Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-2611 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 26 / Section 6-20-2611
Payment of debt service on the bonds
Status: in_force

(a) (1) On or before the commencement of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the estimated amount required for payment of all or a part of the debt service on the bonds issued under this subchapter during the fiscal year to determine what amount of general revenues of the state will be required. (2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall certify the estimated amount to the Treasurer of State. (3) The Treasurer of State shall then make monthly transfers from the State Apportionment Fund to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund of the amount of general revenues of the state required to pay the maturing debt service on bonds issued under this subchapter. (b) (1) The obligation to make monthly transfers of general revenues of the state from the State Apportionment Fund to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund shall constitute a first charge against the general revenues of the state before all other uses to which the general revenues of the state are devoted, either under present law or under any laws that may be enacted in the future. (2) However, to the extent other general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or may subsequently be issued, all general obligation bonds shall rank on a parity of security with respect to payment from general revenues of the state. (c) Moneys credited to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund shall be used only to pay debt service on the bonds, either at maturity or upon redemption before maturity and for such purposes the Treasurer of State is designated disbursing officer to administer such funds in accordance with this subchapter. (d) Moneys in the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund over and above the amount necessary to ensure the prompt payment of debt service on the bonds and the establishment and maintenance of a reserve fund, if any, may be used for the redemption of bonds before maturity under the provisions pertaining to redemption before maturity, as set forth in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds. Acts 2007, No. 1021, § 2.

(a) (1) On or before the commencement of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the estimated amount required for payment of all or a part of the debt service on the bonds issued under this subchapter during the fiscal year to determine what amount of general revenues of the state will be required. (2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall certify the estimated amount to the Treasurer of State. (3) The Treasurer of State shall then make monthly transfers from the State Apportionment Fund to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund of the amount of general revenues of the state required to pay the maturing debt service on bonds issued under this subchapter.

(1) On or before the commencement of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the estimated amount required for payment of all or a part of the debt service on the bonds issued under this subchapter during the fiscal year to determine what amount of general revenues of the state will be required.

(2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall certify the estimated amount to the Treasurer of State.

(3) The Treasurer of State shall then make monthly transfers from the State Apportionment Fund to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund of the amount of general revenues of the state required to pay the maturing debt service on bonds issued under this subchapter.

(b) (1) The obligation to make monthly transfers of general revenues of the state from the State Apportionment Fund to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund shall constitute a first charge against the general revenues of the state before all other uses to which the general revenues of the state are devoted, either under present law or under any laws that may be enacted in the future. (2) However, to the extent other general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or may subsequently be issued, all general obligation bonds shall rank on a parity of security with respect to payment from general revenues of the state.

(1) The obligation to make monthly transfers of general revenues of the state from the State Apportionment Fund to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund shall constitute a first charge against the general revenues of the state before all other uses to which the general revenues of the state are devoted, either under present law or under any laws that may be enacted in the future.

(2) However, to the extent other general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or may subsequently be issued, all general obligation bonds shall rank on a parity of security with respect to payment from general revenues of the state.

(c) Moneys credited to the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund shall be used only to pay debt service on the bonds, either at maturity or upon redemption before maturity and for such purposes the Treasurer of State is designated disbursing officer to administer such funds in accordance with this subchapter.

(d) Moneys in the School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund over and above the amount necessary to ensure the prompt payment of debt service on the bonds and the establishment and maintenance of a reserve fund, if any, may be used for the redemption of bonds before maturity under the provisions pertaining to redemption before maturity, as set forth in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds.

Acts 2007, No. 1021, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-65-217 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 65 / Subchapter 2 / Section 6-65-217
Arkansas State Technical Institute - Legislative findings, determinations, and intent
Status: in_force

It is found and determined by the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that: (1) The education and employment of its populace are two (2) of the highest goals of modern government; (2) Technological advancements in industrial production and business are changing the means and methods in which business is conducted in world markets; (3) Existing businesses and industries in Arkansas must respond to these changes in order to survive; (4) If the state is to develop a stronger economic base, steps must be taken to provide existing businesses and industries with the tools necessary for continued development, and new industries must be convinced of the state's desire to have them locate within our borders; (5) In both instances a highly educated and trained work force is an essential element; (6) Although improvements have been and are being made in secondary and postsecondary vocational and technical education programs in the state, no program currently exists which combines applied advanced mathematics and science and general education with highly technical vocational programs at the certificate and associate degree level; and (7) The financial resources of the state dictate that such a program should be established for the State of Arkansas. Amended by Act 2021, No. 18,§ 13, eff. 2/1/2021. Acts 1985, No. 496, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3151.

It is found and determined by the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that:

(1) The education and employment of its populace are two (2) of the highest goals of modern government;

(2) Technological advancements in industrial production and business are changing the means and methods in which business is conducted in world markets;

(3) Existing businesses and industries in Arkansas must respond to these changes in order to survive;

(4) If the state is to develop a stronger economic base, steps must be taken to provide existing businesses and industries with the tools necessary for continued development, and new industries must be convinced of the state's desire to have them locate within our borders;

(5) In both instances a highly educated and trained work force is an essential element;

(6) Although improvements have been and are being made in secondary and postsecondary vocational and technical education programs in the state, no program currently exists which combines applied advanced mathematics and science and general education with highly technical vocational programs at the certificate and associate degree level; and

(7) The financial resources of the state dictate that such a program should be established for the State of Arkansas.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 18,§ 13, eff. 2/1/2021.

Acts 1985, No. 496, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3151.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-1103 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 11 / Section 6-81-1103
Repayment of out-of-state tuition paid by the State of Arkansas
Status: in_force

(a) The Division of Higher Education may provide loans from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund in excess of the Southern Regional Education Board grant funds to dental students enrolled in professional programs outside the state for whom any part of the out-of-state tuition is paid by the State of Arkansas if the tuition paid to the out-of-state institution exceeds the board-contracted rate. (b) The amount of the loans in excess of the board grant funds may be the amount of the out-of-state tuition paid by the student, but the amount of the loan may not exceed the amount by which the tuition exceeds the rate established by the board. (c) The loans shall be made on an annual basis not to exceed the combined total of four (4) years. (d) The loans may be forgiven at the rate of one (1) year's loan for one (1) year's practice in Arkansas. (e) Repayment of the loan may be deferred but for no longer than five (5) years, for the following reasons: (1) Military service; (2) Specialty training; or (3) Extraordinary circumstances as determined by the division. (f) The loans shall be made at a rate of interest determined by the division but not to exceed four percent (4%). Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2040, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2039, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2038, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2003, No. 1715, § 1.

(a) The Division of Higher Education may provide loans from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund in excess of the Southern Regional Education Board grant funds to dental students enrolled in professional programs outside the state for whom any part of the out-of-state tuition is paid by the State of Arkansas if the tuition paid to the out-of-state institution exceeds the board-contracted rate.

(b) The amount of the loans in excess of the board grant funds may be the amount of the out-of-state tuition paid by the student, but the amount of the loan may not exceed the amount by which the tuition exceeds the rate established by the board.

(c) The loans shall be made on an annual basis not to exceed the combined total of four (4) years.

(d) The loans may be forgiven at the rate of one (1) year's loan for one (1) year's practice in Arkansas.

(e) Repayment of the loan may be deferred but for no longer than five (5) years, for the following reasons: (1) Military service; (2) Specialty training; or (3) Extraordinary circumstances as determined by the division.

(1) Military service;

(2) Specialty training; or

(3) Extraordinary circumstances as determined by the division.

(f) The loans shall be made at a rate of interest determined by the division but not to exceed four percent (4%).

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2040, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2039, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2038, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2003, No. 1715, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-313 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 16 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-16-313
Early childhood and kindergarten programs - Minimum standards
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate and adopt such rules as it deems appropriate providing minimum standards, including program standards and teacher licensure standards, for the conduct of public school kindergarten programs. (b) Program standards shall include, but shall not necessarily be restricted to, facilities, staffing, articulation with the elementary program other than the kindergarten, and finance. (c) Parental participation in program planning, development, and evaluation shall be encouraged. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 221, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 28, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1969, No. 63, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1652; Acts 1997, No. 1132, § 35.

(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate and adopt such rules as it deems appropriate providing minimum standards, including program standards and teacher licensure standards, for the conduct of public school kindergarten programs.

(b) Program standards shall include, but shall not necessarily be restricted to, facilities, staffing, articulation with the elementary program other than the kindergarten, and finance.

(c) Parental participation in program planning, development, and evaluation shall be encouraged.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 221, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 28, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 1969, No. 63, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1652; Acts 1997, No. 1132, § 35.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-902 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 5 / Subchapter 9 / Section 6-5-902
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Grant" means a Positive Youth Development Grant; (2) "Positive youth development program" means a developmentally appropriate learning experience that helps children and youth five through nineteen (5-19) years of age develop educational, social, emotional, and physical skills during out-of-school time; and (3) "Program" means a positive youth development program that is license-exempt or approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as complying with the Out-of-School Time Licensing Standards as adopted by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1056, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 166, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Grant" means a Positive Youth Development Grant;

(2) "Positive youth development program" means a developmentally appropriate learning experience that helps children and youth five through nineteen (5-19) years of age develop educational, social, emotional, and physical skills during out-of-school time; and

(3) "Program" means a positive youth development program that is license-exempt or approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as complying with the Out-of-School Time Licensing Standards as adopted by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1056, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2011, No. 166, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1903 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 19 / Section 6-20-1903
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Annexation" means the joining of an affected school district or part of the school district with a receiving district pursuant to § 6-13-1401 ; (2) "Consolidation" means the joining of two (2) or more school districts or parts of the districts to create a new single school district pursuant to § 6-13-1401 ; (3) "Fiscal distress status" means a public school district determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and classified by the State Board of Education as being placed in fiscal distress status pursuant to this subchapter; (4) "Fiscal integrity" means to comply with financial management, accounting, auditing, and reporting procedures and facilities management procedures as required by state laws and rules and federal laws and regulations in a forthright and timely manner; (5) "Reconstitution" means the reorganization of the administrative unit or the governing school district board of directors of a school district, including, but not limited to, the replacement or removal of a current superintendent or the removal or replacement of a current school district board of directors, or both; (6) "School district" means a public school district created or established pursuant to this title; and (7) "State board" means the State Board of Education. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 295, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1629, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1628, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2003, No. 1467, § 18.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Annexation" means the joining of an affected school district or part of the school district with a receiving district pursuant to § 6-13-1401 ;

(2) "Consolidation" means the joining of two (2) or more school districts or parts of the districts to create a new single school district pursuant to § 6-13-1401 ;

(3) "Fiscal distress status" means a public school district determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and classified by the State Board of Education as being placed in fiscal distress status pursuant to this subchapter;

(4) "Fiscal integrity" means to comply with financial management, accounting, auditing, and reporting procedures and facilities management procedures as required by state laws and rules and federal laws and regulations in a forthright and timely manner;

(5) "Reconstitution" means the reorganization of the administrative unit or the governing school district board of directors of a school district, including, but not limited to, the replacement or removal of a current superintendent or the removal or replacement of a current school district board of directors, or both;

(6) "School district" means a public school district created or established pursuant to this title; and

(7) "State board" means the State Board of Education.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 295, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1629, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1628, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2003, No. 1467, § 18.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-901 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 9 / Section 6-20-901
Construction and implementation of subchapter
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter shall be construed liberally. (b) In this regard, it is determined and declared that this subchapter is the sole authority necessary for the performance of the acts authorized including, without limitation, the issuance of the certificates. (c) There is conferred upon the State Board of Education and upon the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System the authority to take all action and do or cause to be done such things as shall be necessary or desirable to accomplish and implement the purposes and intent of this subchapter according to the import of this subchapter. Acts 1967, No. 479, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-965.

(a) This subchapter shall be construed liberally.

(b) In this regard, it is determined and declared that this subchapter is the sole authority necessary for the performance of the acts authorized including, without limitation, the issuance of the certificates.

