminent danger or serious physical harm to a student and others.

(2) The ability of a student to communicate shall not be restricted unless the use of a less restrictive technique by school personnel will not prevent imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others.

(c) When using a crisis intervention procedure or technique, school personnel shall consider the health and safety of a student, including without limitation whether the student has an existing medical condition that makes the use of physical restraint inadvisable.

(d) Supine restraint shall not be used unless: (1) The school personnel administering the supine restraint has been trained by a person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 ; and (2) A person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 determines that supine restraint is required to provide safety for the student and others.

(1) The school personnel administering the supine restraint has been trained by a person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 ; and

(2) A person who is certified by a training program that meets the criteria specified in § 6-18-2409 determines that supine restraint is required to provide safety for the student and others.

(e) If physical restraint is used on a student, the student shall be continuously and visually observed and monitored while he or she is under physical restraint.

(f) When using physical restraint on a student, school personnel shall: (1) Use the safest method available and appropriate to the situation; (2) Use the amount of force that is reasonably necessary to protect a student or others from imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; and (3) Not verbally abuse, ridicule, humiliate, taunt, or engage in any other similar action towards the student.

(1) Use the safest method available and appropriate to the situation;

(2) Use the amount of force that is reasonably necessary to protect a student or others from imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; and

(3) Not verbally abuse, ridicule, humiliate, taunt, or engage in any other similar action towards the student.

(g) Physical restraint of a student shall: (1) Be used for a limited period of time; and (2) Not be used: (A) When imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates or a medical condition occurs that puts the student at risk of harm; (B) Unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; (C) After the threat of imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates; or (D) In the following manner: (i) To punish or discipline the student; (ii) To coerce the student; (iii) To force the student to comply; (iv) To retaliate against the student; (v) To replace the use of an appropriate educational or behavioral support; (vi) As a routine safety measure; (vii) As a planned behavioral intervention in response to behavior of the student that does not pose an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; (viii) As a convenience for school personnel; or (ix) To prevent property damage unless the act of damaging property committed by the student poses an imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student and others.

(1) Be used for a limited period of time; and

(2) Not be used: (A) When imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates or a medical condition occurs that puts the student at risk of harm; (B) Unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; (C) After the threat of imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates; or (D) In the following manner: (i) To punish or discipline the student; (ii) To coerce the student; (iii) To force the student to comply; (iv) To retaliate against the student; (v) To replace the use of an appropriate educational or behavioral support; (vi) As a routine safety measure; (vii) As a planned behavioral intervention in response to behavior of the student that does not pose an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; (viii) As a convenience for school personnel; or (ix) To prevent property damage unless the act of damaging property committed by the student poses an imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student and others.

(A) When imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates or a medical condition occurs that puts the student at risk of harm;

(B) Unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others;

(C) After the threat of imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others dissipates; or

(D) In the following manner: (i) To punish or discipline the student; (ii) To coerce the student; (iii) To force the student to comply; (iv) To retaliate against the student; (v) To replace the use of an appropriate educational or behavioral support; (vi) As a routine safety measure; (vii) As a planned behavioral intervention in response to behavior of the student that does not pose an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; (viii) As a convenience for school personnel; or (ix) To prevent property damage unless the act of damaging property committed by the student poses an imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student and others.

(i) To punish or discipline the student;

(ii) To coerce the student;

(iii) To force the student to comply;

(iv) To retaliate against the student;

(v) To replace the use of an appropriate educational or behavioral support;

(vi) As a routine safety measure;

(vii) As a planned behavioral intervention in response to behavior of the student that does not pose an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others;

(viii) As a convenience for school personnel; or

(ix) To prevent property damage unless the act of damaging property committed by the student poses an imminent danger or serious physical harm to the student and others.

(h) School personnel shall not use the following on a student: (1) Mechanical restraint; (2) Chemical restraint; (3) Aversive behavioral interventions that compromise health and safety; (4) Physical restraint that is: (A) Life-threatening; or (B) Medically contraindicated unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; or (5) Prone restraint or other restraint that restricts the breathing of a student.

(1) Mechanical restraint;

(2) Chemical restraint;

(3) Aversive behavioral interventions that compromise health and safety;

(4) Physical restraint that is: (A) Life-threatening; or (B) Medically contraindicated unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; or

(A) Life-threatening; or

(B) Medically contraindicated unless the behavior of the student poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others; or

(5) Prone restraint or other restraint that restricts the breathing of a student.

(i) (1) The use of physical restraint on a student as a planned behavioral intervention shall not be included in a student's Individualized Education Program, 504 Plan, behavior intervention plan, individual safety plan, or other individual planning document. (2) However, if appropriate, physical restraint of a student may be considered as a crisis intervention for the student.

(1) The use of physical restraint on a student as a planned behavioral intervention shall not be included in a student's Individualized Education Program, 504 Plan, behavior intervention plan, individual safety plan, or other individual planning document.

(2) However, if appropriate, physical restraint of a student may be considered as a crisis intervention for the student.

(j) A functional behavior assessment shall be conducted following the first incident of physical restraint used on a student unless a previous functional behavior assessment was conducted for the same behavior that was at issue when the physical restraint was used.

(k) The use of a technique that is abusive shall be reported to the Child Abuse Hotline and law enforcement.

Added by Act 2021, No. 1084,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-2-105 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 6-2-105
Trustees
Status: in_force

(a) The persons thus associated shall be the trustees of the proposed institution. (b) Unless they otherwise provide in their charter, the trustees shall annually elect their officers from their number. (c) Unless otherwise provided by their charter, one-third (1/3) of the whole number of the trustees shall be annually retired from the office, the number to be determined by lot, and others or the same persons shall be elected to fill the vacancies. (d) The trustees shall hold office until their successors have been elected in the manner provided above. Acts 1911, No. 375, § 4; C. & M. Dig., § 1767; A.S.A. 1947, § 64-1404.

(a) The persons thus associated shall be the trustees of the proposed institution.

(b) Unless they otherwise provide in their charter, the trustees shall annually elect their officers from their number.

(c) Unless otherwise provided by their charter, one-third (1/3) of the whole number of the trustees shall be annually retired from the office, the number to be determined by lot, and others or the same persons shall be elected to fill the vacancies.

(d) The trustees shall hold office until their successors have been elected in the manner provided above.

Acts 1911, No. 375, § 4; C. & M. Dig., § 1767; A.S.A. 1947, § 64-1404.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-128 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 10 / Section 6-10-128
School resource officers
Status: in_force

(a) A school district board of directors may accept from a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction a school resource officer to assist with school security, safety, emergency preparedness, emergency response, or any other responsibility assigned to the school resource officer by the school or law enforcement agency. (b) A school resource officer shall be a certified law enforcement officer and shall have statewide jurisdiction as described under § 16-81-118 . (c) (1) A school district board of directors that accepts a school resource officer shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, or adopt policies and procedures if the school district has an institutional law enforcement officer as described by § 6-13-1701 et seq., that governs the school resource officer and includes without limitation: (A) The financial responsibilities of each party; (B) The chain of command; (C) The process for the selection of school resource officers; (D) The process for the evaluation of school resource officers; (E) The training requirements for school resource officers; and (F) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers, which shall include without limitation: (i) Clarification of the school resource officer's involvement in student discipline; (ii) The use of physical restraints or chemical sprays; (iii) The use of firearms; and (iv) Making arrests on the public school campus. (2) The memorandum of understanding required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be based on a model memorandum created by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute, which shall include without limitation the requirements listed in subdivision (c)(1) of this section. (3) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules specifying how the adoption of a memorandum of understanding or policies and procedures shall be verified. (d) (1) Sworn, nonsupervisory law enforcement personnel, including without limitation school resource officers, who are assigned to a public school campus during the instructional day or employed by a public school district shall: (A) Within eighteen (18) months of being assigned or employed by the public school district: (i) (a) Complete a forty-hour basic school resource officer training program developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (b) The training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(i) (a) of this section shall include without limitation: (1) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers in public schools; (2) Laws that are specific to public schools and students in public schools; and (3) Adolescent behavior and development; and (ii) (a) Attend a training in youth mental health as required by the State Board of Education. (b) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) (a) of this section shall be obtained every four (4) years if the school resource officer remains assigned to or employed by a public school district; (B) (i) Within five (5) years after receiving the initial basic school resource officer training program, complete a sixteen-hour school resource officer refresher training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall be completed every five (5) years; and (C) (i) Annually complete twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) of this section and the school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B) of this section shall count towards the twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education required under subdivision (d)(1)(C)(i) of this section in the years during which the youth mental health and school resource officer refresher trainings are completed. (2) A school resource officer who is assigned by a public school for only extracurricular activities is exempt from the training requirements under subdivision (d)(1) of this section. (e) (1) A public school district superintendent and public school principal who accept a school resource officer or employ an institutional law enforcement officer as defined by § 6-13-1701 shall complete a one-hour school resource officer roles and responsibilities training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute within nine (9) months of accepting or employing the school resource officer. (2) Public school district personnel directly responsible for supervising a school resource officer shall complete a one-hour school resource officer roles and responsibilities training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute within one (1) year of accepting or employing the school resource officer and every two (2) years thereafter. (3) Training received by a licensed educator under subdivisions (e)(1) and (2) of this section may count towards the professional development required for renewal of an educator's license by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Professional Development. (f) (1) The Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute shall monitor compliance with the continuing education and training requirements under this section. (2) A school resource officer who fails to complete any training required under this section shall be unable to serve as a school resource officer until the training required under this section is complete. (3) A school resource officer shall not be assigned to a public school district or a public school in which the public school district superintendent or public school principal has not completed the training required under this section. Amended by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 2, eff. 3/8/2023. Amended by Act 2021, No. 622,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 551,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021. Added by Act 2015, No. 1179,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

(a) A school district board of directors may accept from a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction a school resource officer to assist with school security, safety, emergency preparedness, emergency response, or any other responsibility assigned to the school resource officer by the school or law enforcement agency.

(b) A school resource officer shall be a certified law enforcement officer and shall have statewide jurisdiction as described under § 16-81-118 .

(c) (1) A school district board of directors that accepts a school resource officer shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, or adopt policies and procedures if the school district has an institutional law enforcement officer as described by § 6-13-1701 et seq., that governs the school resource officer and includes without limitation: (A) The financial responsibilities of each party; (B) The chain of command; (C) The process for the selection of school resource officers; (D) The process for the evaluation of school resource officers; (E) The training requirements for school resource officers; and (F) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers, which shall include without limitation: (i) Clarification of the school resource officer's involvement in student discipline; (ii) The use of physical restraints or chemical sprays; (iii) The use of firearms; and (iv) Making arrests on the public school campus. (2) The memorandum of understanding required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be based on a model memorandum created by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute, which shall include without limitation the requirements listed in subdivision (c)(1) of this section. (3) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules specifying how the adoption of a memorandum of understanding or policies and procedures shall be verified.

(1) A school district board of directors that accepts a school resource officer shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, or adopt policies and procedures if the school district has an institutional law enforcement officer as described by § 6-13-1701 et seq., that governs the school resource officer and includes without limitation: (A) The financial responsibilities of each party; (B) The chain of command; (C) The process for the selection of school resource officers; (D) The process for the evaluation of school resource officers; (E) The training requirements for school resource officers; and (F) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers, which shall include without limitation: (i) Clarification of the school resource officer's involvement in student discipline; (ii) The use of physical restraints or chemical sprays; (iii) The use of firearms; and (iv) Making arrests on the public school campus.

(A) The financial responsibilities of each party;

(B) The chain of command;

(C) The process for the selection of school resource officers;

(D) The process for the evaluation of school resource officers;

(E) The training requirements for school resource officers; and

(F) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers, which shall include without limitation: (i) Clarification of the school resource officer's involvement in student discipline; (ii) The use of physical restraints or chemical sprays; (iii) The use of firearms; and (iv) Making arrests on the public school campus.

(i) Clarification of the school resource officer's involvement in student discipline;

(ii) The use of physical restraints or chemical sprays;

(iii) The use of firearms; and

(iv) Making arrests on the public school campus.

(2) The memorandum of understanding required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be based on a model memorandum created by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute, which shall include without limitation the requirements listed in subdivision (c)(1) of this section.

(3) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules specifying how the adoption of a memorandum of understanding or policies and procedures shall be verified.

(d) (1) Sworn, nonsupervisory law enforcement personnel, including without limitation school resource officers, who are assigned to a public school campus during the instructional day or employed by a public school district shall: (A) Within eighteen (18) months of being assigned or employed by the public school district: (i) (a) Complete a forty-hour basic school resource officer training program developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (b) The training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(i) (a) of this section shall include without limitation: (1) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers in public schools; (2) Laws that are specific to public schools and students in public schools; and (3) Adolescent behavior and development; and (ii) (a) Attend a training in youth mental health as required by the State Board of Education. (b) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) (a) of this section shall be obtained every four (4) years if the school resource officer remains assigned to or employed by a public school district; (B) (i) Within five (5) years after receiving the initial basic school resource officer training program, complete a sixteen-hour school resource officer refresher training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall be completed every five (5) years; and (C) (i) Annually complete twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) of this section and the school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B) of this section shall count towards the twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education required under subdivision (d)(1)(C)(i) of this section in the years during which the youth mental health and school resource officer refresher trainings are completed. (2) A school resource officer who is assigned by a public school for only extracurricular activities is exempt from the training requirements under subdivision (d)(1) of this section.