(c) There is conferred upon the State Board of Education and upon the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System the authority to take all action and do or cause to be done such things as shall be necessary or desirable to accomplish and implement the purposes and intent of this subchapter according to the import of this subchapter.

Acts 1967, No. 479, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-965.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-1009 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 60 / Subchapter 10 / Section 6-60-1009
Remedies
Status: in_force

(a) A person or student organization aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may: (1) Bring an action against the state-supported institution of higher education and any other persons responsible for the violation and seek appropriate relief, including without limitation: (A) Injunctive relief; (B) Reasonable attorney's fees; and (C) Expenses; and (2) Assert such violation as a defense or counterclaim in any disciplinary action or in any civil or administrative proceeding brought against the person or student organization. (b) This section does not limit any other remedies available to any person or student organization. Added by Act 2019, No. 184,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.

(a) A person or student organization aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may: (1) Bring an action against the state-supported institution of higher education and any other persons responsible for the violation and seek appropriate relief, including without limitation: (A) Injunctive relief; (B) Reasonable attorney's fees; and (C) Expenses; and (2) Assert such violation as a defense or counterclaim in any disciplinary action or in any civil or administrative proceeding brought against the person or student organization.

(1) Bring an action against the state-supported institution of higher education and any other persons responsible for the violation and seek appropriate relief, including without limitation: (A) Injunctive relief; (B) Reasonable attorney's fees; and (C) Expenses; and

(A) Injunctive relief;

(B) Reasonable attorney's fees; and

(C) Expenses; and

(2) Assert such violation as a defense or counterclaim in any disciplinary action or in any civil or administrative proceeding brought against the person or student organization.

(b) This section does not limit any other remedies available to any person or student organization.

Added by Act 2019, No. 184,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-1904 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 19 / Section 6-81-1904
Eligibility for appeals
Status: in_force

The Financial Aid Appeals Committee may make appeals decisions for an applicant, with each appeal being expressly made subject to the provisions of this subchapter and § 6-81-1905 , if the committee finds that reinstating the appealed scholarship or grant will benefit the student and finds that: (1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas; (2) The applicant is enrolled or will be enrolled in a program of study at an eligible postsecondary institution; (3) The applicant is currently in good standing; (4) The applicant is not currently under probationary restrictions for financial aid; and (5) The application for appeal is submitted within two (2) academic semesters following the initial decision. Added by Act 2023, No. 244,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.

The Financial Aid Appeals Committee may make appeals decisions for an applicant, with each appeal being expressly made subject to the provisions of this subchapter and § 6-81-1905 , if the committee finds that reinstating the appealed scholarship or grant will benefit the student and finds that:

(1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas;

(2) The applicant is enrolled or will be enrolled in a program of study at an eligible postsecondary institution;

(3) The applicant is currently in good standing;

(4) The applicant is not currently under probationary restrictions for financial aid; and

(5) The application for appeal is submitted within two (2) academic semesters following the initial decision.

Added by Act 2023, No. 244,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-705 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 64 / Subchapter 7 / Section 6-64-705
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2015, No. 1065,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1905, No. 231, § 2, p. 587; 1919, No. 664, § 2; C. & M. Dig., § 9566; Pope's Dig., § 13167; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3001.

Repealed by Act 2015, No. 1065,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 1905, No. 231, § 2, p. 587; 1919, No. 664, § 2; C. & M. Dig., § 9566; Pope's Dig., § 13167; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3001.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-1605 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 18 / Subchapter 16 / Section 6-18-1605
Smart Core and ACT Assessment
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds that students who take the recommended Smart Core courses or students who take additional courses after completing the Smart Core continue to perform better on the ACT Assessment than students who take less than the recommended core. (b) The recommended core courses according to ACT Assessment officials include: (1) Four (4) years or more of English; (2) Three (3) years or more of mathematics; (3) Three (3) years or more of social studies; and (4) Three (3) years or more of natural sciences. Acts 2007, No. 881, § 1.

(a) The General Assembly finds that students who take the recommended Smart Core courses or students who take additional courses after completing the Smart Core continue to perform better on the ACT Assessment than students who take less than the recommended core.

(b) The recommended core courses according to ACT Assessment officials include: (1) Four (4) years or more of English; (2) Three (3) years or more of mathematics; (3) Three (3) years or more of social studies; and (4) Three (3) years or more of natural sciences.

(1) Four (4) years or more of English;

(2) Three (3) years or more of mathematics;

(3) Three (3) years or more of social studies; and

(4) Three (3) years or more of natural sciences.

Acts 2007, No. 881, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-42-304 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 42 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-42-304
Board of Visitors - Purposes
Status: in_force

(a) (1) (A) The general purpose of the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts is to perform a supporting and advising role with regard to the operation of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts. (B) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts may recommend implementation and establishment of policies consistent with policies of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (C) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall serve as a liaison between the school, parents and other constituents, the President of the University of Arkansas, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (D) Because the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president may delegate broad administrative responsibilities to the Administrator of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts consistent with policies established or approved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts will have the opportunity to give meaningful advice and recommendations to further the development and operation of the school. (2) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall: (A) Assist in securing financial support for the school; (B) Advise the administrator of the school and the president and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas regarding the educational, service, and financial needs of the school; (C) Accept and execute specific assignments made by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president; (D) Keep informed on those matters that are necessary to promote the educational aims of the school for the benefit of the students; (E) Study in detail the reports and issues placed before it by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas; and (F) Promote in diverse ways the growth and development in excellence of the school and the University of Arkansas in general. (3) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall have oversight coordination as specifically assigned by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, which may include oversight responsibility with respect to the school's operating budget, internal governance, and methods of operations. (4) Communications, including advice and recommendations, from the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall be transmitted through the administrator of the school and by him or her through the president to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (b) The school shall be funded by moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the operation of the school and by grants, contributions, or donations that may be received for the support of the school. (c) (1) Students who are residents of this state selected to attend the school shall not be required to pay tuition, fees, or room and board. (2) Students who are residents of other countries selected to attend the school shall pay the cost of tuition, fees, and room and board as established by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (d) Any student who is a senior at the school shall have the option of participating in activities and events with and in the same manner as other members of the graduating class in his or her home school district, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The prom or banquet; (2) Class Day activities; (3) Graduation activities; (4) Recognition as a honor graduate except as valedictorian or salutatorian; and (5) Class pictures, including yearbook and composite pictures. Amended by Act 2017, No. 718,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 718,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 2003, No. 1305, § 4.

(a) (1) (A) The general purpose of the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts is to perform a supporting and advising role with regard to the operation of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts. (B) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts may recommend implementation and establishment of policies consistent with policies of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (C) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall serve as a liaison between the school, parents and other constituents, the President of the University of Arkansas, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (D) Because the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president may delegate broad administrative responsibilities to the Administrator of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts consistent with policies established or approved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts will have the opportunity to give meaningful advice and recommendations to further the development and operation of the school. (2) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall: (A) Assist in securing financial support for the school; (B) Advise the administrator of the school and the president and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas regarding the educational, service, and financial needs of the school; (C) Accept and execute specific assignments made by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president; (D) Keep informed on those matters that are necessary to promote the educational aims of the school for the benefit of the students; (E) Study in detail the reports and issues placed before it by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas; and (F) Promote in diverse ways the growth and development in excellence of the school and the University of Arkansas in general. (3) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall have oversight coordination as specifically assigned by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, which may include oversight responsibility with respect to the school's operating budget, internal governance, and methods of operations. (4) Communications, including advice and recommendations, from the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall be transmitted through the administrator of the school and by him or her through the president to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.

(1) (A) The general purpose of the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts is to perform a supporting and advising role with regard to the operation of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts. (B) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts may recommend implementation and establishment of policies consistent with policies of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (C) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall serve as a liaison between the school, parents and other constituents, the President of the University of Arkansas, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. (D) Because the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president may delegate broad administrative responsibilities to the Administrator of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts consistent with policies established or approved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts will have the opportunity to give meaningful advice and recommendations to further the development and operation of the school.

(A) The general purpose of the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts is to perform a supporting and advising role with regard to the operation of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts.

(B) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts may recommend implementation and establishment of policies consistent with policies of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.

(C) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall serve as a liaison between the school, parents and other constituents, the President of the University of Arkansas, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.

(D) Because the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president may delegate broad administrative responsibilities to the Administrator of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts consistent with policies established or approved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts will have the opportunity to give meaningful advice and recommendations to further the development and operation of the school.

(2) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall: (A) Assist in securing financial support for the school; (B) Advise the administrator of the school and the president and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas regarding the educational, service, and financial needs of the school; (C) Accept and execute specific assignments made by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president; (D) Keep informed on those matters that are necessary to promote the educational aims of the school for the benefit of the students; (E) Study in detail the reports and issues placed before it by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas; and (F) Promote in diverse ways the growth and development in excellence of the school and the University of Arkansas in general.

(A) Assist in securing financial support for the school;

(B) Advise the administrator of the school and the president and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas regarding the educational, service, and financial needs of the school;

(C) Accept and execute specific assignments made by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the president;

(D) Keep informed on those matters that are necessary to promote the educational aims of the school for the benefit of the students;

(E) Study in detail the reports and issues placed before it by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas; and

(F) Promote in diverse ways the growth and development in excellence of the school and the University of Arkansas in general.

(3) The Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall have oversight coordination as specifically assigned by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, which may include oversight responsibility with respect to the school's operating budget, internal governance, and methods of operations.

(4) Communications, including advice and recommendations, from the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts shall be transmitted through the administrator of the school and by him or her through the president to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.

(b) The school shall be funded by moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the operation of the school and by grants, contributions, or donations that may be received for the support of the school.

(c) (1) Students who are residents of this state selected to attend the school shall not be required to pay tuition, fees, or room and board. (2) Students who are residents of other countries selected to attend the school shall pay the cost of tuition, fees, and room and board as established by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.

(1) Students who are residents of this state selected to attend the school shall not be required to pay tuition, fees, or room and board.

(2) Students who are residents of other countries selected to attend the school shall pay the cost of tuition, fees, and room and board as established by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.

(d) Any student who is a senior at the school shall have the option of participating in activities and events with and in the same manner as other members of the graduating class in his or her home school district, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The prom or banquet; (2) Class Day activities; (3) Graduation activities; (4) Recognition as a honor graduate except as valedictorian or salutatorian; and (5) Class pictures, including yearbook and composite pictures.

(1) The prom or banquet;

(2) Class Day activities;

(3) Graduation activities;

(4) Recognition as a honor graduate except as valedictorian or salutatorian; and

(5) Class pictures, including yearbook and composite pictures.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 718,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 718,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 2003, No. 1305, § 4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1302 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 13 / Section 6-17-1302
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Accumulated sick leave" means the total number of days of unused sick leave that a school employee has to his or her credit; (2) "Immediate family" includes the school employee's spouse, children, parents, and any other relatives in the same household; (3) "School employee" includes any employee of a school district who works not less than twenty (20) hours per week and who is not compelled by law to secure a teaching license from the State Board of Education as a condition precedent to employment. This subchapter covers those school employees who are normally and usually designated as noncertified school employees; and (4) "Sick leave" means absence with full pay from one's duties in a public school for the reason of personal illness or illness in his or her immediate family. Acts 1979, No. 391, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.2.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Accumulated sick leave" means the total number of days of unused sick leave that a school employee has to his or her credit;

(2) "Immediate family" includes the school employee's spouse, children, parents, and any other relatives in the same household;

(3) "School employee" includes any employee of a school district who works not less than twenty (20) hours per week and who is not compelled by law to secure a teaching license from the State Board of Education as a condition precedent to employment. This subchapter covers those school employees who are normally and usually designated as noncertified school employees; and

(4) "Sick leave" means absence with full pay from one's duties in a public school for the reason of personal illness or illness in his or her immediate family.