(1) Sworn, nonsupervisory law enforcement personnel, including without limitation school resource officers, who are assigned to a public school campus during the instructional day or employed by a public school district shall: (A) Within eighteen (18) months of being assigned or employed by the public school district: (i) (a) Complete a forty-hour basic school resource officer training program developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (b) The training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(i) (a) of this section shall include without limitation: (1) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers in public schools; (2) Laws that are specific to public schools and students in public schools; and (3) Adolescent behavior and development; and (ii) (a) Attend a training in youth mental health as required by the State Board of Education. (b) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) (a) of this section shall be obtained every four (4) years if the school resource officer remains assigned to or employed by a public school district; (B) (i) Within five (5) years after receiving the initial basic school resource officer training program, complete a sixteen-hour school resource officer refresher training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall be completed every five (5) years; and (C) (i) Annually complete twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) of this section and the school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B) of this section shall count towards the twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education required under subdivision (d)(1)(C)(i) of this section in the years during which the youth mental health and school resource officer refresher trainings are completed.

(A) Within eighteen (18) months of being assigned or employed by the public school district: (i) (a) Complete a forty-hour basic school resource officer training program developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (b) The training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(i) (a) of this section shall include without limitation: (1) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers in public schools; (2) Laws that are specific to public schools and students in public schools; and (3) Adolescent behavior and development; and (ii) (a) Attend a training in youth mental health as required by the State Board of Education. (b) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) (a) of this section shall be obtained every four (4) years if the school resource officer remains assigned to or employed by a public school district;

(i) (a) Complete a forty-hour basic school resource officer training program developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (b) The training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(i) (a) of this section shall include without limitation: (1) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers in public schools; (2) Laws that are specific to public schools and students in public schools; and (3) Adolescent behavior and development; and

(a) Complete a forty-hour basic school resource officer training program developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute.

(b) The training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(i) (a) of this section shall include without limitation: (1) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers in public schools; (2) Laws that are specific to public schools and students in public schools; and (3) Adolescent behavior and development; and

(1) The roles and responsibilities of school resource officers in public schools;

(2) Laws that are specific to public schools and students in public schools; and

(3) Adolescent behavior and development; and

(ii) (a) Attend a training in youth mental health as required by the State Board of Education. (b) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) (a) of this section shall be obtained every four (4) years if the school resource officer remains assigned to or employed by a public school district;

(a) Attend a training in youth mental health as required by the State Board of Education.

(b) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) (a) of this section shall be obtained every four (4) years if the school resource officer remains assigned to or employed by a public school district;

(B) (i) Within five (5) years after receiving the initial basic school resource officer training program, complete a sixteen-hour school resource officer refresher training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall be completed every five (5) years; and

(i) Within five (5) years after receiving the initial basic school resource officer training program, complete a sixteen-hour school resource officer refresher training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute.

(ii) The school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall be completed every five (5) years; and

(C) (i) Annually complete twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute. (ii) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) of this section and the school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B) of this section shall count towards the twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education required under subdivision (d)(1)(C)(i) of this section in the years during which the youth mental health and school resource officer refresher trainings are completed.

(i) Annually complete twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute.

(ii) The youth mental health training required under subdivision (d)(1)(A)(ii) of this section and the school resource officer refresher training required under subdivision (d)(1)(B) of this section shall count towards the twelve (12) hours of public school-specific continuing education required under subdivision (d)(1)(C)(i) of this section in the years during which the youth mental health and school resource officer refresher trainings are completed.

(2) A school resource officer who is assigned by a public school for only extracurricular activities is exempt from the training requirements under subdivision (d)(1) of this section.

(e) (1) A public school district superintendent and public school principal who accept a school resource officer or employ an institutional law enforcement officer as defined by § 6-13-1701 shall complete a one-hour school resource officer roles and responsibilities training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute within nine (9) months of accepting or employing the school resource officer. (2) Public school district personnel directly responsible for supervising a school resource officer shall complete a one-hour school resource officer roles and responsibilities training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute within one (1) year of accepting or employing the school resource officer and every two (2) years thereafter. (3) Training received by a licensed educator under subdivisions (e)(1) and (2) of this section may count towards the professional development required for renewal of an educator's license by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Professional Development.

(1) A public school district superintendent and public school principal who accept a school resource officer or employ an institutional law enforcement officer as defined by § 6-13-1701 shall complete a one-hour school resource officer roles and responsibilities training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute within nine (9) months of accepting or employing the school resource officer.

(2) Public school district personnel directly responsible for supervising a school resource officer shall complete a one-hour school resource officer roles and responsibilities training developed and provided, or approved, by the Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute within one (1) year of accepting or employing the school resource officer and every two (2) years thereafter.

(3) Training received by a licensed educator under subdivisions (e)(1) and (2) of this section may count towards the professional development required for renewal of an educator's license by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Professional Development.

(f) (1) The Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute shall monitor compliance with the continuing education and training requirements under this section. (2) A school resource officer who fails to complete any training required under this section shall be unable to serve as a school resource officer until the training required under this section is complete. (3) A school resource officer shall not be assigned to a public school district or a public school in which the public school district superintendent or public school principal has not completed the training required under this section.

(1) The Arkansas Center for School Safety of the Criminal Justice Institute shall monitor compliance with the continuing education and training requirements under this section.

(2) A school resource officer who fails to complete any training required under this section shall be unable to serve as a school resource officer until the training required under this section is complete.

(3) A school resource officer shall not be assigned to a public school district or a public school in which the public school district superintendent or public school principal has not completed the training required under this section.

Amended by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 2, eff. 3/8/2023.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 622,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 551,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

Added by Act 2015, No. 1179,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-1202 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 12 / Section 6-81-1202
Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board composed of: (1) The dean, chair, or director of each of the accredited graduate nursing programs in the state that offers a nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, or nursing administration graduate preparation or preparation for nurse educators at the master's or doctoral levels; (2) The President of the Council of Nurse Administrators of Nursing Education Programs in Arkansas; (3) The President of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing or the president's designee; (4) The Secretary of the Department of Health or the secretary's designee; and (5) One (1) consumer, to be appointed by the Governor. (b) The board shall: (1) Promulgate reasonable rules as may be necessary to execute the provisions of this subchapter, including rules addressing: (A) The requirements for ensuring a pool of advanced nursing practitioners to serve the state with a priority on health professions shortage areas; (B) The requirements for an Arkansas school of nursing; (C) The requirements for a community having a population of no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons according to the most recent census; (D) The requirements of the Department of Health; (E) The establishment of a minimum scholastic standing which a baccalaureate or master's nursing graduate must have achieved and the academic or scholastic standing a student must maintain in an accredited school of nursing in this state as a condition of receiving scholarship funds or financial aid under the provisions of § 6-81-1208 [repealed]; (F) The establishment of standards for a determination of the financial needs of the applicant for scholarship funds or financial aid under § 6-81-1208 [repealed], including the ability of the applicant or the spouse or the parents or guardian of the applicant to furnish a part of the funds necessary to pay the expenses of the applicant while attending a school of nursing; and (G) All matters relating directly to the agreement for providing these scholarship funds or financial aid, including the terms and conditions of providing financial aid to the student and relating to the obligation of the recipient of financial aid to engage in the nursing profession in a rural community or as a nurse educator in an Arkansas school of nursing; (2) Prescribe forms for and regulate the submission of applications for financial assistance; (3) Determine eligibility of applicants; (4) Allow or disallow applications for financial assistance; (5) Contract, increase, decrease, terminate, and otherwise regulate all grants for this purpose and receipt for their repayment and convert loans to scholarships; (6) Manage, operate, and control all funds and property appropriated or otherwise contributed for this purpose; (7) Accept gifts, grants, and bequests or devises and apply them as a part of this program; (8) Sue and be sued as the board; and (9) Accept moneys from federal programs which may be used for furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter. (c) The members of the board may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 397, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4853, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1995, No. 911, § 1; 1997, No. 250, § 41; 1999, No. 1311, § 2; 2001, No. 787, § 2; 2005, No. 1468, § 2.

(a) There is established the Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board composed of: (1) The dean, chair, or director of each of the accredited graduate nursing programs in the state that offers a nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, or nursing administration graduate preparation or preparation for nurse educators at the master's or doctoral levels; (2) The President of the Council of Nurse Administrators of Nursing Education Programs in Arkansas; (3) The President of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing or the president's designee; (4) The Secretary of the Department of Health or the secretary's designee; and (5) One (1) consumer, to be appointed by the Governor.

(1) The dean, chair, or director of each of the accredited graduate nursing programs in the state that offers a nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, or nursing administration graduate preparation or preparation for nurse educators at the master's or doctoral levels;

(2) The President of the Council of Nurse Administrators of Nursing Education Programs in Arkansas;

(3) The President of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing or the president's designee;

(4) The Secretary of the Department of Health or the secretary's designee; and

(5) One (1) consumer, to be appointed by the Governor.

(b) The board shall: (1) Promulgate reasonable rules as may be necessary to execute the provisions of this subchapter, including rules addressing: (A) The requirements for ensuring a pool of advanced nursing practitioners to serve the state with a priority on health professions shortage areas; (B) The requirements for an Arkansas school of nursing; (C) The requirements for a community having a population of no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons according to the most recent census; (D) The requirements of the Department of Health; (E) The establishment of a minimum scholastic standing which a baccalaureate or master's nursing graduate must have achieved and the academic or scholastic standing a student must maintain in an accredited school of nursing in this state as a condition of receiving scholarship funds or financial aid under the provisions of § 6-81-1208 [repealed]; (F) The establishment of standards for a determination of the financial needs of the applicant for scholarship funds or financial aid under § 6-81-1208 [repealed], including the ability of the applicant or the spouse or the parents or guardian of the applicant to furnish a part of the funds necessary to pay the expenses of the applicant while attending a school of nursing; and (G) All matters relating directly to the agreement for providing these scholarship funds or financial aid, including the terms and conditions of providing financial aid to the student and relating to the obligation of the recipient of financial aid to engage in the nursing profession in a rural community or as a nurse educator in an Arkansas school of nursing; (2) Prescribe forms for and regulate the submission of applications for financial assistance; (3) Determine eligibility of applicants; (4) Allow or disallow applications for financial assistance; (5) Contract, increase, decrease, terminate, and otherwise regulate all grants for this purpose and receipt for their repayment and convert loans to scholarships; (6) Manage, operate, and control all funds and property appropriated or otherwise contributed for this purpose; (7) Accept gifts, grants, and bequests or devises and apply them as a part of this program; (8) Sue and be sued as the board; and (9) Accept moneys from federal programs which may be used for furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter.