Acts 1979, No. 391, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-1806 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 16 / Subchapter 18 / Section 6-16-1806
Long-term value of a career-ready pathway
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure that a career-ready pathway to a diploma adequately prepares public school students for high-wage, high-growth opportunities within Arkansas, the Arkansas Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop a system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting the public school student outcomes associated with the completion of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways under this subchapter. (b) The system required under subsection (a) of this section shall include without limitation the: (1) Hiring and retention of students and graduates within their respective fields of training; and (2) Remediation courses taken, including both quantity and type, for career-ready high school graduates entering postsecondary institutions. (c) Data collected under this section shall be used to inform: (1) Adjustments, approvals, and denials of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways to diplomas approved for high school graduation; and (2) Accountability measures for high schools. Added by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 20, eff. 3/8/2023.

(a) To ensure that a career-ready pathway to a diploma adequately prepares public school students for high-wage, high-growth opportunities within Arkansas, the Arkansas Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop a system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting the public school student outcomes associated with the completion of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways under this subchapter.

(b) The system required under subsection (a) of this section shall include without limitation the: (1) Hiring and retention of students and graduates within their respective fields of training; and (2) Remediation courses taken, including both quantity and type, for career-ready high school graduates entering postsecondary institutions.

(1) Hiring and retention of students and graduates within their respective fields of training; and

(2) Remediation courses taken, including both quantity and type, for career-ready high school graduates entering postsecondary institutions.

(c) Data collected under this section shall be used to inform: (1) Adjustments, approvals, and denials of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways to diplomas approved for high school graduation; and (2) Accountability measures for high schools.

(1) Adjustments, approvals, and denials of high-wage, high-growth career-ready pathways to diplomas approved for high school graduation; and

(2) Accountability measures for high schools.

Added by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 20, eff. 3/8/2023.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-702 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 5 / Subchapter 7 / Section 6-5-702
Arkansas Evaluation Center
Status: in_force

(a) There is established at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff the Arkansas Evaluation Center to build evaluation capacity in the State of Arkansas by: (1) Assisting nonprofit corporations in their reporting processes to their boards, funding agencies, the government, and the public; (2) Expanding the service of evaluation research to nonprofit corporations in the Arkansas Delta through the provision of data that helps to account for resources and through a service delivery designed to advance the quality of life in the Arkansas Delta; (3) Assisting the General Assembly by evaluating the impact of potential and existing legislation; and (4) Fulfilling a commitment to fiscal and philosophical accountability with the people of Arkansas by empowering the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to provide nationally recognized evaluation training. (b) The center shall be housed at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Acts 2007, No. 1582, § 1.

(a) There is established at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff the Arkansas Evaluation Center to build evaluation capacity in the State of Arkansas by: (1) Assisting nonprofit corporations in their reporting processes to their boards, funding agencies, the government, and the public; (2) Expanding the service of evaluation research to nonprofit corporations in the Arkansas Delta through the provision of data that helps to account for resources and through a service delivery designed to advance the quality of life in the Arkansas Delta; (3) Assisting the General Assembly by evaluating the impact of potential and existing legislation; and (4) Fulfilling a commitment to fiscal and philosophical accountability with the people of Arkansas by empowering the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to provide nationally recognized evaluation training.

(1) Assisting nonprofit corporations in their reporting processes to their boards, funding agencies, the government, and the public;

(2) Expanding the service of evaluation research to nonprofit corporations in the Arkansas Delta through the provision of data that helps to account for resources and through a service delivery designed to advance the quality of life in the Arkansas Delta;

(3) Assisting the General Assembly by evaluating the impact of potential and existing legislation; and

(4) Fulfilling a commitment to fiscal and philosophical accountability with the people of Arkansas by empowering the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to provide nationally recognized evaluation training.

(b) The center shall be housed at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Acts 2007, No. 1582, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-46-304 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-46-304
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1828, eff. 7/1/2019. Repealed by Act 2019, No. 692,§ 11, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1993, No. 839, § 2.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1828, eff. 7/1/2019.

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

Acts 1993, No. 839, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-120 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-17-120
Membership in labor organizations - Definition
Status: in_force

(a) (1) As used in this section, "labor organization" means a lawful organization that is composed of public school employees that exists for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or other terms and conditions of employment. (2) "Labor organization" includes a: (A) Labor union exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(5) as amended; and (B) Professional employee association exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(6) , as amended. (b) (1) A public school employee may join or terminate membership in a labor organization at any time. (2) A labor organization or an employer may not place a restriction on the time that a public school employee may join or terminate membership in a labor organization. Added by Act 2015, No. 964,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

(a) (1) As used in this section, "labor organization" means a lawful organization that is composed of public school employees that exists for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or other terms and conditions of employment. (2) "Labor organization" includes a: (A) Labor union exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(5) as amended; and (B) Professional employee association exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(6) , as amended.

(1) As used in this section, "labor organization" means a lawful organization that is composed of public school employees that exists for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or other terms and conditions of employment.

(2) "Labor organization" includes a: (A) Labor union exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(5) as amended; and (B) Professional employee association exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(6) , as amended.

(A) Labor union exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(5) as amended; and

(B) Professional employee association exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(6) , as amended.

(b) (1) A public school employee may join or terminate membership in a labor organization at any time. (2) A labor organization or an employer may not place a restriction on the time that a public school employee may join or terminate membership in a labor organization.

(1) A public school employee may join or terminate membership in a labor organization at any time.

(2) A labor organization or an employer may not place a restriction on the time that a public school employee may join or terminate membership in a labor organization.

Added by Act 2015, No. 964,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-108 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 18 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-18-108
Continuity of education for public school choice students - Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Nonresident district" means a school district other than a student's resident district; and (2) "Resident district" means the school district where the student resides as determined under § 6-18-202 . (b) If a public school choice request is approved by a nonresident district under a provision of law that is later declared unconstitutional by a court or is repealed, the student may continue to attend school in the nonresident district until the student completes his or her secondary education. (c) A present or future sibling of a student who continues enrollment in the nonresident district under this section may enroll in or continue enrollment in the nonresident district until the sibling completes his or her secondary education, if the district has the capacity to accept the sibling without adding teachers, staff, or classrooms or exceeding the rules and standards established in law. (d) The enrollment of a student in a nonresident district under this section is subject to: (1) The nonresident district's written policies for renewal of the transfer; and (2) Other provisions of law concerning attendance and enrollment in public schools. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 243, eff. 7/24/2019. Added by Act 2013, No. 1334,§ 1, eff. 4/18/2013.

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Nonresident district" means a school district other than a student's resident district; and (2) "Resident district" means the school district where the student resides as determined under § 6-18-202 .

(1) "Nonresident district" means a school district other than a student's resident district; and

(2) "Resident district" means the school district where the student resides as determined under § 6-18-202 .

(b) If a public school choice request is approved by a nonresident district under a provision of law that is later declared unconstitutional by a court or is repealed, the student may continue to attend school in the nonresident district until the student completes his or her secondary education.

(c) A present or future sibling of a student who continues enrollment in the nonresident district under this section may enroll in or continue enrollment in the nonresident district until the sibling completes his or her secondary education, if the district has the capacity to accept the sibling without adding teachers, staff, or classrooms or exceeding the rules and standards established in law.

(d) The enrollment of a student in a nonresident district under this section is subject to: (1) The nonresident district's written policies for renewal of the transfer; and (2) Other provisions of law concerning attendance and enrollment in public schools.

(1) The nonresident district's written policies for renewal of the transfer; and

(2) Other provisions of law concerning attendance and enrollment in public schools.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 243, eff. 7/24/2019.

Added by Act 2013, No. 1334,§ 1, eff. 4/18/2013.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-23-902 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 23 / Subchapter 9 / Section 6-23-902
Funding source - Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) The Open-Enrollment Public Charter School Facilities Loan Fund shall be administered and operated by the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation for the sole purpose of facility assistance for eligible open-enrollment public charter schools. (b) The fund may be funded by: (1) General revenues received by the division for the purpose of starting, augmenting, or replenishing the fund; (2) Grants received by the division for the express purpose of providing open-enrollment public charter school facilities assistance, including grants from the United States Department of Education; and (3) Donations or bequests from organizations or individuals received by the division that are designated for the fund. (c) The division shall: (1) Use rules and forms adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation for the administration and operation of the loan program, including without limitation a loan application form that addresses: (A) A specific description of the project or facility for which funding is needed; (B) A description of the project or facility for which funding is needed, including the physical location of the project or facility; (C) The anticipated cost of acquisition, construction, lease, operation, addition, improvement, or repair of the open-enrollment public charter school facility; (D) An explanation for the open-enrollment public charter school's inability to provide sufficient funding for the project or facility through other resources; (E) A description of the funds that the open-enrollment public charter school intends to use to collateralize and pledge to secure the loan; (F) A repayment period of not to exceed ten (10) years from the date the loan is approved; (G) A resolution from the open-enrollment public charter school's governing board stating the necessity of the requested assistance; and (H) The repayment terms and conditions of the loan with the repayment interest rate not to exceed one percent (1%) of the interest rate earned by money in the fund; and (2) Develop a prioritization system to fund projects and facilities if sufficient funding is not available to fully fund all eligible requests. (d) The division shall dedicate sufficient personnel and resources to administer the loan program in a timely and responsive manner. (e) All earnings received on the investment of assets held in the fund shall be used in the following order of priority for the following purposes: (1) To pay the operating expenses of the fund administered by the division; and (2) To fund loans under § 6-23-903 or as permitted by law. Added by Act 2013, No. 1255,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.

(a) The Open-Enrollment Public Charter School Facilities Loan Fund shall be administered and operated by the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation for the sole purpose of facility assistance for eligible open-enrollment public charter schools.

(b) The fund may be funded by: (1) General revenues received by the division for the purpose of starting, augmenting, or replenishing the fund; (2) Grants received by the division for the express purpose of providing open-enrollment public charter school facilities assistance, including grants from the United States Department of Education; and (3) Donations or bequests from organizations or individuals received by the division that are designated for the fund.

(1) General revenues received by the division for the purpose of starting, augmenting, or replenishing the fund;

(2) Grants received by the division for the express purpose of providing open-enrollment public charter school facilities assistance, including grants from the United States Department of Education; and

(3) Donations or bequests from organizations or individuals received by the division that are designated for the fund.

(c) The division shall: (1) Use rules and forms adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation for the administration and operation of the loan program, including without limitation a loan application form that addresses: (A) A specific description of the project or facility for which funding is needed; (B) A description of the project or facility for which funding is needed, including the physical location of the project or facility; (C) The anticipated cost of acquisition, construction, lease, operation, addition, improvement, or repair of the open-enrollment public charter school facility; (D) An explanation for the open-enrollment public charter school's inability to provide sufficient funding for the project or facility through other resources; (E) A description of the funds that the open-enrollment public charter school intends to use to collateralize and pledge to secure the loan; (F) A repayment period of not to exceed ten (10) years from the date the loan is approved; (G) A resolution from the open-enrollment public charter school's governing board stating the necessity of the requested assistance; and (H) The repayment terms and conditions of the loan with the repayment interest rate not to exceed one percent (1%) of the interest rate earned by money in the fund; and (2) Develop a prioritization system to fund projects and facilities if sufficient funding is not available to fully fund all eligible requests.

(1) Use rules and forms adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation for the administration and operation of the loan program, including without limitation a loan application form that addresses: (A) A specific description of the project or facility for which funding is needed; (B) A description of the project or facility for which funding is needed, including the physical location of the project or facility; (C) The anticipated cost of acquisition, construction, lease, operation, addition, improvement, or repair of the open-enrollment public charter school facility; (D) An explanation for the open-enrollment public charter school's inability to provide sufficient funding for the project or facility through other resources; (E) A description of the funds that the open-enrollment public charter school intends to use to collateralize and pledge to secure the loan; (F) A repayment period of not to exceed ten (10) years from the date the loan is approved; (G) A resolution from the open-enrollment public charter school's governing board stating the necessity of the requested assistance; and (H) The repayment terms and conditions of the loan with the repayment interest rate not to exceed one percent (1%) of the interest rate earned by money in the fund; and

(A) A specific description of the project or facility for which funding is needed;

(B) A description of the project or facility for which funding is needed, including the physical location of the project or facility;

(C) The anticipated cost of acquisition, construction, lease, operation, addition, improvement, or repair of the open-enrollment public charter school facility;

(D) An explanation for the open-enrollment public charter school's inability to provide sufficient funding for the project or facility through other resources;

(E) A description of the funds that the open-enrollment public charter school intends to use to collateralize and pledge to secure the loan;

(F) A repayment period of not to exceed ten (10) years from the date the loan is approved;

(G) A resolution from the open-enrollment public charter school's governing board stating the necessity of the requested assistance; and

(H) The repayment terms and conditions of the loan with the repayment interest rate not to exceed one percent (1%) of the interest rate earned by money in the fund; and

(2) Develop a prioritization system to fund projects and facilities if sufficient funding is not available to fully fund all eligible requests.