(1) Promulgate reasonable rules as may be necessary to execute the provisions of this subchapter, including rules addressing: (A) The requirements for ensuring a pool of advanced nursing practitioners to serve the state with a priority on health professions shortage areas; (B) The requirements for an Arkansas school of nursing; (C) The requirements for a community having a population of no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons according to the most recent census; (D) The requirements of the Department of Health; (E) The establishment of a minimum scholastic standing which a baccalaureate or master's nursing graduate must have achieved and the academic or scholastic standing a student must maintain in an accredited school of nursing in this state as a condition of receiving scholarship funds or financial aid under the provisions of § 6-81-1208 [repealed]; (F) The establishment of standards for a determination of the financial needs of the applicant for scholarship funds or financial aid under § 6-81-1208 [repealed], including the ability of the applicant or the spouse or the parents or guardian of the applicant to furnish a part of the funds necessary to pay the expenses of the applicant while attending a school of nursing; and (G) All matters relating directly to the agreement for providing these scholarship funds or financial aid, including the terms and conditions of providing financial aid to the student and relating to the obligation of the recipient of financial aid to engage in the nursing profession in a rural community or as a nurse educator in an Arkansas school of nursing;

(A) The requirements for ensuring a pool of advanced nursing practitioners to serve the state with a priority on health professions shortage areas;

(B) The requirements for an Arkansas school of nursing;

(C) The requirements for a community having a population of no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons according to the most recent census;

(D) The requirements of the Department of Health;

(E) The establishment of a minimum scholastic standing which a baccalaureate or master's nursing graduate must have achieved and the academic or scholastic standing a student must maintain in an accredited school of nursing in this state as a condition of receiving scholarship funds or financial aid under the provisions of § 6-81-1208 [repealed];

(F) The establishment of standards for a determination of the financial needs of the applicant for scholarship funds or financial aid under § 6-81-1208 [repealed], including the ability of the applicant or the spouse or the parents or guardian of the applicant to furnish a part of the funds necessary to pay the expenses of the applicant while attending a school of nursing; and

(G) All matters relating directly to the agreement for providing these scholarship funds or financial aid, including the terms and conditions of providing financial aid to the student and relating to the obligation of the recipient of financial aid to engage in the nursing profession in a rural community or as a nurse educator in an Arkansas school of nursing;

(2) Prescribe forms for and regulate the submission of applications for financial assistance;

(3) Determine eligibility of applicants;

(4) Allow or disallow applications for financial assistance;

(5) Contract, increase, decrease, terminate, and otherwise regulate all grants for this purpose and receipt for their repayment and convert loans to scholarships;

(6) Manage, operate, and control all funds and property appropriated or otherwise contributed for this purpose;

(7) Accept gifts, grants, and bequests or devises and apply them as a part of this program;

(8) Sue and be sued as the board; and

(9) Accept moneys from federal programs which may be used for furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) The members of the board may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 397, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4853, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 1995, No. 911, § 1; 1997, No. 250, § 41; 1999, No. 1311, § 2; 2001, No. 787, § 2; 2005, No. 1468, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-144 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 16 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-16-144
Arts-Enriched Curriculum Program
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Integration of the arts is an effective tool to reinforce the rigor and relevance specific to the newly adopted Arkansas State Standards; (2) Research indicates that: (A) An arts-infused curriculum offers a powerful tool to promote student academic achievement and personal growth by motivating students who may be disaffected from the learning process; and (B) Academic disciplines such as reading, writing, languages, social studies, science, and math are reinforced through an arts-infused curriculum; (3) The value of infusing the arts into the core curriculum of the public schools has been supported and advanced in some Arkansas schools and in several other states; and (4) A program that provides for the development of arts-infused pilot schools can serve an important public policy function by determining if the strategies used by the pilot schools are effective and can be successfully replicated in public schools throughout the state to enhance overall student performance. (b) There is established the Arts-Enriched Curriculum Program, a five-year pilot program funded through grants administered by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement an arts-enriched curriculum, training, and research at fifteen (15) schools over the five-year period. (c) The goals of the pilot program are, without limitation, to: (1) Prepare students for educational achievement by developing imagination, reasoning, judgment, and the critical thinking skills necessary for problem-solving and decision-making through: (A) An arts-enriched curriculum based on Arkansas State Standards that incorporates drama, dance, visual art, and writing; (B) Interdisciplinary thematic units and cross-curricular integration; (C) Experiential learning; (D) Teaching methods that incorporate multiple learning pathways; and (E) Ongoing enriched assessments that include learning, reflection, and self-assessment; and (2) Improve the climate and infrastructure of the school through: (A) Professional development training; (B) Collaboration among leaders and teachers in the school; and (C) Research and evaluation of the implementation of the pilot program in the school. (d) (1) A school may apply to participate in the pilot program if: (A) The school is a public elementary or secondary school; and (B) The principal and at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the teachers agree to participate. (2) A school shall be selected for the pilot program based on: (A) Need and commitment of a school's faculty and staff; (B) The size of the student body and its demographic and geographic diversity; and (C) Available funding. (e) (1) Pilot schools shall participate on the following schedule of professional development training: (A) Five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2014-2015 school year; (B) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2015-2016 school year; and (C) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2016-2017 school year. (2) For the three (3) years that a school participates, the principal and faculty at the school shall receive professional development training for integrating the arts as a medium to teach the concepts under the Arkansas State Standards as follows: (A) In the first year of participation, training shall be provided for seven (7) days, with monthly follow-up; (B) In the second year of participation, training shall be provided for five (5) days, with monthly follow-up; and (C) In the third year of participation, training shall be provided for four (4) days, with monthly follow-up. (f) (1) The grant recipient shall evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program in each participating school by measuring: (A) Student academic achievement; (B) Increased student engagement; (C) Disciplinary referral trends; and (D) Increased student interest in school and attendance trends. (2) The grant recipient shall provide access to the research and data to the: (A) House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education through the Bureau of Legislative Research; and (B) Division. (3) (A) By September 1, 2020, the grant recipient shall prepare and provide a written report on the research from the pilot program to the House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education. (B) The House Committee on Education or the Senate Committee on Education may request one (1) or more interim reports on the progress of the pilot program. Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 24, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 23, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 22, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1329, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1328, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2013, No. 1108,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.

(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Integration of the arts is an effective tool to reinforce the rigor and relevance specific to the newly adopted Arkansas State Standards; (2) Research indicates that: (A) An arts-infused curriculum offers a powerful tool to promote student academic achievement and personal growth by motivating students who may be disaffected from the learning process; and (B) Academic disciplines such as reading, writing, languages, social studies, science, and math are reinforced through an arts-infused curriculum; (3) The value of infusing the arts into the core curriculum of the public schools has been supported and advanced in some Arkansas schools and in several other states; and (4) A program that provides for the development of arts-infused pilot schools can serve an important public policy function by determining if the strategies used by the pilot schools are effective and can be successfully replicated in public schools throughout the state to enhance overall student performance.

(1) Integration of the arts is an effective tool to reinforce the rigor and relevance specific to the newly adopted Arkansas State Standards;

(2) Research indicates that: (A) An arts-infused curriculum offers a powerful tool to promote student academic achievement and personal growth by motivating students who may be disaffected from the learning process; and (B) Academic disciplines such as reading, writing, languages, social studies, science, and math are reinforced through an arts-infused curriculum;

(A) An arts-infused curriculum offers a powerful tool to promote student academic achievement and personal growth by motivating students who may be disaffected from the learning process; and

(B) Academic disciplines such as reading, writing, languages, social studies, science, and math are reinforced through an arts-infused curriculum;

(3) The value of infusing the arts into the core curriculum of the public schools has been supported and advanced in some Arkansas schools and in several other states; and

(4) A program that provides for the development of arts-infused pilot schools can serve an important public policy function by determining if the strategies used by the pilot schools are effective and can be successfully replicated in public schools throughout the state to enhance overall student performance.

(b) There is established the Arts-Enriched Curriculum Program, a five-year pilot program funded through grants administered by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement an arts-enriched curriculum, training, and research at fifteen (15) schools over the five-year period.

(c) The goals of the pilot program are, without limitation, to: (1) Prepare students for educational achievement by developing imagination, reasoning, judgment, and the critical thinking skills necessary for problem-solving and decision-making through: (A) An arts-enriched curriculum based on Arkansas State Standards that incorporates drama, dance, visual art, and writing; (B) Interdisciplinary thematic units and cross-curricular integration; (C) Experiential learning; (D) Teaching methods that incorporate multiple learning pathways; and (E) Ongoing enriched assessments that include learning, reflection, and self-assessment; and (2) Improve the climate and infrastructure of the school through: (A) Professional development training; (B) Collaboration among leaders and teachers in the school; and (C) Research and evaluation of the implementation of the pilot program in the school.

(1) Prepare students for educational achievement by developing imagination, reasoning, judgment, and the critical thinking skills necessary for problem-solving and decision-making through: (A) An arts-enriched curriculum based on Arkansas State Standards that incorporates drama, dance, visual art, and writing; (B) Interdisciplinary thematic units and cross-curricular integration; (C) Experiential learning; (D) Teaching methods that incorporate multiple learning pathways; and (E) Ongoing enriched assessments that include learning, reflection, and self-assessment; and

(A) An arts-enriched curriculum based on Arkansas State Standards that incorporates drama, dance, visual art, and writing;

(B) Interdisciplinary thematic units and cross-curricular integration;

(C) Experiential learning;

(D) Teaching methods that incorporate multiple learning pathways; and

(E) Ongoing enriched assessments that include learning, reflection, and self-assessment; and

(2) Improve the climate and infrastructure of the school through: (A) Professional development training; (B) Collaboration among leaders and teachers in the school; and (C) Research and evaluation of the implementation of the pilot program in the school.

(A) Professional development training;

(B) Collaboration among leaders and teachers in the school; and

(C) Research and evaluation of the implementation of the pilot program in the school.

(d) (1) A school may apply to participate in the pilot program if: (A) The school is a public elementary or secondary school; and (B) The principal and at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the teachers agree to participate. (2) A school shall be selected for the pilot program based on: (A) Need and commitment of a school's faculty and staff; (B) The size of the student body and its demographic and geographic diversity; and (C) Available funding.

(1) A school may apply to participate in the pilot program if: (A) The school is a public elementary or secondary school; and (B) The principal and at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the teachers agree to participate.

(A) The school is a public elementary or secondary school; and

(B) The principal and at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the teachers agree to participate.

(2) A school shall be selected for the pilot program based on: (A) Need and commitment of a school's faculty and staff; (B) The size of the student body and its demographic and geographic diversity; and (C) Available funding.

(A) Need and commitment of a school's faculty and staff;

(B) The size of the student body and its demographic and geographic diversity; and

(C) Available funding.

(e) (1) Pilot schools shall participate on the following schedule of professional development training: (A) Five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2014-2015 school year; (B) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2015-2016 school year; and (C) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2016-2017 school year. (2) For the three (3) years that a school participates, the principal and faculty at the school shall receive professional development training for integrating the arts as a medium to teach the concepts under the Arkansas State Standards as follows: (A) In the first year of participation, training shall be provided for seven (7) days, with monthly follow-up; (B) In the second year of participation, training shall be provided for five (5) days, with monthly follow-up; and (C) In the third year of participation, training shall be provided for four (4) days, with monthly follow-up.

(1) Pilot schools shall participate on the following schedule of professional development training: (A) Five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2014-2015 school year; (B) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2015-2016 school year; and (C) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2016-2017 school year.

(A) Five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2014-2015 school year;

(B) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2015-2016 school year; and

(C) An additional five (5) schools shall begin three (3) years of training in the 2016-2017 school year.

(2) For the three (3) years that a school participates, the principal and faculty at the school shall receive professional development training for integrating the arts as a medium to teach the concepts under the Arkansas State Standards as follows: (A) In the first year of participation, training shall be provided for seven (7) days, with monthly follow-up; (B) In the second year of participation, training shall be provided for five (5) days, with monthly follow-up; and (C) In the third year of participation, training shall be provided for four (4) days, with monthly follow-up.

(A) In the first year of participation, training shall be provided for seven (7) days, with monthly follow-up;

(B) In the second year of participation, training shall be provided for five (5) days, with monthly follow-up; and

(C) In the third year of participation, training shall be provided for four (4) days, with monthly follow-up.

(f) (1) The grant recipient shall evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program in each participating school by measuring: (A) Student academic achievement; (B) Increased student engagement; (C) Disciplinary referral trends; and (D) Increased student interest in school and attendance trends. (2) The grant recipient shall provide access to the research and data to the: (A) House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education through the Bureau of Legislative Research; and (B) Division. (3) (A) By September 1, 2020, the grant recipient shall prepare and provide a written report on the research from the pilot program to the House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education. (B) The House Committee on Education or the Senate Committee on Education may request one (1) or more interim reports on the progress of the pilot program.

(1) The grant recipient shall evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program in each participating school by measuring: (A) Student academic achievement; (B) Increased student engagement; (C) Disciplinary referral trends; and (D) Increased student interest in school and attendance trends.

(A) Student academic achievement;

(B) Increased student engagement;

(C) Disciplinary referral trends; and

(D) Increased student interest in school and attendance trends.

(2) The grant recipient shall provide access to the research and data to the: (A) House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education through the Bureau of Legislative Research; and (B) Division.

(A) House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education through the Bureau of Legislative Research; and

(B) Division.

(3) (A) By September 1, 2020, the grant recipient shall prepare and provide a written report on the research from the pilot program to the House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education. (B) The House Committee on Education or the Senate Committee on Education may request one (1) or more interim reports on the progress of the pilot program.

(A) By September 1, 2020, the grant recipient shall prepare and provide a written report on the research from the pilot program to the House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education.

(B) The House Committee on Education or the Senate Committee on Education may request one (1) or more interim reports on the progress of the pilot program.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 24, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 23, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 22, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1329, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1328, eff. 7/1/2019.

Added by Act 2013, No. 1108,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-102 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 10 / Section 6-10-102
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any officer or employee of the State Board of Education or school district board of directors who shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any provisions of the School Law for which no punishment is otherwise provided by law shall be deemed guilty of a violation and shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Acts 1931, No. 169, § 197; Pope's Dig., §§ 3598, 11638; A.S.A. 1947, § 6-10-101 ; Acts 1999, No. 1078, § 1; 2001, No. 1036, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 59; 2005, No. 2190, § 1.

Any officer or employee of the State Board of Education or school district board of directors who shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any provisions of the School Law for which no punishment is otherwise provided by law shall be deemed guilty of a violation and shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

Acts 1931, No. 169, § 197; Pope's Dig., §§ 3598, 11638; A.S.A. 1947, § 6-10-101 ; Acts 1999, No. 1078, § 1; 2001, No. 1036, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 59; 2005, No. 2190, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-212 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 60 / Subchapter 2 / Section 6-60-212
Admissions - Applicants from medically underserved areas
Status: in_force

(a) In an effort to address health disparities and the current shortage of nursing professionals in the state, each board of trustees of a publicly supported institution of higher education may establish a program under which additional consideration in admission to the institution and to the nursing or health career program is given to an applicant from a rural, medically underserved area of the state who is interested in pursuing a nursing or other healthcare career in a rural, medically underserved area of the state. (b) The program for additional consideration under subsection (a) of this section may include, without limitation, the following measures: (1) Early targeting of potential candidates from rural, medically underserved areas of the state who are interested in nursing and other healthcare professions, including junior high school, high school, two-year college, and four-year college students; (2) Recruiting and guiding individuals from rural, medically underserved areas of the state who are interested in pursuing nursing and other healthcare professions in rural, medically underserved areas; (3) Offering programs to prepare identified nursing and other health career candidates from rural, medically underserved areas of the state for meeting admission requirements to a postsecondary nursing program, including, without limitation, preparatory programs offered with the aid of video and distance learning tools; and (4) Providing that individuals from a rural, medically underserved area of the state who are interested in nursing or other healthcare professions receive an equal opportunity for success. (c) Upon request, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall provide assistance to publicly supported institutions of higher education in implementing programs offered under this section. (d) The coordinating board shall report annually to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor regarding implementation of this section. Acts 2005, No. 1256, § 1.

(a) In an effort to address health disparities and the current shortage of nursing professionals in the state, each board of trustees of a publicly supported institution of higher education may establish a program under which additional consideration in admission to the institution and to the nursing or health career program is given to an applicant from a rural, medically underserved area of the state who is interested in pursuing a nursing or other healthcare career in a rural, medically underserved area of the state.

(b) The program for additional consideration under subsection (a) of this section may include, without limitation, the following measures: (1) Early targeting of potential candidates from rural, medically underserved areas of the state who are interested in nursing and other healthcare professions, including junior high school, high school, two-year college, and four-year college students; (2) Recruiting and guiding individuals from rural, medically underserved areas of the state who are interested in pursuing nursing and other healthcare professions in rural, medically underserved areas; (3) Offering programs to prepare identified nursing and other health career candidates from rural, medically underserved areas of the state for meeting admission requirements to a postsecondary nursing program, including, without limitation, preparatory programs offered with the aid of video and distance learning tools; and (4) Providing that individuals from a rural, medically underserved area of the state who are interested in nursing or other healthcare professions receive an equal opportunity for success.

(1) Early targeting of potential candidates from rural, medically underserved areas of the state who are interested in nursing and other healthcare professions, including junior high school, high school, two-year college, and four-year college students;

(2) Recruiting and guiding individuals from rural, medically underserved areas of the state who are interested in pursuing nursing and other healthcare professions in rural, medically underserved areas;

(3) Offering programs to prepare identified nursing and other health career candidates from rural, medically underserved areas of the state for meeting admission requirements to a postsecondary nursing program, including, without limitation, preparatory programs offered with the aid of video and distance learning tools; and

(4) Providing that individuals from a rural, medically underserved area of the state who are interested in nursing or other healthcare professions receive an equal opportunity for success.

(c) Upon request, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall provide assistance to publicly supported institutions of higher education in implementing programs offered under this section.

(d) The coordinating board shall report annually to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor regarding implementation of this section.

Acts 2005, No. 1256, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-2609 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 15 / Subchapter 26 / Section 6-15-2609
Reporting and continued funding
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In addition to the program evaluation required by § 6-15-2608 , each participating school district or public charter school shall report on the implementation and effectiveness of its Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan and make recommendations by August 15 each year to its local board. (2) The local board shall transmit a copy of the report with a summary of the findings and recommendations of the public school district or public charter school to the Commissioner of Education. (b) (1) If the commissioner determines that a public school district or public charter school that receives funding under the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program is not complying with the requirements of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program, the commissioner shall withhold further funding from that participant. (2) Such withheld funds may be reallocated to other existing or new participants. (3) Before making the determination to withhold funds, the commissioner shall notify the participant of any deficiencies and provide the participant an opportunity to comply with the requirements of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program. (c) At the end of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan period, the commissioner shall present evaluation findings and recommendations to the State Board of Education, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education Acts 2007, No. 1029, § 1.

(a) (1) In addition to the program evaluation required by § 6-15-2608 , each participating school district or public charter school shall report on the implementation and effectiveness of its Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan and make recommendations by August 15 each year to its local board. (2) The local board shall transmit a copy of the report with a summary of the findings and recommendations of the public school district or public charter school to the Commissioner of Education.

(1) In addition to the program evaluation required by § 6-15-2608 , each participating school district or public charter school shall report on the implementation and effectiveness of its Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan and make recommendations by August 15 each year to its local board.

(2) The local board shall transmit a copy of the report with a summary of the findings and recommendations of the public school district or public charter school to the Commissioner of Education.

(b) (1) If the commissioner determines that a public school district or public charter school that receives funding under the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program is not complying with the requirements of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program, the commissioner shall withhold further funding from that participant. (2) Such withheld funds may be reallocated to other existing or new participants. (3) Before making the determination to withhold funds, the commissioner shall notify the participant of any deficiencies and provide the participant an opportunity to comply with the requirements of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program.

(1) If the commissioner determines that a public school district or public charter school that receives funding under the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program is not complying with the requirements of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program, the commissioner shall withhold further funding from that participant.

(2) Such withheld funds may be reallocated to other existing or new participants.

(3) Before making the determination to withhold funds, the commissioner shall notify the participant of any deficiencies and provide the participant an opportunity to comply with the requirements of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program.

(c) At the end of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan period, the commissioner shall present evaluation findings and recommendations to the State Board of Education, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education

Acts 2007, No. 1029, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-111 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-13-111
Consolidated school districts
Status: in_force

(a) A school district in the State of Arkansas that is consolidated with one (1) or more school districts may: (1) Sell a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district at a fair market value; (2) Preserve a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district; (3) Lease a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district; or (4) Donate a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district as allowed under § 6-21-108(b) . (b) If the school district sells or otherwise disposes of a building or real property to a person or entity under this section, then: (1) The school district shall have the right of first refusal to purchase or otherwise reacquire the building or real property if the person or entity decides to sell the building or real property; and (2) The sale price of the building or real property when repurchased or otherwise reacquired by the school district shall not: (A) Exceed the price that the person or entity paid the school district for the building or real property; and (B) Include compensation for improvements to the building or real property. (c) (1) If a school district is unable to secure a purchaser or lessor for an unused building or real property at or near fair market value, a school district shall advertise once per month for three (3) consecutive months the unused building or real property for sale or lease by the school district: (A) In a newspaper in circulation in the county in which the unused building or real property is located; and (B) In a newspaper with statewide circulation. (2) (A) If an acceptable fair market value offer has not been made and accepted by the board of directors of a school district after ninety (90) days from the date of the initial advertisement, the school district board of directors may petition the circuit court in Pulaski County to issue an order declaring that it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property and authorizing: (i) A bona fide sale or lease offer from a qualified purchaser or lessor, the value of which is less than fair market value; or (ii) A public sale by auction, including the reserve purchase price. (B) In determining whether it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property, the court may consider factors, including without limitation: (i) The efforts made by the school district board of directors to market and advertise the unused building or real property; and (ii) The projected cost to the school district of insuring and maintaining the unused building or real property. (3) The purchase price of a building or real property by judicial order is considered a valid purchase price and may be used to determine the fair market value of unused buildings and real property in other school districts. (d) The proceeds of the sale or lease of an unused building or real property under this section, excluding expenses, shall be used by the school district for school purposes. Amended by Act 2013, No. 318,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2005, No. 2260, § 1.

(a) A school district in the State of Arkansas that is consolidated with one (1) or more school districts may: (1) Sell a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district at a fair market value; (2) Preserve a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district; (3) Lease a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district; or (4) Donate a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district as allowed under § 6-21-108(b) .

(1) Sell a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district at a fair market value;

(2) Preserve a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district;

(3) Lease a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district; or

(4) Donate a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district as allowed under § 6-21-108(b) .

(b) If the school district sells or otherwise disposes of a building or real property to a person or entity under this section, then: (1) The school district shall have the right of first refusal to purchase or otherwise reacquire the building or real property if the person or entity decides to sell the building or real property; and (2) The sale price of the building or real property when repurchased or otherwise reacquired by the school district shall not: (A) Exceed the price that the person or entity paid the school district for the building or real property; and (B) Include compensation for improvements to the building or real property.

(1) The school district shall have the right of first refusal to purchase or otherwise reacquire the building or real property if the person or entity decides to sell the building or real property; and

(2) The sale price of the building or real property when repurchased or otherwise reacquired by the school district shall not: (A) Exceed the price that the person or entity paid the school district for the building or real property; and (B) Include compensation for improvements to the building or real property.

(A) Exceed the price that the person or entity paid the school district for the building or real property; and

(B) Include compensation for improvements to the building or real property.

(c) (1) If a school district is unable to secure a purchaser or lessor for an unused building or real property at or near fair market value, a school district shall advertise once per month for three (3) consecutive months the unused building or real property for sale or lease by the school district: (A) In a newspaper in circulation in the county in which the unused building or real property is located; and (B) In a newspaper with statewide circulation. (2) (A) If an acceptable fair market value offer has not been made and accepted by the board of directors of a school district after ninety (90) days from the date of the initial advertisement, the school district board of directors may petition the circuit court in Pulaski County to issue an order declaring that it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property and authorizing: (i) A bona fide sale or lease offer from a qualified purchaser or lessor, the value of which is less than fair market value; or (ii) A public sale by auction, including the reserve purchase price. (B) In determining whether it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property, the court may consider factors, including without limitation: (i) The efforts made by the school district board of directors to market and advertise the unused building or real property; and (ii) The projected cost to the school district of insuring and maintaining the unused building or real property. (3) The purchase price of a building or real property by judicial order is considered a valid purchase price and may be used to determine the fair market value of unused buildings and real property in other school districts.

(1) If a school district is unable to secure a purchaser or lessor for an unused building or real property at or near fair market value, a school district shall advertise once per month for three (3) consecutive months the unused building or real property for sale or lease by the school district: (A) In a newspaper in circulation in the county in which the unused building or real property is located; and (B) In a newspaper with statewide circulation.

(A) In a newspaper in circulation in the county in which the unused building or real property is located; and

(B) In a newspaper with statewide circulation.

(2) (A) If an acceptable fair market value offer has not been made and accepted by the board of directors of a school district after ninety (90) days from the date of the initial advertisement, the school district board of directors may petition the circuit court in Pulaski County to issue an order declaring that it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property and authorizing: (i) A bona fide sale or lease offer from a qualified purchaser or lessor, the value of which is less than fair market value; or (ii) A public sale by auction, including the reserve purchase price. (B) In determining whether it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property, the court may consider factors, including without limitation: (i) The efforts made by the school district board of directors to market and advertise the unused building or real property; and (ii) The projected cost to the school district of insuring and maintaining the unused building or real property.

(A) If an acceptable fair market value offer has not been made and accepted by the board of directors of a school district after ninety (90) days from the date of the initial advertisement, the school district board of directors may petition the circuit court in Pulaski County to issue an order declaring that it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property and authorizing: (i) A bona fide sale or lease offer from a qualified purchaser or lessor, the value of which is less than fair market value; or (ii) A public sale by auction, including the reserve purchase price.

(i) A bona fide sale or lease offer from a qualified purchaser or lessor, the value of which is less than fair market value; or

(ii) A public sale by auction, including the reserve purchase price.

(B) In determining whether it is in the best interest of the school district to dispose of the building or real property, the court may consider factors, including without limitation: (i) The efforts made by the school district board of directors to market and advertise the unused building or real property; and (ii) The projected cost to the school district of insuring and maintaining the unused building or real property.

(i) The efforts made by the school district board of directors to market and advertise the unused building or real property; and

(ii) The projected cost to the school district of insuring and maintaining the unused building or real property.

(3) The purchase price of a building or real property by judicial order is considered a valid purchase price and may be used to determine the fair market value of unused buildings and real property in other school districts.