(d) The division shall dedicate sufficient personnel and resources to administer the loan program in a timely and responsive manner.

(e) All earnings received on the investment of assets held in the fund shall be used in the following order of priority for the following purposes: (1) To pay the operating expenses of the fund administered by the division; and (2) To fund loans under § 6-23-903 or as permitted by law.

(1) To pay the operating expenses of the fund administered by the division; and

(2) To fund loans under § 6-23-903 or as permitted by law.

Added by Act 2013, No. 1255,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1908 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 19 / Section 6-20-1908
Fiscal distress plan
Status: in_force

(a) Those school districts identified by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as being in fiscal distress shall file with the division within ten (10) days after the final classification by the State Board of Education a written fiscal distress improvement plan to address any area in which the school district is experiencing fiscal distress as identified by the division. (b) Each school district shall seek and obtain approval of its plan from the division and shall describe how the school district will remedy those areas in which the school district is experiencing fiscal distress and shall establish the time period by which the school district will remedy all criteria which placed the school district in fiscal distress status. (c) A public school district in fiscal distress may only petition the state board for removal from fiscal distress status after the division has certified in writing that the public school district has corrected all criteria for being classified as in fiscal distress, has not experienced any additional indicators of fiscal distress, and has complied with all division recommendations and requirements for removal from fiscal distress status. (d) Except under § 6-20-1910(d) , a school district shall not be allowed to remain in fiscal distress status for more than five (5) consecutive school years from the date that the school district was classified as being in fiscal distress status. (e) Any school district classified as being in fiscal distress status shall be required to receive on-site technical evaluation and assistance from the division. (f) (1) The division shall evaluate and make written recommendations to the district superintendent regarding staffing of the school district and fiscal practices of the school district. (2) The written recommendations of the division shall be binding on the school district, the superintendent, and the school district board of directors. (g) Every six (6) months, the division shall submit a written evaluation on the status of each school district in fiscal distress to the state board. (h) (1) The division may petition the state board at any time for the consolidation, annexation, or reconstitution of a school district in fiscal distress or take other appropriate action as allowed by this subchapter in order to secure and protect the best interest of the educational resources of the state or to provide for the best interests of students in the school district. (2) The state board may approve the petition or take other appropriate action as allowed by this subchapter. (i) Except under § 6-20-1910(d) , the state board shall consolidate, annex, or reconstitute any school district that fails to remove itself from the classification of a school district in fiscal distress within five (5) consecutive school years of classification of fiscal distress status unless the state board, at its discretion, issues a written finding supported by a majority of the state board, explaining in detail that the school district could not remove itself from fiscal distress due to impossibility caused by external forces beyond the school district's control. Amended by Act 2019, No. 929,§ 5, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1636, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 29, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 28, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2013, No. 600,§ 14, eff. 4/4/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 600,§ 13, eff. 4/4/2013. Acts 2003, No. 1467, § 18.

(a) Those school districts identified by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as being in fiscal distress shall file with the division within ten (10) days after the final classification by the State Board of Education a written fiscal distress improvement plan to address any area in which the school district is experiencing fiscal distress as identified by the division.

(b) Each school district shall seek and obtain approval of its plan from the division and shall describe how the school district will remedy those areas in which the school district is experiencing fiscal distress and shall establish the time period by which the school district will remedy all criteria which placed the school district in fiscal distress status.

(c) A public school district in fiscal distress may only petition the state board for removal from fiscal distress status after the division has certified in writing that the public school district has corrected all criteria for being classified as in fiscal distress, has not experienced any additional indicators of fiscal distress, and has complied with all division recommendations and requirements for removal from fiscal distress status.

(d) Except under § 6-20-1910(d) , a school district shall not be allowed to remain in fiscal distress status for more than five (5) consecutive school years from the date that the school district was classified as being in fiscal distress status.

(e) Any school district classified as being in fiscal distress status shall be required to receive on-site technical evaluation and assistance from the division.

(f) (1) The division shall evaluate and make written recommendations to the district superintendent regarding staffing of the school district and fiscal practices of the school district. (2) The written recommendations of the division shall be binding on the school district, the superintendent, and the school district board of directors.

(1) The division shall evaluate and make written recommendations to the district superintendent regarding staffing of the school district and fiscal practices of the school district.

(2) The written recommendations of the division shall be binding on the school district, the superintendent, and the school district board of directors.

(g) Every six (6) months, the division shall submit a written evaluation on the status of each school district in fiscal distress to the state board.

(h) (1) The division may petition the state board at any time for the consolidation, annexation, or reconstitution of a school district in fiscal distress or take other appropriate action as allowed by this subchapter in order to secure and protect the best interest of the educational resources of the state or to provide for the best interests of students in the school district. (2) The state board may approve the petition or take other appropriate action as allowed by this subchapter.

(1) The division may petition the state board at any time for the consolidation, annexation, or reconstitution of a school district in fiscal distress or take other appropriate action as allowed by this subchapter in order to secure and protect the best interest of the educational resources of the state or to provide for the best interests of students in the school district.

(2) The state board may approve the petition or take other appropriate action as allowed by this subchapter.

(i) Except under § 6-20-1910(d) , the state board shall consolidate, annex, or reconstitute any school district that fails to remove itself from the classification of a school district in fiscal distress within five (5) consecutive school years of classification of fiscal distress status unless the state board, at its discretion, issues a written finding supported by a majority of the state board, explaining in detail that the school district could not remove itself from fiscal distress due to impossibility caused by external forces beyond the school district's control.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 929,§ 5, eff. 7/24/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1636, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 29, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 28, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 600,§ 14, eff. 4/4/2013.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 600,§ 13, eff. 4/4/2013.

Acts 2003, No. 1467, § 18.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-56-101 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 56 / Section 6-56-101
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Adult education program" means any classes designed to assist students in preparing for a high school equivalency test and any class designed to improve performance in general basic skills, parenting, English proficiency, or other areas funded by the Adult Education Section; and (2) "Applied general education courses" means courses from mathematics, communications, social sciences, and similar fields specifically addressing the employment needs of students in one (1) or more occupational programs. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 158, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1115,§ 7, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 2003, No. 359, § 1.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Adult education program" means any classes designed to assist students in preparing for a high school equivalency test and any class designed to improve performance in general basic skills, parenting, English proficiency, or other areas funded by the Adult Education Section; and

(2) "Applied general education courses" means courses from mathematics, communications, social sciences, and similar fields specifically addressing the employment needs of students in one (1) or more occupational programs.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 158, eff. 7/1/2019.

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

Acts 2003, No. 359, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-2105 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 15 / Subchapter 21 / Section 6-15-2105
School rating system - School ratings and performance category level measurement - Publication
Status: in_force

(a) School performance category level ratings shall apply to each school's achievement for the year in which the achievement is measured. (b) (1) Each school's rating shall be published annually by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and by the school district and shall be available on the division's website. (2) Each parent and guardian is entitled to an easy-to-read written report describing the rating of the school in which his or her child is enrolled. (3) The report required under this section shall identify the school's rating on the report as "A", "B", "C", "D", or "F". Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 21, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1249, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1248, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1429,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 696,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 35, § 6. See Act 2021, No. 89, § 2.

(a) School performance category level ratings shall apply to each school's achievement for the year in which the achievement is measured.

(b) (1) Each school's rating shall be published annually by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and by the school district and shall be available on the division's website. (2) Each parent and guardian is entitled to an easy-to-read written report describing the rating of the school in which his or her child is enrolled. (3) The report required under this section shall identify the school's rating on the report as "A", "B", "C", "D", or "F".

(1) Each school's rating shall be published annually by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and by the school district and shall be available on the division's website.

(2) Each parent and guardian is entitled to an easy-to-read written report describing the rating of the school in which his or her child is enrolled.

(3) The report required under this section shall identify the school's rating on the report as "A", "B", "C", "D", or "F".

Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 21, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1249, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1248, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1429,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 696,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 35, § 6.

See Act 2021, No. 89, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-11-131 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-11-131
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 10, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 2005, No. 1672, § 3; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 32, § 1; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 33, § 1.

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 10, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 2005, No. 1672, § 3; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 32, § 1; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 33, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-68-102 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 68 / Section 6-68-102
Electronic version of printed instructional material
Status: in_force

An individual, firm, partnership, or corporation that publishes or manufactures printed instructional materials for students attending any institution of higher education in the State of Arkansas shall provide to the accredited institution of higher education for use by students of that school any printed instructional material in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the publisher or manufacturer and the school. Computer files or electronic versions of printed instructional materials shall maintain the structural integrity of the printed instructional material, be compatible with commonly used braille translation and speech synthesis software, and include corrections and revisions as may be necessary. The computer files or electronic versions of the printed instructional material shall be provided to the institution of higher education, at no additional cost and in a timely manner, upon receipt of a written request that does all of the following: (1) Certifies that the institution of higher education has purchased the printed instructional material for use by a student with a disability or that a student with a disability attending or registered to attend that school has purchased the printed instructional material; (2) Certifies that the student has a disability that prevents him or her from using standard instructional materials; (3) Certifies that the printed instructional material is for use by the student in connection with a course in which he or she is registered or enrolled; and (4) Is signed by the coordinator of services for students with disabilities at the institution of higher education and by an official responsible for monitoring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. At the request of the institution of higher education, the Division of State Services for the Blind or the Division of Career and Technical Education may prepare and sign the certification. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2014, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.

An individual, firm, partnership, or corporation that publishes or manufactures printed instructional materials for students attending any institution of higher education in the State of Arkansas shall provide to the accredited institution of higher education for use by students of that school any printed instructional material in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the publisher or manufacturer and the school. Computer files or electronic versions of printed instructional materials shall maintain the structural integrity of the printed instructional material, be compatible with commonly used braille translation and speech synthesis software, and include corrections and revisions as may be necessary. The computer files or electronic versions of the printed instructional material shall be provided to the institution of higher education, at no additional cost and in a timely manner, upon receipt of a written request that does all of the following:

(1) Certifies that the institution of higher education has purchased the printed instructional material for use by a student with a disability or that a student with a disability attending or registered to attend that school has purchased the printed instructional material;

(2) Certifies that the student has a disability that prevents him or her from using standard instructional materials;

(3) Certifies that the printed instructional material is for use by the student in connection with a course in which he or she is registered or enrolled; and

(4) Is signed by the coordinator of services for students with disabilities at the institution of higher education and by an official responsible for monitoring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. At the request of the institution of higher education, the Division of State Services for the Blind or the Division of Career and Technical Education may prepare and sign the certification.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2014, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-310 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 62 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-62-310
Bonds or notes - Related agreements authorized
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of obtaining any loan or carrying out any condition imposed by the original purchaser of the notes or bonds in connection with any loan, the board of trustees may execute such documents and enter into such agreements as it may deem necessary or proper in connection therewith, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any agreement relating to: (1) The maintenance of a maximum percentage of occupancy of buildings; (2) The imposition of minimum rates for occupancy or use adequate to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on any notes or bonds; (3) (A) The priority of the lien of notes or bonds on the gross tolls, fees, rents, other charges, surplus not pledged of gross tolls, fees, rents, and other charges, activity fees and gate receipts of athletic contests, and other revenues of whatever nature authorized to be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds. (B) It is the intention of this subdivision that the board, in any resolution authorizing the issuance of a particular series of notes or bonds, may provide that subsequent series of notes or bonds payable from the tolls, fees, rents, activity fees, and gate receipts pledged to the particular issue authorized by the resolution may not be issued, that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall be subordinate as to lien, or that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall enjoy parity of lien upon such conditions and restrictions as may be inserted by the board in the authorizing resolution; and (4) The deposits into banks and the manner of withdrawal of revenues for payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds and the deposits into banks and the manner of withdrawal of the proceeds of the sale of notes or bonds. (b) (1) Any agreement entered into by the board shall be binding in all respects upon the board and their successors from time to time in accordance with the terms and all of the provisions of the agreement. (2) The terms and provisions shall be enforceable by appropriate proceedings at law or in equity, or otherwise, provided no mortgage or other lien shall be executed on any of the lands or buildings belonging to the State of Arkansas. Acts 1947, No. 62, § 2; 1957, No. 10, § 1; 1959, No. 242, § 1; 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 8, § 1; 1970 (Ex. Sess.), No. 30, § 1; 1975, No. 225, § 19; 1981, No. 425, § 19; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3312.

(a) For the purpose of obtaining any loan or carrying out any condition imposed by the original purchaser of the notes or bonds in connection with any loan, the board of trustees may execute such documents and enter into such agreements as it may deem necessary or proper in connection therewith, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any agreement relating to: (1) The maintenance of a maximum percentage of occupancy of buildings; (2) The imposition of minimum rates for occupancy or use adequate to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on any notes or bonds; (3) (A) The priority of the lien of notes or bonds on the gross tolls, fees, rents, other charges, surplus not pledged of gross tolls, fees, rents, and other charges, activity fees and gate receipts of athletic contests, and other revenues of whatever nature authorized to be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds. (B) It is the intention of this subdivision that the board, in any resolution authorizing the issuance of a particular series of notes or bonds, may provide that subsequent series of notes or bonds payable from the tolls, fees, rents, activity fees, and gate receipts pledged to the particular issue authorized by the resolution may not be issued, that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall be subordinate as to lien, or that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall enjoy parity of lien upon such conditions and restrictions as may be inserted by the board in the authorizing resolution; and (4) The deposits into banks and the manner of withdrawal of revenues for payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds and the deposits into banks and the manner of withdrawal of the proceeds of the sale of notes or bonds.

(1) The maintenance of a maximum percentage of occupancy of buildings;

(2) The imposition of minimum rates for occupancy or use adequate to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on any notes or bonds;

(3) (A) The priority of the lien of notes or bonds on the gross tolls, fees, rents, other charges, surplus not pledged of gross tolls, fees, rents, and other charges, activity fees and gate receipts of athletic contests, and other revenues of whatever nature authorized to be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds. (B) It is the intention of this subdivision that the board, in any resolution authorizing the issuance of a particular series of notes or bonds, may provide that subsequent series of notes or bonds payable from the tolls, fees, rents, activity fees, and gate receipts pledged to the particular issue authorized by the resolution may not be issued, that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall be subordinate as to lien, or that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall enjoy parity of lien upon such conditions and restrictions as may be inserted by the board in the authorizing resolution; and

(A) The priority of the lien of notes or bonds on the gross tolls, fees, rents, other charges, surplus not pledged of gross tolls, fees, rents, and other charges, activity fees and gate receipts of athletic contests, and other revenues of whatever nature authorized to be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds.

(B) It is the intention of this subdivision that the board, in any resolution authorizing the issuance of a particular series of notes or bonds, may provide that subsequent series of notes or bonds payable from the tolls, fees, rents, activity fees, and gate receipts pledged to the particular issue authorized by the resolution may not be issued, that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall be subordinate as to lien, or that subsequent series of notes or bonds shall enjoy parity of lien upon such conditions and restrictions as may be inserted by the board in the authorizing resolution; and

(4) The deposits into banks and the manner of withdrawal of revenues for payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds and the deposits into banks and the manner of withdrawal of the proceeds of the sale of notes or bonds.

(b) (1) Any agreement entered into by the board shall be binding in all respects upon the board and their successors from time to time in accordance with the terms and all of the provisions of the agreement. (2) The terms and provisions shall be enforceable by appropriate proceedings at law or in equity, or otherwise, provided no mortgage or other lien shall be executed on any of the lands or buildings belonging to the State of Arkansas.

(1) Any agreement entered into by the board shall be binding in all respects upon the board and their successors from time to time in accordance with the terms and all of the provisions of the agreement.

(2) The terms and provisions shall be enforceable by appropriate proceedings at law or in equity, or otherwise, provided no mortgage or other lien shall be executed on any of the lands or buildings belonging to the State of Arkansas.

Acts 1947, No. 62, § 2; 1957, No. 10, § 1; 1959, No. 242, § 1; 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 8, § 1; 1970 (Ex. Sess.), No. 30, § 1; 1975, No. 225, § 19; 1981, No. 425, § 19; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3312.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-47-301 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 47 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-47-301
Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the General Assembly that the planning and implementation of distance learning should create opportunities for innovation in education, transform institutional behavior, and prepare students for participation in the information age economy. Acts 1999, No. 1298, § 1.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that the planning and implementation of distance learning should create opportunities for innovation in education, transform institutional behavior, and prepare students for participation in the information age economy.

Acts 1999, No. 1298, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-2518 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 25 / Section 6-20-2518
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2019, No. 692,§ 10, eff. 7/24/2019. Added by Act 2015, No. 936,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015.

Repealed by Act 2019, No. 692,§ 10, eff. 7/24/2019.

Added by Act 2015, No. 936,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-815 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 8 / Section 6-20-815
Refunding obligations
Status: in_force

(a) In order that the Revolving Loan Program may be kept on a sound financial basis, school districts having heretofore issued revolving loan bonds or revolving loan certificates of indebtedness are authorized to issue refunding bonds, in the case of revolving loan bonds, and refunding certificates, in the case of revolving loan certificates of indebtedness, herein collectively referred to as refunding obligations. (b) Refunding obligations may be issued pursuant to the prior approval of the State Board of Education and may bear a higher rate of interest than the bonds or certificates being refunded. (c) The last maturity date of the refunding obligations must not be later than the last maturity date of the bonds or certificates being refunded. (d) Refunding obligations shall enjoy the same security for their payment as was enjoyed by the bonds or certificates refunded thereby, including particularly and without limitation, any continuing annual debt service fund tax voted and pledged to their payment. (e) Except as to particulars dealt with in this section, refunding obligations shall be governed, insofar as their authorization and security are concerned, by the provisions of this subchapter. Acts 1953, No. 384, § 16, as added by Acts 1967, No. 480, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-957; Acts 2011, No. 989, § 63.

(a) In order that the Revolving Loan Program may be kept on a sound financial basis, school districts having heretofore issued revolving loan bonds or revolving loan certificates of indebtedness are authorized to issue refunding bonds, in the case of revolving loan bonds, and refunding certificates, in the case of revolving loan certificates of indebtedness, herein collectively referred to as refunding obligations.

(b) Refunding obligations may be issued pursuant to the prior approval of the State Board of Education and may bear a higher rate of interest than the bonds or certificates being refunded.

(c) The last maturity date of the refunding obligations must not be later than the last maturity date of the bonds or certificates being refunded.

(d) Refunding obligations shall enjoy the same security for their payment as was enjoyed by the bonds or certificates refunded thereby, including particularly and without limitation, any continuing annual debt service fund tax voted and pledged to their payment.

(e) Except as to particulars dealt with in this section, refunding obligations shall be governed, insofar as their authorization and security are concerned, by the provisions of this subchapter.

Acts 1953, No. 384, § 16, as added by Acts 1967, No. 480, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-957; Acts 2011, No. 989, § 63.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-117 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 60 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-60-117
Personal finance and macroeconomics action plan
Status: in_force

(a) By August 1, 2022, the Division of Higher Education, in collaboration with all public university and community college presidents and chancellors or their designees, shall develop an asynchronous module on the concepts of personal finance and macroeconomics. (b) The module shall: (1) Be taken by all students in accordance with the rules developed by the division; (2) Incorporate personal finance and macroeconomics information for students through advising and student orientation; (3) Integrate information about personal finance and macroeconomics into academic courses if and when appropriate; (4) Identify opportunities to increase awareness and knowledge of and provide resources for personal finance and macroeconomics across the entire student population; and (5) Identify other topics or issues relating to personal finance and macroeconomics. (c) If an institution of higher education has already implemented any portion of this module as described in subsection (b) of this section, the institution of higher education may submit a report to the division detailing the portion of this module that the institution of higher education has fulfilled. (d) The division shall: (1) Present the module to the Legislative Council upon its completion but no later than August 1, 2022; and (2) Report on the status of the module annually to: (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Education. (e) The division may: (1) Promulgate rules to implement this section; and (2) Work with other organizations to develop the module required under this section. Added by Act 2021, No. 1038,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.

(a) By August 1, 2022, the Division of Higher Education, in collaboration with all public university and community college presidents and chancellors or their designees, shall develop an asynchronous module on the concepts of personal finance and macroeconomics.

(b) The module shall: (1) Be taken by all students in accordance with the rules developed by the division; (2) Incorporate personal finance and macroeconomics information for students through advising and student orientation; (3) Integrate information about personal finance and macroeconomics into academic courses if and when appropriate; (4) Identify opportunities to increase awareness and knowledge of and provide resources for personal finance and macroeconomics across the entire student population; and (5) Identify other topics or issues relating to personal finance and macroeconomics.

(1) Be taken by all students in accordance with the rules developed by the division;

(2) Incorporate personal finance and macroeconomics information for students through advising and student orientation;

(3) Integrate information about personal finance and macroeconomics into academic courses if and when appropriate;

(4) Identify opportunities to increase awareness and knowledge of and provide resources for personal finance and macroeconomics across the entire student population; and

(5) Identify other topics or issues relating to personal finance and macroeconomics.

(c) If an institution of higher education has already implemented any portion of this module as described in subsection (b) of this section, the institution of higher education may submit a report to the division detailing the portion of this module that the institution of higher education has fulfilled.

(d) The division shall: (1) Present the module to the Legislative Council upon its completion but no later than August 1, 2022; and (2) Report on the status of the module annually to: (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Education.

(1) Present the module to the Legislative Council upon its completion but no later than August 1, 2022; and

(2) Report on the status of the module annually to: (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Education.

(A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and

(B) The Chair of the House Committee on Education.

(e) The division may: (1) Promulgate rules to implement this section; and (2) Work with other organizations to develop the module required under this section.

(1) Promulgate rules to implement this section; and

(2) Work with other organizations to develop the module required under this section.

Added by Act 2021, No. 1038,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1508 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 15 / Section 6-17-1508
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023. Amended by Act 2021, No. 964,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1983, No. 936, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.5; Acts 1999, No. 852, § 3.

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 964,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.

Acts 1983, No. 936, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.5; Acts 1999, No. 852, § 3.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-317 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 18 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-18-317
Prohibited transfers
Status: in_force

(a) Boards of directors of local school districts are prohibited from granting legal transfers under § 6-18-316 when: (1) Either the resident district or the receiving district is under a desegregation-related court order; and (2) The transfer in question would violate the court order. (b) Each form filed with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education reporting a legal student transfer must be accompanied by an affidavit signed by each member of both school district boards of directors stating that the transfer does not violate the prohibition set forth in subsection (a) of this section. (c) If the transfer fails to comply with subsection (b) of this section, the division shall withhold from each district state aid in an amount equal to that to be generated by the student in question in the respective districts. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1528, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 1065,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1987, No. 762, §§ 2-4.

(a) Boards of directors of local school districts are prohibited from granting legal transfers under § 6-18-316 when: (1) Either the resident district or the receiving district is under a desegregation-related court order; and (2) The transfer in question would violate the court order.

(1) Either the resident district or the receiving district is under a desegregation-related court order; and

(2) The transfer in question would violate the court order.