(d) The proceeds of the sale or lease of an unused building or real property under this section, excluding expenses, shall be used by the school district for school purposes.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 318,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 2005, No. 2260, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-1201 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 12 / Section 6-81-1201
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Advanced nursing practice" means advanced nursing care provided in one (1) of the following areas of practice: (i) Family practice nursing; (ii) Pediatric nursing; (iii) Women's health nursing; (iv) Nurse midwifery; (v) Gerontology nursing; (vi) Adult nursing; (vii) Nurse anesthesia; (viii) Nursing administration; (ix) Psychiatric or mental health nursing; (x) Acute care nursing; (xi) Community or public health nursing; or (xii) Nursing education. (B) (i) "Advanced nursing practice" occurs in the context of practice by a registered nurse who has: (a) Completed a master's or doctoral nursing education program; and (b) Met the requirements for: (1) National certification; (2) Teaching in an Arkansas-accredited school of nursing; and (3) Serving as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas complex healthcare agency. (ii) "Advanced practice nursing" includes the roles of: (a) Clinical nurse specialist; (b) Nurse practitioner; (c) Nurse administrator; (d) Nurse educator; (e) Nurse midwife; and (f) Nurse anesthetist; (2) "Arkansas school of nursing" means any school or school's department of nursing located in Arkansas; (3) "Board" means the Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board; (4) "Complex Arkansas healthcare agency" means any hospital, long-term-care facility, large hospital-based clinic, large medical practice, or the Department of Health; (5) "Department of Health" means the Department of Health and any of Arkansas's public health units; (6) "Master's or doctoral nursing education program" means an Arkansas nursing education program located in an Arkansas public or private institution of higher education that has a master's or doctoral nursing program accredited by a recognized national nursing accreditation organization or a doctor of philosophy in nursing program accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; (7) "Nurse administrator" means a student enrolled in an Arkansas master's nursing education program or doctoral program who will serve as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas healthcare agency, including, but not limited to: (A) A hospital; (B) A long-term-care facility; (C) A large hospital-owned clinic; or (D) A large medical clinic; (8) "Nurse educator" means a student enrolled in an Arkansas master's nursing education program or doctoral nursing education program who will prepare to teach nursing in an Arkansas school of nursing; and (9) "Rural community" means a community within a health professions shortage area, as determined by the board, or a community having a population of no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons according to the most recent federal census taken prior to the execution of the loan contract or the most recent federal census taken prior to the time the recipient of the loan or loans shall be required to practice full time in such a community as provided in § 6-81-1204 and § 6-81-1206 [repealed]. Amended by Act 2017, No. 753,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1995, No. 911, § 1; 1999, No. 1311, § 1; 2001, No. 787, § 1; 2005, No. 1468, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) (A) "Advanced nursing practice" means advanced nursing care provided in one (1) of the following areas of practice: (i) Family practice nursing; (ii) Pediatric nursing; (iii) Women's health nursing; (iv) Nurse midwifery; (v) Gerontology nursing; (vi) Adult nursing; (vii) Nurse anesthesia; (viii) Nursing administration; (ix) Psychiatric or mental health nursing; (x) Acute care nursing; (xi) Community or public health nursing; or (xii) Nursing education. (B) (i) "Advanced nursing practice" occurs in the context of practice by a registered nurse who has: (a) Completed a master's or doctoral nursing education program; and (b) Met the requirements for: (1) National certification; (2) Teaching in an Arkansas-accredited school of nursing; and (3) Serving as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas complex healthcare agency. (ii) "Advanced practice nursing" includes the roles of: (a) Clinical nurse specialist; (b) Nurse practitioner; (c) Nurse administrator; (d) Nurse educator; (e) Nurse midwife; and (f) Nurse anesthetist;

(A) "Advanced nursing practice" means advanced nursing care provided in one (1) of the following areas of practice: (i) Family practice nursing; (ii) Pediatric nursing; (iii) Women's health nursing; (iv) Nurse midwifery; (v) Gerontology nursing; (vi) Adult nursing; (vii) Nurse anesthesia; (viii) Nursing administration; (ix) Psychiatric or mental health nursing; (x) Acute care nursing; (xi) Community or public health nursing; or (xii) Nursing education.

(i) Family practice nursing;

(ii) Pediatric nursing;

(iii) Women's health nursing;

(iv) Nurse midwifery;

(v) Gerontology nursing;

(vi) Adult nursing;

(vii) Nurse anesthesia;

(viii) Nursing administration;

(ix) Psychiatric or mental health nursing;

(x) Acute care nursing;

(xi) Community or public health nursing; or

(xii) Nursing education.

(B) (i) "Advanced nursing practice" occurs in the context of practice by a registered nurse who has: (a) Completed a master's or doctoral nursing education program; and (b) Met the requirements for: (1) National certification; (2) Teaching in an Arkansas-accredited school of nursing; and (3) Serving as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas complex healthcare agency. (ii) "Advanced practice nursing" includes the roles of: (a) Clinical nurse specialist; (b) Nurse practitioner; (c) Nurse administrator; (d) Nurse educator; (e) Nurse midwife; and (f) Nurse anesthetist;

(i) "Advanced nursing practice" occurs in the context of practice by a registered nurse who has: (a) Completed a master's or doctoral nursing education program; and (b) Met the requirements for: (1) National certification; (2) Teaching in an Arkansas-accredited school of nursing; and (3) Serving as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas complex healthcare agency.

(a) Completed a master's or doctoral nursing education program; and

(b) Met the requirements for: (1) National certification; (2) Teaching in an Arkansas-accredited school of nursing; and (3) Serving as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas complex healthcare agency.

(1) National certification;

(2) Teaching in an Arkansas-accredited school of nursing; and

(3) Serving as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas complex healthcare agency.

(ii) "Advanced practice nursing" includes the roles of: (a) Clinical nurse specialist; (b) Nurse practitioner; (c) Nurse administrator; (d) Nurse educator; (e) Nurse midwife; and (f) Nurse anesthetist;

(a) Clinical nurse specialist;

(b) Nurse practitioner;

(c) Nurse administrator;

(d) Nurse educator;

(e) Nurse midwife; and

(f) Nurse anesthetist;

(2) "Arkansas school of nursing" means any school or school's department of nursing located in Arkansas;

(3) "Board" means the Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board;

(4) "Complex Arkansas healthcare agency" means any hospital, long-term-care facility, large hospital-based clinic, large medical practice, or the Department of Health;

(5) "Department of Health" means the Department of Health and any of Arkansas's public health units;

(6) "Master's or doctoral nursing education program" means an Arkansas nursing education program located in an Arkansas public or private institution of higher education that has a master's or doctoral nursing program accredited by a recognized national nursing accreditation organization or a doctor of philosophy in nursing program accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools;

(7) "Nurse administrator" means a student enrolled in an Arkansas master's nursing education program or doctoral program who will serve as a nurse administrator in an Arkansas healthcare agency, including, but not limited to: (A) A hospital; (B) A long-term-care facility; (C) A large hospital-owned clinic; or (D) A large medical clinic;

(A) A hospital;

(B) A long-term-care facility;

(C) A large hospital-owned clinic; or

(D) A large medical clinic;

(8) "Nurse educator" means a student enrolled in an Arkansas master's nursing education program or doctoral nursing education program who will prepare to teach nursing in an Arkansas school of nursing; and

(9) "Rural community" means a community within a health professions shortage area, as determined by the board, or a community having a population of no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons according to the most recent federal census taken prior to the execution of the loan contract or the most recent federal census taken prior to the time the recipient of the loan or loans shall be required to practice full time in such a community as provided in § 6-81-1204 and § 6-81-1206 [repealed].

Amended by Act 2017, No. 753,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 1995, No. 911, § 1; 1999, No. 1311, § 1; 2001, No. 787, § 1; 2005, No. 1468, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-58-109 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 58 / Section 6-58-109
Transfer of assets, obligations, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances, and legal authority
Status: in_force

(a) On July 1, 2003, all property and other rights, claims, and assets of the Quapaw Technical Institute are transferred to National Park College. (b) On July 1, 2003, all obligations of the Quapaw Technical Institute become obligations of National Park College. (c) On July 1, 2003, all records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations and funds, and all legal authority will transfer from the Quapaw Technical Institute to National Park College. (d) All cash fund balances of Quapaw Technical Institute transferred to National Park College shall be used for the operation, support, and improvement of occupational, vocational, technical, and work force development programs of National Park College. Amended by Act 2016F, No. 141,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2016. Acts 2003, No. 678, § 9.

(a) On July 1, 2003, all property and other rights, claims, and assets of the Quapaw Technical Institute are transferred to National Park College.

(b) On July 1, 2003, all obligations of the Quapaw Technical Institute become obligations of National Park College.

(c) On July 1, 2003, all records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations and funds, and all legal authority will transfer from the Quapaw Technical Institute to National Park College.

(d) All cash fund balances of Quapaw Technical Institute transferred to National Park College shall be used for the operation, support, and improvement of occupational, vocational, technical, and work force development programs of National Park College.

Amended by Act 2016F, No. 141,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2016.

Acts 2003, No. 678, § 9.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-901 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 9 / Section 6-13-901
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 802,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2024. Acts 1981, No. 860, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-470.

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 802,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2024.

Acts 1981, No. 860, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-470.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-23-301 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 23 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-23-301
Application forms and procedures for open-enrollment public charter schools
Status: in_force

(a) The authorizer shall adopt: (1) An application form, a schedule, and a procedure that must be used to apply for a charter for an open-enrollment public charter school; and (2) Criteria to use in selecting a program for which a charter may be granted. (b) The application form must provide space for including all information required under this chapter to be contained in the charter. Amended by Act 2013, No. 509,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1999, No. 890, § 8; 2007, No. 736, § 12; 2011, No. 993, § 4.

(a) The authorizer shall adopt: (1) An application form, a schedule, and a procedure that must be used to apply for a charter for an open-enrollment public charter school; and (2) Criteria to use in selecting a program for which a charter may be granted.

(1) An application form, a schedule, and a procedure that must be used to apply for a charter for an open-enrollment public charter school; and

(2) Criteria to use in selecting a program for which a charter may be granted.

(b) The application form must provide space for including all information required under this chapter to be contained in the charter.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 509,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 1999, No. 890, § 8; 2007, No. 736, § 12; 2011, No. 993, § 4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1012 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 10 / Section 6-13-1012
Agency personnel
Status: in_force

With the approval of an education service cooperative's governing body, the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education may assign state educational agency personnel to that education service cooperative. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1136, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1985, No. 349, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-489.13.

With the approval of an education service cooperative's governing body, the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education may assign state educational agency personnel to that education service cooperative.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1136, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 1985, No. 349, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-489.13.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-602 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 62 / Subchapter 6 / Section 6-62-602
Transfer and lease authorized
Status: in_force

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and in addition to any other statutory or inherent authority of a board, any board is authorized to transfer and simultaneously enter into a lease agreement concerning any property. Acts 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 11, § 2; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 12, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3391.1; Acts 1999, No. 823, § 2.

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and in addition to any other statutory or inherent authority of a board, any board is authorized to transfer and simultaneously enter into a lease agreement concerning any property.

Acts 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 11, § 2; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 12, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3391.1; Acts 1999, No. 823, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-46-203 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Subchapter 2 / Section 6-46-203
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2019, No. 692,§ 11, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1993, No. 839, § 2.

Repealed by Act 2019, No. 692,§ 11, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1993, No. 839, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-401 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 51 / Subchapter 4 / Section 6-51-401
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2021, No. 545,§ 19, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 467,§ 7, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 467,§ 6, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 349, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1861, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1975, No. 394, §§ 1, 3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2587, 80-2589; Acts 1999, No. 1323, § 40.

Repealed by Act 2021, No. 545,§ 19, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 467,§ 7, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 467,§ 6, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 349, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1861, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 1975, No. 394, §§ 1, 3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2587, 80-2589; Acts 1999, No. 1323, § 40.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-407 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 4 / Section 6-20-407
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2015, No. 846,§ 11, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1874 (Spec. Sess.), No. 14, § 8, p. 18; C. & M. Dig., § 9101; Pope's Dig., § 11724; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1014.

Repealed by Act 2015, No. 846,§ 11, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 1874 (Spec. Sess.), No. 14, § 8, p. 18; C. & M. Dig., § 9101; Pope's Dig., § 11724; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1014.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-606 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 62 / Subchapter 6 / Section 6-62-606
Exemption from compliance with certain state and local laws - Review by Building Authority Division
Status: in_force

(a) A board and an owner proceeding under this subchapter shall be exempt from compliance with all municipal and county land use restrictions, including without limitation zoning laws and requirements for obtaining building permits. (b) In proceeding under this subchapter, it shall not be necessary for the board to comply with any other laws relating to the procurement, disposal, or leasing of property, including without limitation laws concerning the appointment of appraisers in connection therewith, laws restricting the obligation of funds for construction, and laws dealing with the improvement of historic structures, except that the transfer and the lease agreement shall be subject to the review and approval of the Building Authority Division. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 6056, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2015EX1, No. 8,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2015. Amended by Act 2015EX1, No. 7,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2015. Acts 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 11, §§ 10, 12; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 12, §§ 10, 12; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3391.9, 80-3391.11.

(a) A board and an owner proceeding under this subchapter shall be exempt from compliance with all municipal and county land use restrictions, including without limitation zoning laws and requirements for obtaining building permits.

(b) In proceeding under this subchapter, it shall not be necessary for the board to comply with any other laws relating to the procurement, disposal, or leasing of property, including without limitation laws concerning the appointment of appraisers in connection therewith, laws restricting the obligation of funds for construction, and laws dealing with the improvement of historic structures, except that the transfer and the lease agreement shall be subject to the review and approval of the Building Authority Division.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 6056, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2015EX1, No. 8,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2015.