(b) Each form filed with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education reporting a legal student transfer must be accompanied by an affidavit signed by each member of both school district boards of directors stating that the transfer does not violate the prohibition set forth in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) If the transfer fails to comply with subsection (b) of this section, the division shall withhold from each district state aid in an amount equal to that to be generated by the student in question in the respective districts.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1528, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 1065,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 1987, No. 762, §§ 2-4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-51-104 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 51 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-51-104
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 78, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1991, No. 1192, § 50.

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 78, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 1991, No. 1192, § 50.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-702 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 61 / Subchapter 7 / Section 6-61-702
Definition - Name of district and college
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the term "Polk County community college district", "the Polk County community college", or "the Polk County community college district board" is used in this subchapter, the term is used solely for the purpose of referring to a community college district to be established in Polk County in the manner provided by law and is not intended to establish the legal name of the community college district or of the community college itself. (b) The community college district shall bear such name as proposed therefor in the petition filed by the electors of Polk County calling for an election on the question of creating the community college district, and the name of the institution operated by the community college district shall be selected by the board of trustees of the district subject to approval thereof by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Acts 1983, No. 16, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4911n.

(a) Whenever the term "Polk County community college district", "the Polk County community college", or "the Polk County community college district board" is used in this subchapter, the term is used solely for the purpose of referring to a community college district to be established in Polk County in the manner provided by law and is not intended to establish the legal name of the community college district or of the community college itself.

(b) The community college district shall bear such name as proposed therefor in the petition filed by the electors of Polk County calling for an election on the question of creating the community college district, and the name of the institution operated by the community college district shall be selected by the board of trustees of the district subject to approval thereof by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Acts 1983, No. 16, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4911n.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-41-404 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 41 / Subchapter 4 / Section 6-41-404
Braille instruction
Status: in_force

Each student who needs braille reading and writing instruction shall receive instruction from either a licensed teacher of the visually impaired or a person who is qualified in braille instruction as determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1773, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 74, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1993, No. 483, § 4.

Each student who needs braille reading and writing instruction shall receive instruction from either a licensed teacher of the visually impaired or a person who is qualified in braille instruction as determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1773, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 74, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 1993, No. 483, § 4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-1802 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 18 / Section 6-81-1802
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Medically underserved" means an area in Arkansas that the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board determines has unmet needs for medical services due to factors, including without limitation: (A) The ratio of primary care physicians to population; (B) The infant mortality rate; (C) The percentage of: (i) Population with incomes below the federal poverty level, as it existed on January 1, 2019; (ii) Resident individuals sixty (60) years of age and older; and (iii) Physicians sixty (60) years of age and older; (D) Accessibility within the area to primary care medicine; and (E) Other relevant criteria the board may deem necessary for a determination of unmet needs for medical services; (2) "Primary care medicine" means health care provided in one (1) of the following areas of practice: (A) Family medicine; (B) General internal medicine; (C) General internal medicine and pediatrics; (D) General pediatrics; (E) General obstetrics and gynecology; (F) General surgery; (G) Emergency medicine; and (H) Geriatrics; and (3) "Qualified rural community" means an area: (A) With a population below twenty thousand (20,000) according to the most recent federal census; (B) That is at least twenty (20) miles from a city or town with a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the most recent federal census; and (C) That is reasonably determined by the board to be medically underserved. Added by Act 2019, No. 857,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Medically underserved" means an area in Arkansas that the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board determines has unmet needs for medical services due to factors, including without limitation: (A) The ratio of primary care physicians to population; (B) The infant mortality rate; (C) The percentage of: (i) Population with incomes below the federal poverty level, as it existed on January 1, 2019; (ii) Resident individuals sixty (60) years of age and older; and (iii) Physicians sixty (60) years of age and older; (D) Accessibility within the area to primary care medicine; and (E) Other relevant criteria the board may deem necessary for a determination of unmet needs for medical services;

(A) The ratio of primary care physicians to population;

(B) The infant mortality rate;

(C) The percentage of: (i) Population with incomes below the federal poverty level, as it existed on January 1, 2019; (ii) Resident individuals sixty (60) years of age and older; and (iii) Physicians sixty (60) years of age and older;

(i) Population with incomes below the federal poverty level, as it existed on January 1, 2019;

(ii) Resident individuals sixty (60) years of age and older; and

(iii) Physicians sixty (60) years of age and older;

(D) Accessibility within the area to primary care medicine; and

(E) Other relevant criteria the board may deem necessary for a determination of unmet needs for medical services;

(2) "Primary care medicine" means health care provided in one (1) of the following areas of practice: (A) Family medicine; (B) General internal medicine; (C) General internal medicine and pediatrics; (D) General pediatrics; (E) General obstetrics and gynecology; (F) General surgery; (G) Emergency medicine; and (H) Geriatrics; and

(A) Family medicine;

(B) General internal medicine;

(C) General internal medicine and pediatrics;

(D) General pediatrics;

(E) General obstetrics and gynecology;

(F) General surgery;

(G) Emergency medicine; and

(H) Geriatrics; and

(3) "Qualified rural community" means an area: (A) With a population below twenty thousand (20,000) according to the most recent federal census; (B) That is at least twenty (20) miles from a city or town with a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the most recent federal census; and (C) That is reasonably determined by the board to be medically underserved.

(A) With a population below twenty thousand (20,000) according to the most recent federal census;

(B) That is at least twenty (20) miles from a city or town with a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the most recent federal census; and

(C) That is reasonably determined by the board to be medically underserved.

Added by Act 2019, No. 857,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-401 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 5 / Subchapter 4 / Section 6-5-401
Title
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Higher Education Awareness Act of 1993". Acts 1993, No. 1256, § 1.

This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Higher Education Awareness Act of 1993".

Acts 1993, No. 1256, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-41-610 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 41 / Subchapter 6 / Section 6-41-610
Rules - Dyslexia resource guide
Status: in_force

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter. (b) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall maintain a committee for the purpose of developing and updating the Arkansas Dyslexia Resource Guide. (2) (A) The committee shall include one (1) representative who has experience working in the field of dyslexia intervention from the following organizations, appointed by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education: (i) The Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators; (ii) The Division of Learning Services of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; (iii) The Division of Higher Education; (iv) The Arkansas Education Association; (v) The Arkansas School Boards Association; (vi) The Arkansas School Psychology Association, with at least three (3) years of experience in testing for dyslexia; and (vii) An education service cooperative administrator. (B) Three (3) professionals who have worked in a public school who are knowledgeable in and have expertise in dyslexia screening and interventions. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1786, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1268,§ 7, eff. 7/22/2015. Added by Act 2013, No. 1294,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.

(b) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall maintain a committee for the purpose of developing and updating the Arkansas Dyslexia Resource Guide. (2) (A) The committee shall include one (1) representative who has experience working in the field of dyslexia intervention from the following organizations, appointed by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education: (i) The Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators; (ii) The Division of Learning Services of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; (iii) The Division of Higher Education; (iv) The Arkansas Education Association; (v) The Arkansas School Boards Association; (vi) The Arkansas School Psychology Association, with at least three (3) years of experience in testing for dyslexia; and (vii) An education service cooperative administrator. (B) Three (3) professionals who have worked in a public school who are knowledgeable in and have expertise in dyslexia screening and interventions.

(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall maintain a committee for the purpose of developing and updating the Arkansas Dyslexia Resource Guide.

(2) (A) The committee shall include one (1) representative who has experience working in the field of dyslexia intervention from the following organizations, appointed by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education: (i) The Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators; (ii) The Division of Learning Services of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; (iii) The Division of Higher Education; (iv) The Arkansas Education Association; (v) The Arkansas School Boards Association; (vi) The Arkansas School Psychology Association, with at least three (3) years of experience in testing for dyslexia; and (vii) An education service cooperative administrator. (B) Three (3) professionals who have worked in a public school who are knowledgeable in and have expertise in dyslexia screening and interventions.

(A) The committee shall include one (1) representative who has experience working in the field of dyslexia intervention from the following organizations, appointed by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education: (i) The Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators; (ii) The Division of Learning Services of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; (iii) The Division of Higher Education; (iv) The Arkansas Education Association; (v) The Arkansas School Boards Association; (vi) The Arkansas School Psychology Association, with at least three (3) years of experience in testing for dyslexia; and (vii) An education service cooperative administrator.

(i) The Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators;

(ii) The Division of Learning Services of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;

(iii) The Division of Higher Education;

(iv) The Arkansas Education Association;

(v) The Arkansas School Boards Association;

(vi) The Arkansas School Psychology Association, with at least three (3) years of experience in testing for dyslexia; and

(vii) An education service cooperative administrator.

(B) Three (3) professionals who have worked in a public school who are knowledgeable in and have expertise in dyslexia screening and interventions.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1786, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 1268,§ 7, eff. 7/22/2015.

Added by Act 2013, No. 1294,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-1005 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 60 / Subchapter 10 / Section 6-60-1005
Public forums
Status: in_force

(a) An outdoor area of campus of a state-supported institution of higher education shall be deemed a public forum for members of the campus community. (b) State-supported institutions of higher education: (1) Shall not create free-speech zones or other designated outdoor areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited; and (2) (A) May maintain and enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions for outdoor areas of campus that are narrowly tailored to serve a significant institutional interest only when such restrictions: (i) Employ clear, published, content- and viewpoint-neutral criteria; and (ii) Provide for ample alternative means of expression. (B) Any restrictions under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall allow for members of the campus community to spontaneously and contemporaneously assemble, speak, and distribute literature. (c) A member of the campus community who wants to engage in noncommercial expressive activity in an outdoor area of campus of a state-supported institution of higher education shall be permitted to do so freely as provided under subsection (b) of this section if the individual's conduct: (1) Is not unlawful; and (2) Does not materially and substantially disrupt, as defined under § 6-60-1003 , the functioning of the state-supported institution of higher education. (d) This section shall not be interpreted as: (1) Limiting the right of campus community member expression elsewhere on campus; (2) Preventing a state-supported institution of higher education from prohibiting, limiting, or restricting expression that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution does not implicate, including without limitation true threats and expression directed to provoke imminent lawless actions and likely to produce it, or prohibiting harassment as defined by § 6-60-1003 ; or (3) Allowing an individual to engage in conduct that materially and substantially disrupts, as defined under § 6-60-1003 , another person's expressive activity if the other person's activity is occurring in an area of campus that is reserved for an activity under the exclusive use or control of a particular group. Added by Act 2019, No. 184,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.

(a) An outdoor area of campus of a state-supported institution of higher education shall be deemed a public forum for members of the campus community.

(b) State-supported institutions of higher education: (1) Shall not create free-speech zones or other designated outdoor areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited; and (2) (A) May maintain and enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions for outdoor areas of campus that are narrowly tailored to serve a significant institutional interest only when such restrictions: (i) Employ clear, published, content- and viewpoint-neutral criteria; and (ii) Provide for ample alternative means of expression. (B) Any restrictions under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall allow for members of the campus community to spontaneously and contemporaneously assemble, speak, and distribute literature.

(1) Shall not create free-speech zones or other designated outdoor areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited; and

(2) (A) May maintain and enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions for outdoor areas of campus that are narrowly tailored to serve a significant institutional interest only when such restrictions: (i) Employ clear, published, content- and viewpoint-neutral criteria; and (ii) Provide for ample alternative means of expression. (B) Any restrictions under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall allow for members of the campus community to spontaneously and contemporaneously assemble, speak, and distribute literature.

(A) May maintain and enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions for outdoor areas of campus that are narrowly tailored to serve a significant institutional interest only when such restrictions: (i) Employ clear, published, content- and viewpoint-neutral criteria; and (ii) Provide for ample alternative means of expression.

(i) Employ clear, published, content- and viewpoint-neutral criteria; and

(ii) Provide for ample alternative means of expression.

(B) Any restrictions under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall allow for members of the campus community to spontaneously and contemporaneously assemble, speak, and distribute literature.

(c) A member of the campus community who wants to engage in noncommercial expressive activity in an outdoor area of campus of a state-supported institution of higher education shall be permitted to do so freely as provided under subsection (b) of this section if the individual's conduct: (1) Is not unlawful; and (2) Does not materially and substantially disrupt, as defined under § 6-60-1003 , the functioning of the state-supported institution of higher education.

(1) Is not unlawful; and

(2) Does not materially and substantially disrupt, as defined under § 6-60-1003 , the functioning of the state-supported institution of higher education.

(d) This section shall not be interpreted as: (1) Limiting the right of campus community member expression elsewhere on campus; (2) Preventing a state-supported institution of higher education from prohibiting, limiting, or restricting expression that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution does not implicate, including without limitation true threats and expression directed to provoke imminent lawless actions and likely to produce it, or prohibiting harassment as defined by § 6-60-1003 ; or (3) Allowing an individual to engage in conduct that materially and substantially disrupts, as defined under § 6-60-1003 , another person's expressive activity if the other person's activity is occurring in an area of campus that is reserved for an activity under the exclusive use or control of a particular group.

(1) Limiting the right of campus community member expression elsewhere on campus;

(2) Preventing a state-supported institution of higher education from prohibiting, limiting, or restricting expression that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution does not implicate, including without limitation true threats and expression directed to provoke imminent lawless actions and likely to produce it, or prohibiting harassment as defined by § 6-60-1003 ; or

(3) Allowing an individual to engage in conduct that materially and substantially disrupts, as defined under § 6-60-1003 , another person's expressive activity if the other person's activity is occurring in an area of campus that is reserved for an activity under the exclusive use or control of a particular group.

Added by Act 2019, No. 184,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-115 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-81-115
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 824,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 1977, No. 873, § 14; 1981, No. 296, § 6; 1983, No. 937, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4044; Acts 2011, No. 521, § 15.

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

Acts 1977, No. 873, § 14; 1981, No. 296, § 6; 1983, No. 937, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-4044; Acts 2011, No. 521, § 15.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-85-221 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 85 / Subchapter 2 / Section 6-85-221
Scholarship hold - Leave of absence
Status: in_force

(a) The Division of Higher Education may approve a scholarship hold or a leave of absence for a traditional student for a period of twenty-four (24) months or less. (b) The reasons for a scholarship hold or a leave of absence may include without limitation: (1) A medical condition of the student or a member of the student's immediate family that, on the basis of a physician's good-faith judgment, necessitates the student or the student's immediate family member to be hospitalized or receive outpatient or home-based medical care or to recuperate until released by the attending physician; (2) A personal or family emergency that requires the student to: (A) Attend the funeral of an immediate family member; or (B) Visit a relative of the student if the relative has a medical condition in which death is possible or imminent; (3) Military service under § 6-61-112 ; or (4) (A) A commitment of twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) months for service in a national or international humanitarian project sponsored by a nonprofit corporation organized with a charitable or educational purpose. (B) The student's commitment shall be expressed in a written agreement with the nonprofit organization including the terms of completion for the student's service on the related project. (C) The division shall release a scholarship hold or a leave of absence, whichever is applicable, if the division determines that the student did not complete the commitment under the written agreement. Amended by Act 2021, No. 636,§ 1, eff. 4/12/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2188, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2187, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 207, § 19.

(a) The Division of Higher Education may approve a scholarship hold or a leave of absence for a traditional student for a period of twenty-four (24) months or less.

(b) The reasons for a scholarship hold or a leave of absence may include without limitation: (1) A medical condition of the student or a member of the student's immediate family that, on the basis of a physician's good-faith judgment, necessitates the student or the student's immediate family member to be hospitalized or receive outpatient or home-based medical care or to recuperate until released by the attending physician; (2) A personal or family emergency that requires the student to: (A) Attend the funeral of an immediate family member; or (B) Visit a relative of the student if the relative has a medical condition in which death is possible or imminent; (3) Military service under § 6-61-112 ; or (4) (A) A commitment of twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) months for service in a national or international humanitarian project sponsored by a nonprofit corporation organized with a charitable or educational purpose. (B) The student's commitment shall be expressed in a written agreement with the nonprofit organization including the terms of completion for the student's service on the related project. (C) The division shall release a scholarship hold or a leave of absence, whichever is applicable, if the division determines that the student did not complete the commitment under the written agreement.

(1) A medical condition of the student or a member of the student's immediate family that, on the basis of a physician's good-faith judgment, necessitates the student or the student's immediate family member to be hospitalized or receive outpatient or home-based medical care or to recuperate until released by the attending physician;

(2) A personal or family emergency that requires the student to: (A) Attend the funeral of an immediate family member; or (B) Visit a relative of the student if the relative has a medical condition in which death is possible or imminent;

(A) Attend the funeral of an immediate family member; or

(B) Visit a relative of the student if the relative has a medical condition in which death is possible or imminent;

(3) Military service under § 6-61-112 ; or

(4) (A) A commitment of twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) months for service in a national or international humanitarian project sponsored by a nonprofit corporation organized with a charitable or educational purpose. (B) The student's commitment shall be expressed in a written agreement with the nonprofit organization including the terms of completion for the student's service on the related project. (C) The division shall release a scholarship hold or a leave of absence, whichever is applicable, if the division determines that the student did not complete the commitment under the written agreement.

(A) A commitment of twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) months for service in a national or international humanitarian project sponsored by a nonprofit corporation organized with a charitable or educational purpose.

(B) The student's commitment shall be expressed in a written agreement with the nonprofit organization including the terms of completion for the student's service on the related project.

(C) The division shall release a scholarship hold or a leave of absence, whichever is applicable, if the division determines that the student did not complete the commitment under the written agreement.

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

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2188, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2187, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2011, No. 207, § 19.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-633 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 6 / Section 6-13-633
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2015, No. 843,§ 5, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1999, No. 898, § 1.

Repealed by Act 2015, No. 843,§ 5, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 1999, No. 898, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-27-103 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 27 / Section 6-27-103
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 146,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2009, No. 314, § 1.

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 146,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 2009, No. 314, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-1114 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 62 / Subchapter 11 / Section 6-62-1114
Deposit and investment of proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds from the sale of the State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds shall be deposited by the recipient, as received, into trust funds or accounts in the name of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority established pursuant to the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter in amounts or portions as set forth in the resolution or trust indenture securing the bonds. (b) (1) The holder of the trust funds shall establish separate accounts and subaccounts within the applicable fund to correspond to the applicable series of bonds. (2) In addition and under the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds, there may be created other funds, accounts, or subaccounts as the authority may determine to be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter. (c) All procedures and methods for application of proceeds of any series of bonds to the financing of project costs shall be developed in consultation with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, set forth in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds, and maintained as part of the records of the authority. (d) The holder and administrator of funds, comprised in whole or in part of proceeds of bonds or disbursements from funds established under this subchapter, shall be required by appropriate provision of the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds issued to assist the authority in preparing any report related to the bonds that may be required by this subchapter or other applicable federal or state law. (e) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds and any money held in any funds created under or authorized by this subchapter may be invested and reinvested in accordance with the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds issued and shall be invested by or at the direction of the authority to the fullest extent practicable pending disbursement for the purposes intended in any of the following: (1) Direct obligations of the United States, including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of the United States Department of the Treasury, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States; (2) Bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by any United States Government agency if the obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; (3) Non-full-faith-and-credit senior debt obligations issued or guaranteed by United States Government agencies; (4) Money market funds investing exclusively in the investments described in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section; (5) (A) Certificates of deposit providing for deposits secured at all times by collateral described in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section. (B) The certificates must be issued by commercial bank deposits which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and collateral of which must be held by a third party. (C) The holder of the trust funds must have a perfected first security interest in the collateral; (6) Certificates of deposit, savings accounts, deposit accounts, or money market deposits, all of which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (7) Bonds or notes issued by this state, any municipality, county, or school district in this state or by any agency or instrumentality of this state; (8) Investment agreements with financial institutions or insurance companies that are rated in one (1) of the two (2) highest rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency; (9) (A) Repurchase agreements providing for the transfer of securities from a dealer bank or securities firm to the holder of the trust funds and the transfer of cash from the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or securities firm with an agreement that the dealer bank or securities firm will repay the cash plus a yield to the holder of the trust funds in exchange for the securities at a specified date. (B) Repurchase agreements shall satisfy the following criteria: (i) Repurchase agreements must be between the holder of the trust funds and a dealer bank or securities firm described as follows: (a) Dealers with at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in capital; or (b) Banks whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (ii) The written repurchase agreement contract must include the following: (a) Securities that are acceptable for transfer are those listed in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section; (b) The term of the repurchase agreement may not exceed thirty (30) calendar days; (c) The collateral must be delivered to the holder of the trust funds, a trustee if a trustee is not supplying the collateral, or a third party acting as agent for the trustee if the trustee is supplying the collateral before or simultaneously with payment; and (d) (1) The securities must be valued weekly, marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest. (2) (A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest. (B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and (10) Any other investment authorized by state law. Acts 2005, No. 1282, § 1.

(a) The proceeds from the sale of the State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds shall be deposited by the recipient, as received, into trust funds or accounts in the name of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority established pursuant to the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter in amounts or portions as set forth in the resolution or trust indenture securing the bonds.

(b) (1) The holder of the trust funds shall establish separate accounts and subaccounts within the applicable fund to correspond to the applicable series of bonds. (2) In addition and under the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds, there may be created other funds, accounts, or subaccounts as the authority may determine to be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter.

(1) The holder of the trust funds shall establish separate accounts and subaccounts within the applicable fund to correspond to the applicable series of bonds.

(2) In addition and under the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds, there may be created other funds, accounts, or subaccounts as the authority may determine to be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) All procedures and methods for application of proceeds of any series of bonds to the financing of project costs shall be developed in consultation with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, set forth in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds, and maintained as part of the records of the authority.

(d) The holder and administrator of funds, comprised in whole or in part of proceeds of bonds or disbursements from funds established under this subchapter, shall be required by appropriate provision of the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds issued to assist the authority in preparing any report related to the bonds that may be required by this subchapter or other applicable federal or state law.

(e) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds and any money held in any funds created under or authorized by this subchapter may be invested and reinvested in accordance with the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds issued and shall be invested by or at the direction of the authority to the fullest extent practicable pending disbursement for the purposes intended in any of the following: (1) Direct obligations of the United States, including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of the United States Department of the Treasury, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States; (2) Bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by any United States Government agency if the obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; (3) Non-full-faith-and-credit senior debt obligations issued or guaranteed by United States Government agencies; (4) Money market funds investing exclusively in the investments described in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section; (5) (A) Certificates of deposit providing for deposits secured at all times by collateral described in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section. (B) The certificates must be issued by commercial bank deposits which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and collateral of which must be held by a third party. (C) The holder of the trust funds must have a perfected first security interest in the collateral; (6) Certificates of deposit, savings accounts, deposit accounts, or money market deposits, all of which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (7) Bonds or notes issued by this state, any municipality, county, or school district in this state or by any agency or instrumentality of this state; (8) Investment agreements with financial institutions or insurance companies that are rated in one (1) of the two (2) highest rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency; (9) (A) Repurchase agreements providing for the transfer of securities from a dealer bank or securities firm to the holder of the trust funds and the transfer of cash from the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or securities firm with an agreement that the dealer bank or securities firm will repay the cash plus a yield to the holder of the trust funds in exchange for the securities at a specified date. (B) Repurchase agreements shall satisfy the following criteria: (i) Repurchase agreements must be between the holder of the trust funds and a dealer bank or securities firm described as follows: (a) Dealers with at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in capital; or (b) Banks whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (ii) The written repurchase agreement contract must include the following: (a) Securities that are acceptable for transfer are those listed in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section; (b) The term of the repurchase agreement may not exceed thirty (30) calendar days; (c) The collateral must be delivered to the holder of the trust funds, a trustee if a trustee is not supplying the collateral, or a third party acting as agent for the trustee if the trustee is supplying the collateral before or simultaneously with payment; and (d) (1) The securities must be valued weekly, marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest. (2) (A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest. (B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and (10) Any other investment authorized by state law.