Amended by Act 2015EX1, No. 7,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2015.

Acts 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 11, §§ 10, 12; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 12, §§ 10, 12; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3391.9, 80-3391.11.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-137 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 61 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-61-137
Presentation of expenditure data by state-supported institutions of higher education - Definition
Status: in_force

(a) (1) As used in this section, "expenditure data" means information regarding the spending of public funds that adequately identifies the purpose, amount, payor, and vendor, if such disclosure is permissible under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., and federal laws or regulations. (2) "Expenditure data" does not include expenses of pending litigation. (b) A state-supported institution of higher education shall present expenditure data on a website operated by the state-supported institution of higher education. (c) The website shall: (1) Be updated on a regular basis to present expenditure data for the current fiscal year and prior year's annual expenditures, starting with the 2013 fiscal year; and (2) Retain expenditure data for each state fiscal year, starting with the 2013 fiscal year, until ten (10) years of expenditure data are available, after which the website shall retain at least ten (10) years of expenditure data. (d) (1) The Division of Higher Education: (A) May promulgate rules necessary to implement this section; and (B) Shall develop internal guidelines necessary to implement this section. (2) The division shall consult with the state-supported institutions of higher education in developing rules and internal guidelines necessary to implement this section. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1966, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 1163, § 1.

(a) (1) As used in this section, "expenditure data" means information regarding the spending of public funds that adequately identifies the purpose, amount, payor, and vendor, if such disclosure is permissible under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., and federal laws or regulations. (2) "Expenditure data" does not include expenses of pending litigation.

(1) As used in this section, "expenditure data" means information regarding the spending of public funds that adequately identifies the purpose, amount, payor, and vendor, if such disclosure is permissible under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., and federal laws or regulations.

(2) "Expenditure data" does not include expenses of pending litigation.

(b) A state-supported institution of higher education shall present expenditure data on a website operated by the state-supported institution of higher education.

(c) The website shall: (1) Be updated on a regular basis to present expenditure data for the current fiscal year and prior year's annual expenditures, starting with the 2013 fiscal year; and (2) Retain expenditure data for each state fiscal year, starting with the 2013 fiscal year, until ten (10) years of expenditure data are available, after which the website shall retain at least ten (10) years of expenditure data.

(1) Be updated on a regular basis to present expenditure data for the current fiscal year and prior year's annual expenditures, starting with the 2013 fiscal year; and

(2) Retain expenditure data for each state fiscal year, starting with the 2013 fiscal year, until ten (10) years of expenditure data are available, after which the website shall retain at least ten (10) years of expenditure data.

(d) (1) The Division of Higher Education: (A) May promulgate rules necessary to implement this section; and (B) Shall develop internal guidelines necessary to implement this section. (2) The division shall consult with the state-supported institutions of higher education in developing rules and internal guidelines necessary to implement this section.

(1) The Division of Higher Education: (A) May promulgate rules necessary to implement this section; and (B) Shall develop internal guidelines necessary to implement this section.

(A) May promulgate rules necessary to implement this section; and

(B) Shall develop internal guidelines necessary to implement this section.

(2) The division shall consult with the state-supported institutions of higher education in developing rules and internal guidelines necessary to implement this section.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1966, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2011, No. 1163, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1402 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 14 / Section 6-17-1402
Workers' Compensation Commission - Authority and jurisdiction
Status: in_force

(a) The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to adopt rules and to prescribe forms it deems necessary or desirable to properly carry out the purpose and intent of this subchapter. (b) The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all claims filed by or in behalf of school district employees pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter for workers' compensation benefits. (c) The method and procedure of filing claims and the determination of awards pursuant to such claims shall be the same as provided by law and rules of the commission with respect to claims filed by employees of private employers. (d) However, the action taken by the commission with respect to the allowance or disallowance of any claim filed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be final and binding upon all parties and shall not be subject to judicial review. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 235, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 234, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1971, No. 223, §§ 2, 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1238, 80-1242.

(a) The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to adopt rules and to prescribe forms it deems necessary or desirable to properly carry out the purpose and intent of this subchapter.

(b) The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all claims filed by or in behalf of school district employees pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter for workers' compensation benefits.

(c) The method and procedure of filing claims and the determination of awards pursuant to such claims shall be the same as provided by law and rules of the commission with respect to claims filed by employees of private employers.

(d) However, the action taken by the commission with respect to the allowance or disallowance of any claim filed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be final and binding upon all parties and shall not be subject to judicial review.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 235, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 234, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1971, No. 223, §§ 2, 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1238, 80-1242.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-104 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-17-104
Teachers' records and reports
Status: in_force

(a) The teacher shall keep such records and make such reports as may be required by the school district board of directors employing the teacher. (b) No teacher shall be entitled to the last month's pay under his or her contract with a public school district until he or she has provided to the school district all records and reports required by the school district. Acts 1931, No. 169, §§ 169, 172; Pope's Dig., §§ 11611, 11614; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1215, 80-1217; Acts 1993, No. 294, § 11; 1999, No. 1078, § 57; 2007, No. 311, § 1.

(a) The teacher shall keep such records and make such reports as may be required by the school district board of directors employing the teacher.

(b) No teacher shall be entitled to the last month's pay under his or her contract with a public school district until he or she has provided to the school district all records and reports required by the school district.

Acts 1931, No. 169, §§ 169, 172; Pope's Dig., §§ 11611, 11614; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1215, 80-1217; Acts 1993, No. 294, § 11; 1999, No. 1078, § 57; 2007, No. 311, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-1007 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 16 / Subchapter 10 / Section 6-16-1007
Health class - Breastfeeding curriculum required
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Breastfeeding a newborn child for a minimum of two (2) to four (4) months reduces Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by up to forty percent (40%), and this number increases to sixty percent (60%) for newborn children breast fed for four (4) to six (6) months; (2) Any amount of breastfeeding decreases the following for infants who are breastfed: (A) Infant mortality due to any cause by nineteen percent (19%); (B) Type 2 Diabetes by thirty-three percent (33%); and (C) The risk of childhood and adult obesity by twenty-two percent (22%); (3) Breastfeeding a newborn child for six (6) to twelve (12) months reduces hypertension for lactating mothers by eleven percent (11%); (4) Breastfeeding for more than twelve (12) months reduces all types of breast cancer for lactating mothers by twenty-eight percent (28%); (5) For lactating mothers, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is reduced by thirty-two (32%) or more with a longer period of time spent breastfeeding; (6) Any amount of breastfeeding decreases the following for lactating mothers: (A) Premenopausal breast cancer by fourteen percent (14%); (B) Postmenopausal breast cancer by eleven percent (11%); and (C) Ovarian cancer by thirty percent (30%); and (7) The provision of information surrounding the number of benefits that breastfeeding results in for both infants and lactating mothers helps to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding. (b) Each health and safety course offered by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school shall include information regarding breastfeeding, including without limitation the benefits of breastfeeding: (1) As healthy nutrition for all infants; and (2) For lactating mothers. Added by Act 2023, No. 723,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.

(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Breastfeeding a newborn child for a minimum of two (2) to four (4) months reduces Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by up to forty percent (40%), and this number increases to sixty percent (60%) for newborn children breast fed for four (4) to six (6) months; (2) Any amount of breastfeeding decreases the following for infants who are breastfed: (A) Infant mortality due to any cause by nineteen percent (19%); (B) Type 2 Diabetes by thirty-three percent (33%); and (C) The risk of childhood and adult obesity by twenty-two percent (22%); (3) Breastfeeding a newborn child for six (6) to twelve (12) months reduces hypertension for lactating mothers by eleven percent (11%); (4) Breastfeeding for more than twelve (12) months reduces all types of breast cancer for lactating mothers by twenty-eight percent (28%); (5) For lactating mothers, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is reduced by thirty-two (32%) or more with a longer period of time spent breastfeeding; (6) Any amount of breastfeeding decreases the following for lactating mothers: (A) Premenopausal breast cancer by fourteen percent (14%); (B) Postmenopausal breast cancer by eleven percent (11%); and (C) Ovarian cancer by thirty percent (30%); and (7) The provision of information surrounding the number of benefits that breastfeeding results in for both infants and lactating mothers helps to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding.

(1) Breastfeeding a newborn child for a minimum of two (2) to four (4) months reduces Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by up to forty percent (40%), and this number increases to sixty percent (60%) for newborn children breast fed for four (4) to six (6) months;

(2) Any amount of breastfeeding decreases the following for infants who are breastfed: (A) Infant mortality due to any cause by nineteen percent (19%); (B) Type 2 Diabetes by thirty-three percent (33%); and (C) The risk of childhood and adult obesity by twenty-two percent (22%);

(A) Infant mortality due to any cause by nineteen percent (19%);

(B) Type 2 Diabetes by thirty-three percent (33%); and

(C) The risk of childhood and adult obesity by twenty-two percent (22%);

(3) Breastfeeding a newborn child for six (6) to twelve (12) months reduces hypertension for lactating mothers by eleven percent (11%);

(4) Breastfeeding for more than twelve (12) months reduces all types of breast cancer for lactating mothers by twenty-eight percent (28%);

(5) For lactating mothers, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is reduced by thirty-two (32%) or more with a longer period of time spent breastfeeding;

(6) Any amount of breastfeeding decreases the following for lactating mothers: (A) Premenopausal breast cancer by fourteen percent (14%); (B) Postmenopausal breast cancer by eleven percent (11%); and (C) Ovarian cancer by thirty percent (30%); and

(A) Premenopausal breast cancer by fourteen percent (14%);

(B) Postmenopausal breast cancer by eleven percent (11%); and

(C) Ovarian cancer by thirty percent (30%); and

(7) The provision of information surrounding the number of benefits that breastfeeding results in for both infants and lactating mothers helps to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding.

(b) Each health and safety course offered by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school shall include information regarding breastfeeding, including without limitation the benefits of breastfeeding: (1) As healthy nutrition for all infants; and (2) For lactating mothers.

(1) As healthy nutrition for all infants; and

(2) For lactating mothers.

Added by Act 2023, No. 723,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-1103 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 82 / Subchapter 11 / Section 6-82-1103
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed without reference to 2017 amendment by Act 2017, No. 1008,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 275,§ 7, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1115,§ 14, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1991, No. 705, § 3; 1991, No. 717, § 3; 1995, No. 259, § 2; 1995, No. 262, § 2; 1999, No. 1323, § 45.

Repealed without reference to 2017 amendment by Act 2017, No. 1008,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 275,§ 7, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 1115,§ 14, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 1991, No. 705, § 3; 1991, No. 717, § 3; 1995, No. 259, § 2; 1995, No. 262, § 2; 1999, No. 1323, § 45.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-50-806 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 50 / Subchapter 8 / Section 6-50-806
Powers generally
Status: in_force

The board of directors of a workforce development center authority created under this subchapter may: (1) Make and adopt all necessary bylaws for its organization and operation; (2) Elect officers and employ personnel necessary for its operation; (3) Delegate any authority given to it by law to any of its officers, committees, agents, or employees; (4) (A) Enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to its powers and duties under this subchapter. (B) A workforce development center authority's power to contract includes without limitation the power to contract with one (1) or more of its sponsors for the provision of services or programs to advance any purpose of this subchapter; (5) Apply for, receive, and spend grants for any purpose of this subchapter; (6) Acquire lands and hold title to the lands acquired in its own name; (7) Acquire, own, lease, use, sell, encumber, and dispose of property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this subchapter; (8) Borrow money on a secured or unsecured basis, and in connection therewith issue bonds, promissory notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, and make and deliver indentures, mortgages, pledges, security agreements, financing statements, and other instruments encumbering assets of the workforce development center authority; (9) Acquire, equip, construct, maintain, and operate one (1) or more workforce development centers and appurtenant facilities or properties; (10) Promote, advertise, and publicize the workforce development center authority and its workforce development centers; and (11) Do all things necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers and duties expressly granted or imposed under this subchapter. Added by Act 2017, No. 509,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.

The board of directors of a workforce development center authority created under this subchapter may:

(1) Make and adopt all necessary bylaws for its organization and operation;

(2) Elect officers and employ personnel necessary for its operation;

(3) Delegate any authority given to it by law to any of its officers, committees, agents, or employees;

(4) (A) Enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to its powers and duties under this subchapter. (B) A workforce development center authority's power to contract includes without limitation the power to contract with one (1) or more of its sponsors for the provision of services or programs to advance any purpose of this subchapter;

(A) Enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to its powers and duties under this subchapter.

(B) A workforce development center authority's power to contract includes without limitation the power to contract with one (1) or more of its sponsors for the provision of services or programs to advance any purpose of this subchapter;

(5) Apply for, receive, and spend grants for any purpose of this subchapter;

(6) Acquire lands and hold title to the lands acquired in its own name;

(7) Acquire, own, lease, use, sell, encumber, and dispose of property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this subchapter;

(8) Borrow money on a secured or unsecured basis, and in connection therewith issue bonds, promissory notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, and make and deliver indentures, mortgages, pledges, security agreements, financing statements, and other instruments encumbering assets of the workforce development center authority;

(9) Acquire, equip, construct, maintain, and operate one (1) or more workforce development centers and appurtenant facilities or properties;

(10) Promote, advertise, and publicize the workforce development center authority and its workforce development centers; and

(11) Do all things necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers and duties expressly granted or imposed under this subchapter.

Added by Act 2017, No. 509,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-159 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 16 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-16-159
Agricultural education
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may consult industry stakeholders, including without limitation the Department of Agriculture and the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation in order to establish a pilot program to provide for agricultural education in elementary schools in the State of Arkansas. (2) The pilot program required by this section may determine whether and how to implement an elementary agricultural education program statewide. (b) (1) The division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, may select via an application process a minimum of six (6) elementary schools for participation in the pilot program established by this section. (2) The local school district board of directors for each of the elementary schools selected under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall agree to: (A) Implement an elementary agricultural education program in its public school district for a minimum of three (3) years; (B) Continue to provide elementary agricultural education until the pilot program is either: (i) Implemented in public elementary schools statewide; or (ii) Terminated by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department; and (C) Determine the method by which an elementary agricultural education program shall be implemented in the public school district. (3) The local school district board of directors for each of the elementary schools selected under subdivision (b)(1) of this section may employ an agricultural education teacher to provide the agricultural education program at its public school district. (c) The pilot program shall be based on the nationally recognized three-component model of school-based agricultural education, which includes without limitation: (1) Instruction in an organized classroom or laboratory environment; (2) Hands-on, real-world learning opportunities; and (3) Leadership and learning opportunities through participation in the Arkansas Division of the Future Farmers of America and an Arkansas 4-H Foundation, Incorporated program. (d) The curriculum for the elementary agricultural education program shall be fact-based instruction that shall: (1) Include without limitation equal portions of each of the three (3) components of school-based agricultural education, as specified under subsection (c) of this section; (2) Provide grade-appropriate, collaborative learning experiences through: (A) Instruction and inquiry; (B) Experimental learning activities; and (C) Personal and leadership development opportunities; and (3) Be established by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, with input from agricultural and general education teachers. (e) The division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, may: (1) Provide for a program evaluation regarding the success and impact of the pilot program established by this section upon completion of the third year of the pilot program; and (2) Report the results of the evaluation required by subdivision (e)(1) of this section to the: (A) House Committee on Education; (B) Senate Committee on Education; and (C) State Board of Education. Added by Act 2023, No. 243,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.

(a) (1) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may consult industry stakeholders, including without limitation the Department of Agriculture and the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation in order to establish a pilot program to provide for agricultural education in elementary schools in the State of Arkansas. (2) The pilot program required by this section may determine whether and how to implement an elementary agricultural education program statewide.

(1) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may consult industry stakeholders, including without limitation the Department of Agriculture and the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation in order to establish a pilot program to provide for agricultural education in elementary schools in the State of Arkansas.

(2) The pilot program required by this section may determine whether and how to implement an elementary agricultural education program statewide.

(b) (1) The division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, may select via an application process a minimum of six (6) elementary schools for participation in the pilot program established by this section. (2) The local school district board of directors for each of the elementary schools selected under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall agree to: (A) Implement an elementary agricultural education program in its public school district for a minimum of three (3) years; (B) Continue to provide elementary agricultural education until the pilot program is either: (i) Implemented in public elementary schools statewide; or (ii) Terminated by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department; and (C) Determine the method by which an elementary agricultural education program shall be implemented in the public school district. (3) The local school district board of directors for each of the elementary schools selected under subdivision (b)(1) of this section may employ an agricultural education teacher to provide the agricultural education program at its public school district.

(1) The division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, may select via an application process a minimum of six (6) elementary schools for participation in the pilot program established by this section.

(2) The local school district board of directors for each of the elementary schools selected under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall agree to: (A) Implement an elementary agricultural education program in its public school district for a minimum of three (3) years; (B) Continue to provide elementary agricultural education until the pilot program is either: (i) Implemented in public elementary schools statewide; or (ii) Terminated by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department; and (C) Determine the method by which an elementary agricultural education program shall be implemented in the public school district.

(A) Implement an elementary agricultural education program in its public school district for a minimum of three (3) years;

(B) Continue to provide elementary agricultural education until the pilot program is either: (i) Implemented in public elementary schools statewide; or (ii) Terminated by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department; and

(i) Implemented in public elementary schools statewide; or

(ii) Terminated by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department; and

(C) Determine the method by which an elementary agricultural education program shall be implemented in the public school district.

(3) The local school district board of directors for each of the elementary schools selected under subdivision (b)(1) of this section may employ an agricultural education teacher to provide the agricultural education program at its public school district.

(c) The pilot program shall be based on the nationally recognized three-component model of school-based agricultural education, which includes without limitation: (1) Instruction in an organized classroom or laboratory environment; (2) Hands-on, real-world learning opportunities; and (3) Leadership and learning opportunities through participation in the Arkansas Division of the Future Farmers of America and an Arkansas 4-H Foundation, Incorporated program.

(1) Instruction in an organized classroom or laboratory environment;

(2) Hands-on, real-world learning opportunities; and

(3) Leadership and learning opportunities through participation in the Arkansas Division of the Future Farmers of America and an Arkansas 4-H Foundation, Incorporated program.

(d) The curriculum for the elementary agricultural education program shall be fact-based instruction that shall: (1) Include without limitation equal portions of each of the three (3) components of school-based agricultural education, as specified under subsection (c) of this section; (2) Provide grade-appropriate, collaborative learning experiences through: (A) Instruction and inquiry; (B) Experimental learning activities; and (C) Personal and leadership development opportunities; and (3) Be established by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, with input from agricultural and general education teachers.

(1) Include without limitation equal portions of each of the three (3) components of school-based agricultural education, as specified under subsection (c) of this section;

(2) Provide grade-appropriate, collaborative learning experiences through: (A) Instruction and inquiry; (B) Experimental learning activities; and (C) Personal and leadership development opportunities; and

(A) Instruction and inquiry;

(B) Experimental learning activities; and

(C) Personal and leadership development opportunities; and

(3) Be established by the division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, with input from agricultural and general education teachers.

(e) The division, in consultation with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the department, may: (1) Provide for a program evaluation regarding the success and impact of the pilot program established by this section upon completion of the third year of the pilot program; and (2) Report the results of the evaluation required by subdivision (e)(1) of this section to the: (A) House Committee on Education; (B) Senate Committee on Education; and (C) State Board of Education.

(1) Provide for a program evaluation regarding the success and impact of the pilot program established by this section upon completion of the third year of the pilot program; and

(2) Report the results of the evaluation required by subdivision (e)(1) of this section to the: (A) House Committee on Education; (B) Senate Committee on Education; and (C) State Board of Education.

(A) House Committee on Education;

(B) Senate Committee on Education; and

(C) State Board of Education.

Added by Act 2023, No. 243,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-632 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 6 / Section 6-13-632
Adequate meeting facilities required
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors of schools with an average daily membership of at least twenty-five thousand (25,000) shall hereafter hold all school district board of director meetings and public hearings in facilities that will adequately accommodate individuals with disabilities and the number of patrons anticipated to attend. (b) If a single room is not large enough or adequate to accommodate individuals with disabilities and the number of patrons who attend, the board of directors shall utilize closed-circuit television or other means which will assure full participation by all in attendance. Acts 1993, No. 891, § 1.

(a) The board of directors of schools with an average daily membership of at least twenty-five thousand (25,000) shall hereafter hold all school district board of director meetings and public hearings in facilities that will adequately accommodate individuals with disabilities and the number of patrons anticipated to attend.

(b) If a single room is not large enough or adequate to accommodate individuals with disabilities and the number of patrons who attend, the board of directors shall utilize closed-circuit television or other means which will assure full participation by all in attendance.

Acts 1993, No. 891, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-628 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 6 / Section 6-13-628
Purchases in small communities without bids
Status: in_force

Whenever any school in a school district in any county of this state having a population of less than six thousand (6,000), according to the most recent federal census, is located in a community in which there is only one (1) store selling school supplies or furnishings, the school district may purchase such supplies or furnishings from the store irrespective of any laws of this state regarding the taking of bids for school purchases. Acts 1959, No. 80, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-539; Acts 2009, No. 285, § 1.

Whenever any school in a school district in any county of this state having a population of less than six thousand (6,000), according to the most recent federal census, is located in a community in which there is only one (1) store selling school supplies or furnishings, the school district may purchase such supplies or furnishings from the store irrespective of any laws of this state regarding the taking of bids for school purchases.

Acts 1959, No. 80, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-539; Acts 2009, No. 285, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1029 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 10 / Section 6-13-1029
Fiscal distress actions
Status: in_force

(a) To address the identified areas of fiscal distress of an education service cooperative, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall: (1) (A) Conduct an on-site evaluation and make recommendations regarding the staffing and fiscal practices of the education service cooperative. (B) The recommendations of the division are binding on the education service cooperative; (2) Every six (6) months during which the education service cooperative is classified as being in fiscal distress, submit to the State Board of Education a written evaluation on the fiscal status of the education service cooperative; (3) Monitor the fiscal operations and accounts of the education service cooperative; and (4) Require the education service cooperative administrative staff and employees to obtain instruction or training in areas of fiscal concern for the education service cooperative. (b) The division also may take one (1) or more of the following actions: (1) Reorganize the administrative unit of the education service cooperative by: (A) (i) Removing and replacing the director of the education service cooperative employed under § 6-13-1010 . (ii) An individual appointed to replace the director shall administratively operate the education service cooperative under the supervision and approval of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. (iii) The division may compensate nondivision agents operating the education service cooperative from the education service cooperative's funding; and (B) Removing, replacing, or reassigning other administrative staff of the education service cooperative; or (2) Impose reporting requirements on the education service cooperative. (c) Within two (2) consecutive school years of the state board's final classification of fiscal distress, the division shall determine whether to recommend that the education service cooperative be removed from fiscal distress status. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1158, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1157, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1156, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1155, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1154, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2009, No. 1289, § 4.

(a) To address the identified areas of fiscal distress of an education service cooperative, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall: (1) (A) Conduct an on-site evaluation and make recommendations regarding the staffing and fiscal practices of the education service cooperative. (B) The recommendations of the division are binding on the education service cooperative; (2) Every six (6) months during which the education service cooperative is classified as being in fiscal distress, submit to the State Board of Education a written evaluation on the fiscal status of the education service cooperative; (3) Monitor the fiscal operations and accounts of the education service cooperative; and (4) Require the education service cooperative administrative staff and employees to obtain instruction or training in areas of fiscal concern for the education service cooperative.

(1) (A) Conduct an on-site evaluation and make recommendations regarding the staffing and fiscal practices of the education service cooperative. (B) The recommendations of the division are binding on the education service cooperative;

(A) Conduct an on-site evaluation and make recommendations regarding the staffing and fiscal practices of the education service cooperative.

(B) The recommendations of the division are binding on the education service cooperative;

(2) Every six (6) months during which the education service cooperative is classified as being in fiscal distress, submit to the State Board of Education a written evaluation on the fiscal status of the education service cooperative;

(3) Monitor the fiscal operations and accounts of the education service cooperative; and

(4) Require the education service cooperative administrative staff and employees to obtain instruction or training in areas of fiscal concern for the education service cooperative.

(b) The division also may take one (1) or more of the following actions: (1) Reorganize the administrative unit of the education service cooperative by: (A) (i) Removing and replacing the director of the education service cooperative employed under § 6-13-1010 . (ii) An individual appointed to replace the director shall administratively operate the education service cooperative under the supervision and approval of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. (iii) The division may compensate nondivision agents operating the education service cooperative from the education service cooperative's funding; and (B) Removing, replacing, or reassigning other administrative staff of the education service cooperative; or (2) Impose reporting requirements on the education service cooperative.

(1) Reorganize the administrative unit of the education service cooperative by: (A) (i) Removing and replacing the director of the education service cooperative employed under § 6-13-1010 . (ii) An individual appointed to replace the director shall administratively operate the education service cooperative under the supervision and approval of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. (iii) The division may compensate nondivision agents operating the education service cooperative from the education service cooperative's funding; and (B) Removing, replacing, or reassigning other administrative staff of the education service cooperative; or

(A) (i) Removing and replacing the director of the education service cooperative employed under § 6-13-1010 . (ii) An individual appointed to replace the director shall administratively operate the education service cooperative under the supervision and approval of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. (iii) The division may compensate nondivision agents operating the education service cooperative from the education service cooperative's funding; and

(i) Removing and replacing the director of the education service cooperative employed under § 6-13-1010 .

(ii) An individual appointed to replace the director shall administratively operate the education service cooperative under the supervision and approval of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(iii) The division may compensate nondivision agents operating the education service cooperative from the education service cooperative's funding; and

(B) Removing, replacing, or reassigning other administrative staff of the education service cooperative; or

(2) Impose reporting requirements on the education service cooperative.

(c) Within two (2) consecutive school years of the state board's final classification of fiscal distress, the division shall determine whether to recommend that the education service cooperative be removed from fiscal distress status.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1158, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1157, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1156, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1155, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1154, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2009, No. 1289, § 4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-211 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 18 / Subchapter 2 / Section 6-18-211
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 867,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 2003, No. 675, § 2; 2007, No. 985, § 1.

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 867,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 2003, No. 675, § 2; 2007, No. 985, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-1002 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 5 / Subchapter 10 / Section 6-5-1002
Career and technical education program of study - Definition
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this subchapter, "career and technical education program of study" means a planned program of courses and learning experiences that: (1) Begins with the exploration of career options; (2) Supports basic academic and life skills; and (3) Enables achievement of: (A) High academic standards; (B) Leadership; (C) High-skill, high-wage employment preparation; and (D) Advanced continuing education. (b) (1) A rigorous career and technical education program of study that links secondary education and postsecondary education and combines academic and technical education in a structured sequence of courses that progresses from broad foundation skills to occupationally specific courses shall be made available. (2) Postsecondary credits for career and technical education program of study courses that lead to a postsecondary credential, certificate, or degree may be awarded. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1279,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 2011, No. 743, § 1.

(a) As used in this subchapter, "career and technical education program of study" means a planned program of courses and learning experiences that: (1) Begins with the exploration of career options; (2) Supports basic academic and life skills; and (3) Enables achievement of: (A) High academic standards; (B) Leadership; (C) High-skill, high-wage employment preparation; and (D) Advanced continuing education.

(1) Begins with the exploration of career options;

(2) Supports basic academic and life skills; and

(3) Enables achievement of: (A) High academic standards; (B) Leadership; (C) High-skill, high-wage employment preparation; and (D) Advanced continuing education.

(A) High academic standards;

(B) Leadership;

(C) High-skill, high-wage employment preparation; and

(D) Advanced continuing education.

(b) (1) A rigorous career and technical education program of study that links secondary education and postsecondary education and combines academic and technical education in a structured sequence of courses that progresses from broad foundation skills to occupationally specific courses shall be made available. (2) Postsecondary credits for career and technical education program of study courses that lead to a postsecondary credential, certificate, or degree may be awarded.

(1) A rigorous career and technical education program of study that links secondary education and postsecondary education and combines academic and technical education in a structured sequence of courses that progresses from broad foundation skills to occupationally specific courses shall be made available.

(2) Postsecondary credits for career and technical education program of study courses that lead to a postsecondary credential, certificate, or degree may be awarded.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 1279,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 2011, No. 743, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-43-110 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 43 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-43-110
Clothing and travel expenses - Warrants
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of this state to receive from the county clerks all warrants ordered by their respective county courts by virtue of § 6-43-109(b)(5) and present them to the county treasurer for payment. (b) (1) The county treasurer of the proper county shall pay the warrants on presentation from any money on hand and appropriated for pauper purposes. (2) However, if there is no money in the county treasurer's hands from which to pay off the warrants, he or she shall endorse the fact on the warrants, date and sign the endorsement, and return them to the sheriff. (c) (1) The Treasurer of State is authorized to receive from the several sheriffs and collectors of the state any and all such warrants as may be ordered and issued in payment for clothing and expenses of indigent pupils in the Arkansas School for the Blind or the Arkansas School for the Deaf by the county courts of the counties that are or may be liable for such expenses. (2) The warrants shall be drawn in favor of the state, shall state on their face the name of the pupil or inmate whose expenses are thereby refunded, and shall be endorsed as required by subsection (b) of this section. (d) The Treasurer of State is authorized to apply such county warrants so received in payment of the Auditor of State's warrants drawn in favor of the counties for funds received from sales or redemption of lands in lieu of any currency in his or her hands from the source belonging to the respective counties whose warrants he or she holds, replacing the county warrants with the currency. (e) The State Board of Finance may biennially in October make such disposition of the county warrants so received and not converted into par funds, as provided in subsection (d) of this section, as shall in the judgment of the board be for the best interest of the state and shall order the proper adjustment of the account of the county warrants on the books of the Treasurer of State and Auditor of State. Acts 1893, No. 154, §§ 1-5; C. & M. Dig., §§ 9377-9381, 9487-9491; Pope's Dig., §§ 12842-12846, 12890-12894; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2418 -- 80-2422.

(a) It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of this state to receive from the county clerks all warrants ordered by their respective county courts by virtue of § 6-43-109(b)(5) and present them to the county treasurer for payment.

(b) (1) The county treasurer of the proper county shall pay the warrants on presentation from any money on hand and appropriated for pauper purposes. (2) However, if there is no money in the county treasurer's hands from which to pay off the warrants, he or she shall endorse the fact on the warrants, date and sign the endorsement, and return them to the sheriff.

(1) The county treasurer of the proper county shall pay the warrants on presentation from any money on hand and appropriated for pauper purposes.

(2) However, if there is no money in the county treasurer's hands from which to pay off the warrants, he or she shall endorse the fact on the warrants, date and sign the endorsement, and return them to the sheriff.

(c) (1) The Treasurer of State is authorized to receive from the several sheriffs and collectors of the state any and all such warrants as may be ordered and issued in payment for clothing and expenses of indigent pupils in the Arkansas School for the Blind or the Arkansas School for the Deaf by the county courts of the counties that are or may be liable for such expenses. (2) The warrants shall be drawn in favor of the state, shall state on their face the name of the pupil or inmate whose expenses are thereby refunded, and shall be endorsed as required by subsection (b) of this section.

(1) The Treasurer of State is authorized to receive from the several sheriffs and collectors of the state any and all such warrants as may be ordered and issued in payment for clothing and expenses of indigent pupils in the Arkansas School for the Blind or the Arkansas School for the Deaf by the county courts of the counties that are or may be liable for such expenses.

(2) The warrants shall be drawn in favor of the state, shall state on their face the name of the pupil or inmate whose expenses are thereby refunded, and shall be endorsed as required by subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The Treasurer of State is authorized to apply such county warrants so received in payment of the Auditor of State's warrants drawn in favor of the counties for funds received from sales or redemption of lands in lieu of any currency in his or her hands from the source belonging to the respective counties whose warrants he or she holds, replacing the county warrants with the currency.

(e) The State Board of Finance may biennially in October make such disposition of the county warrants so received and not converted into par funds, as provided in subsection (d) of this section, as shall in the judgment of the board be for the best interest of the state and shall order the proper adjustment of the account of the county warrants on the books of the Treasurer of State and Auditor of State.

Acts 1893, No. 154, §§ 1-5; C. & M. Dig., §§ 9377-9381, 9487-9491; Pope's Dig., §§ 12842-12846, 12890-12894; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2418 -- 80-2422.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-106 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-81-106
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 824,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 1977, No. 873, § 6; 1981, No. 296, § 2; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 39, § 1; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 51, § 1; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 62, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4036; Acts 2011, No. 521, § 6.

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 824,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2017.

Acts 1977, No. 873, § 6; 1981, No. 296, § 2; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 39, § 1; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 51, § 1; 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 62, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4036; Acts 2011, No. 521, § 6.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-1402 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 18 / Subchapter 14 / Section 6-18-1402
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1155,§ 17, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 68, § 1.

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1155,§ 17, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 68, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-521 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 61 / Subchapter 5 / Section 6-61-521
Local boards - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows: (1) To select its own chair and such other officers as it may deem desirable from among its own membership; (2) To adopt and use a seal; (3) To determine, with the advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the educational program of the community college; (4) To appoint and fix the compensation and the term of office of a president or chancellor of the community college; (5) To appoint, upon the nomination of the president or chancellor, members of the administrative and teaching staffs and to fix their compensation and terms of employment; (6) Upon the recommendation of the president or chancellor, to appoint or employ such other officers, agents, and employees of the community college as may be required to carry out the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 - 6-61-103 , §§ 6-61-201 - 6-61-209 , §§ 6-61-212 - 6-61-216 , §§ 6-61-301 - 6-61-305 , § 6-61-401 , § 6-61-402 , §§ 6-61-501 - 6-61-520 , §§ 6-61-522 - 6-61-524 , and §§ 6-61-601 - 6-61-603 and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties, compensation, and terms and conditions of employment; (7) To grant diplomas and certificates; (8) To enter into contracts; (9) (A) To accept from any government or governmental agency, from any other public or private body, or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property, which the local board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes. (B) If acceptance of a grant is conditioned upon the local board's obtaining interim financing from a local financial institution and if the grant makes a provision for the repayment of the interim loan from the grant itself, then the local board is authorized to contract for the required interim financing; (10) To acquire, own, lease, use, and operate property, whether real, personal, or mixed, which is necessary for purposes of the community college; (11) To dispose of property owned by the community college which is no longer necessary for purposes of the community college upon such terms and conditions as shall meet the requirements for state agencies; (12) To exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn property necessary for the use of the community college. The procedure to be followed in the exercise of the right of eminent domain by a local board shall be that prescribed for the boards of trustees of certain state colleges by § 6-62-201 ; (13) To make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 - 6-61-103 , §§ 6-61-201 - 6-61-209 , §§ 6-61-212 - 6-61-216 , §§ 6-61-301 - 6-61-305 , § 6-61-401 , § 6-61-402 , §§ 6-61-501 - 6-61-520 , §§ 6-61-522 - 6-61-524 , and §§ 6-61-601 - 6-61-603 or with the rules of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board as are necessary for the proper administration and operation of the community college; and (14) To exercise all other powers not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 - 6-61-103 , §§ 6-61-201 - 6-61-209 , §§ 6-61-212 - 6-61-216 , §§ 6-61-301 - 6-61-305 , § 6-61-401 , § 6-61-402 , §§ 6-61-501 - 6-61-520 , §§ 6-61-522 - 6-61-524 , and §§ 6-61-601 - 6-61-603 which may be reasonably necessary to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a community college. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 372, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2015, No. 955,§ 4, eff. 4/2/2015. Acts 1977, No. 560, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4910; Acts 1999, No. 478, § 6.

The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows:

(1) To select its own chair and such other officers as it may deem desirable from among its own membership;

(2) To adopt and use a seal;

(3) To determine, with the advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the educational program of the community college;

(4) To appoint and fix the compensation and the term of office of a president or chancellor of the community college;

(5) To appoint, upon the nomination of the president or chancellor, members of the administrative and teaching staffs and to fix their compensation and terms of employment;

(6) Upon the recommendation of the president or chancellor, to appoint or employ such other officers, agents, and employees of the community college as may be required to carry out the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 - 6-61-103 , §§ 6-61-201 - 6-61-209 , §§ 6-61-212 - 6-61-216 , §§ 6-61-301 - 6-61-305 , § 6-61-401 , § 6-61-402 , §§ 6-61-501 - 6-61-520 , §§ 6-61-522 - 6-61-524 , and §§ 6-61-601 - 6-61-603 and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties, compensation, and terms and conditions of employment;

(7) To grant diplomas and certificates;

(8) To enter into contracts;

(9) (A) To accept from any government or governmental agency, from any other public or private body, or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property, which the local board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes. (B) If acceptance of a grant is conditioned upon the local board's obtaining interim financing from a local financial institution and if the grant makes a provision for the repayment of the interim loan from the grant itself, then the local board is authorized to contract for the required interim financing;

(A) To accept from any government or governmental agency, from any other public or private body, or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property, which the local board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes.

(B) If acceptance of a grant is conditioned upon the local board's obtaining interim financing from a local financial institution and if the grant makes a provision for the repayment of the interim loan from the grant itself, then the local board is authorized to contract for the required interim financing;

(10) To acquire, own, lease, use, and operate property, whether real, personal, or mixed, which is necessary for purposes of the community college;

(11) To dispose of property owned by the community college which is no longer necessary for purposes of the community college upon such terms and conditions as shall meet the requirements for state agencies;

(12) To exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn property necessary for the use of the community college. The procedure to be followed in the exercise of the right of eminent domain by a local board shall be that prescribed for the boards of trustees of certain state colleges by § 6-62-201 ;

(13) To make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 - 6-61-103 , §§ 6-61-201 - 6-61-209 , §§ 6-61-212 - 6-61-216 , §§ 6-61-301 - 6-61-305 , § 6-61-401 , § 6-61-402 , §§ 6-61-501 - 6-61-520 , §§ 6-61-522 - 6-61-524 , and §§ 6-61-601 - 6-61-603 or with the rules of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board as are necessary for the proper administration and operation of the community college; and

(14) To exercise all other powers not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 - 6-61-103 , §§ 6-61-201 - 6-61-209 , §§ 6-61-212 - 6-61-216 , §§ 6-61-301 - 6-61-305 , § 6-61-401 , § 6-61-402 , §§ 6-61-501 - 6-61-520 , §§ 6-61-522 - 6-61-524 , and §§ 6-61-601 - 6-61-603 which may be reasonably necessary to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a community college.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 372, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 955,§ 4, eff. 4/2/2015.

Acts 1977, No. 560, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4910; Acts 1999, No. 478, § 6.