(1) Direct obligations of the United States, including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of the United States Department of the Treasury, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States;

(2) Bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by any United States Government agency if the obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;

(3) Non-full-faith-and-credit senior debt obligations issued or guaranteed by United States Government agencies;

(4) Money market funds investing exclusively in the investments described in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section;

(5) (A) Certificates of deposit providing for deposits secured at all times by collateral described in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section. (B) The certificates must be issued by commercial bank deposits which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and collateral of which must be held by a third party. (C) The holder of the trust funds must have a perfected first security interest in the collateral;

(A) Certificates of deposit providing for deposits secured at all times by collateral described in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section.

(B) The certificates must be issued by commercial bank deposits which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and collateral of which must be held by a third party.

(C) The holder of the trust funds must have a perfected first security interest in the collateral;

(6) Certificates of deposit, savings accounts, deposit accounts, or money market deposits, all of which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

(7) Bonds or notes issued by this state, any municipality, county, or school district in this state or by any agency or instrumentality of this state;

(8) Investment agreements with financial institutions or insurance companies that are rated in one (1) of the two (2) highest rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency;

(9) (A) Repurchase agreements providing for the transfer of securities from a dealer bank or securities firm to the holder of the trust funds and the transfer of cash from the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or securities firm with an agreement that the dealer bank or securities firm will repay the cash plus a yield to the holder of the trust funds in exchange for the securities at a specified date. (B) Repurchase agreements shall satisfy the following criteria: (i) Repurchase agreements must be between the holder of the trust funds and a dealer bank or securities firm described as follows: (a) Dealers with at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in capital; or (b) Banks whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (ii) The written repurchase agreement contract must include the following: (a) Securities that are acceptable for transfer are those listed in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section; (b) The term of the repurchase agreement may not exceed thirty (30) calendar days; (c) The collateral must be delivered to the holder of the trust funds, a trustee if a trustee is not supplying the collateral, or a third party acting as agent for the trustee if the trustee is supplying the collateral before or simultaneously with payment; and (d) (1) The securities must be valued weekly, marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest. (2) (A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest. (B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and (10) Any other investment authorized by state law.

(A) Repurchase agreements providing for the transfer of securities from a dealer bank or securities firm to the holder of the trust funds and the transfer of cash from the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or securities firm with an agreement that the dealer bank or securities firm will repay the cash plus a yield to the holder of the trust funds in exchange for the securities at a specified date.

(B) Repurchase agreements shall satisfy the following criteria: (i) Repurchase agreements must be between the holder of the trust funds and a dealer bank or securities firm described as follows: (a) Dealers with at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in capital; or (b) Banks whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (ii) The written repurchase agreement contract must include the following: (a) Securities that are acceptable for transfer are those listed in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section; (b) The term of the repurchase agreement may not exceed thirty (30) calendar days; (c) The collateral must be delivered to the holder of the trust funds, a trustee if a trustee is not supplying the collateral, or a third party acting as agent for the trustee if the trustee is supplying the collateral before or simultaneously with payment; and (d) (1) The securities must be valued weekly, marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest. (2) (A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest. (B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and (10) Any other investment authorized by state law.

(i) Repurchase agreements must be between the holder of the trust funds and a dealer bank or securities firm described as follows: (a) Dealers with at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in capital; or (b) Banks whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(a) Dealers with at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in capital; or

(b) Banks whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(ii) The written repurchase agreement contract must include the following: (a) Securities that are acceptable for transfer are those listed in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section; (b) The term of the repurchase agreement may not exceed thirty (30) calendar days; (c) The collateral must be delivered to the holder of the trust funds, a trustee if a trustee is not supplying the collateral, or a third party acting as agent for the trustee if the trustee is supplying the collateral before or simultaneously with payment; and (d) (1) The securities must be valued weekly, marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest. (2) (A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest. (B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and (10) Any other investment authorized by state law.

(a) Securities that are acceptable for transfer are those listed in subdivisions (e)(1)-(3) of this section;

(b) The term of the repurchase agreement may not exceed thirty (30) calendar days;

(c) The collateral must be delivered to the holder of the trust funds, a trustee if a trustee is not supplying the collateral, or a third party acting as agent for the trustee if the trustee is supplying the collateral before or simultaneously with payment; and

(d) (1) The securities must be valued weekly, marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest. (2) (A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest. (B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and (10) Any other investment authorized by state law.

(1) The securities must be valued weekly, marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest.

(2) (A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest. (B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and

(A) The value of collateral must be equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount of cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds to the dealer bank or security firm under the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest.

(B) If the value of securities held as collateral declines below one hundred three percent (103%) of the value of the cash transferred by the holder of the trust funds, then additional cash or acceptable securities, or both, must be transferred and held by the holder of the trust funds; and

(10) Any other investment authorized by state law.

Acts 2005, No. 1282, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-607 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 81 / Subchapter 6 / Section 6-81-607
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Classroom teacher" means an individual who is required to hold a teaching license from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and who is: (A) Engaged directly in instruction with students in a classroom setting for more than seventy percent (70%) of the individual's contracted time; (B) A media specialist or librarian; (C) A guidance counselor; or (D) An administrator; (2) "Dual licensure" means licensure to teach in more than one (1) subject area; and (3) "Student" means a classroom teacher who is attending an institution of higher education for additional education in: (A) Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields; (B) Computer science; (C) Literacy or reading; (D) Prekindergarten education; or (E) Special education. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2027, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 160,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 2005, No. 2196, § 6; 2009, No. 1214, § 2.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Classroom teacher" means an individual who is required to hold a teaching license from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and who is: (A) Engaged directly in instruction with students in a classroom setting for more than seventy percent (70%) of the individual's contracted time; (B) A media specialist or librarian; (C) A guidance counselor; or (D) An administrator;

(A) Engaged directly in instruction with students in a classroom setting for more than seventy percent (70%) of the individual's contracted time;

(B) A media specialist or librarian;

(C) A guidance counselor; or

(D) An administrator;

(2) "Dual licensure" means licensure to teach in more than one (1) subject area; and

(3) "Student" means a classroom teacher who is attending an institution of higher education for additional education in: (A) Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields; (B) Computer science; (C) Literacy or reading; (D) Prekindergarten education; or (E) Special education.

(A) Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields;

(B) Computer science;

(C) Literacy or reading;

(D) Prekindergarten education; or

(E) Special education.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2027, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 160,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 2005, No. 2196, § 6; 2009, No. 1214, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-1102 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 18 / Subchapter 11 / Section 6-18-1102
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Adult" means a person age sixteen (16) years of age or older and approved by the parent; (2) "Door-to-door sales" means the selling of merchandise outside of the child's home and off the school grounds; (3) "Elementary school student" means a child in kindergarten through grade six (K-6); (4) "Fund-raising companies" means businesses, including mail order companies, that assist schools in raising funds in return for a share of all money taken in; (5) "Parent" means a parent or legal guardian; and (6) "School" means a school or school-sponsored organization such as a parent-teacher association (PTA) or booster club. Acts 1993, No. 525, § 2.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Adult" means a person age sixteen (16) years of age or older and approved by the parent;

(2) "Door-to-door sales" means the selling of merchandise outside of the child's home and off the school grounds;

(3) "Elementary school student" means a child in kindergarten through grade six (K-6);

(4) "Fund-raising companies" means businesses, including mail order companies, that assist schools in raising funds in return for a share of all money taken in;

(5) "Parent" means a parent or legal guardian; and

(6) "School" means a school or school-sponsored organization such as a parent-teacher association (PTA) or booster club.

Acts 1993, No. 525, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-11-119 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-11-119
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 7, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 565,§ 2, eff. 3/22/2017. Acts 1963, No. 516, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-143 -- 80-145; Acts 1999, No. 1124, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 60.

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 745,§ 7, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 565,§ 2, eff. 3/22/2017.

Acts 1963, No. 516, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-143 -- 80-145; Acts 1999, No. 1124, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 60.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1417 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 14 / Section 6-13-1417
Formation of permanent board of directors
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A permanent board of directors shall have either five (5) or seven (7) members unless the school district is allowed to have nine (9) members under § 6-13-634 . (2) The length of the terms of the board of directors may be for the time period prescribed by law and: (A) Prescribed in the written agreement under § 6-13-1416 ; or (B) Determined by the permanent board of directors. (3) At the first meeting of the permanent board of directors, the members shall determine the terms of the board of directors by lot so that not more than two (2) members' terms expire during any one (1) year. (4) A vacancy on the board of directors shall be filled as prescribed by law. (b) (1) If single-member election zones are not necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , or with any other federal or state law, any or all of the members of the permanent board of directors may be elected at large. (2) A minimum of five (5) members of a permanent board of directors shall be elected from single-member election zones if one (1) or more of the following applies: (A) Single-member election zones are required to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , or other federal law; (B) The resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation is required to be zoned under § 6-13-631 or other state law; or (C) The boards of directors of the affected districts before consolidation or the boards of directors of the affected districts and receiving districts before annexation agree that the permanent board of directors shall be elected from single-member election zones. (3) If single-member election zones are necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , other federal law, or state law, the resulting district or receiving district shall: (A) Review the demographic makeup and boundaries of the zones based on the latest federal decennial census data of the resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation and rezone the resulting district or receiving district as necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , other federal law, or state law; (B) Complete the election rezoning no later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation; and (C) No later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation, file a digital map in a format prescribed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office detailing the election zone boundaries of the resulting district or receiving district with the: (i) Secretary of State; (ii) Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office; and (iii) County clerk of each county that contains school district territory of each affected district, receiving district, or resulting district. Amended by Act 2015, No. 103,§ 7, eff. 7/22/2015. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1155,§ 12, eff. 8/16/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1073,§ 11, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2011, No. 1217, § 4.

(a) (1) A permanent board of directors shall have either five (5) or seven (7) members unless the school district is allowed to have nine (9) members under § 6-13-634 . (2) The length of the terms of the board of directors may be for the time period prescribed by law and: (A) Prescribed in the written agreement under § 6-13-1416 ; or (B) Determined by the permanent board of directors. (3) At the first meeting of the permanent board of directors, the members shall determine the terms of the board of directors by lot so that not more than two (2) members' terms expire during any one (1) year. (4) A vacancy on the board of directors shall be filled as prescribed by law.

(1) A permanent board of directors shall have either five (5) or seven (7) members unless the school district is allowed to have nine (9) members under § 6-13-634 .

(2) The length of the terms of the board of directors may be for the time period prescribed by law and: (A) Prescribed in the written agreement under § 6-13-1416 ; or (B) Determined by the permanent board of directors.

(A) Prescribed in the written agreement under § 6-13-1416 ; or

(B) Determined by the permanent board of directors.

(3) At the first meeting of the permanent board of directors, the members shall determine the terms of the board of directors by lot so that not more than two (2) members' terms expire during any one (1) year.

(4) A vacancy on the board of directors shall be filled as prescribed by law.

(b) (1) If single-member election zones are not necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , or with any other federal or state law, any or all of the members of the permanent board of directors may be elected at large. (2) A minimum of five (5) members of a permanent board of directors shall be elected from single-member election zones if one (1) or more of the following applies: (A) Single-member election zones are required to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , or other federal law; (B) The resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation is required to be zoned under § 6-13-631 or other state law; or (C) The boards of directors of the affected districts before consolidation or the boards of directors of the affected districts and receiving districts before annexation agree that the permanent board of directors shall be elected from single-member election zones. (3) If single-member election zones are necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , other federal law, or state law, the resulting district or receiving district shall: (A) Review the demographic makeup and boundaries of the zones based on the latest federal decennial census data of the resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation and rezone the resulting district or receiving district as necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , other federal law, or state law; (B) Complete the election rezoning no later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation; and (C) No later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation, file a digital map in a format prescribed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office detailing the election zone boundaries of the resulting district or receiving district with the: (i) Secretary of State; (ii) Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office; and (iii) County clerk of each county that contains school district territory of each affected district, receiving district, or resulting district.

(1) If single-member election zones are not necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , or with any other federal or state law, any or all of the members of the permanent board of directors may be elected at large.

(2) A minimum of five (5) members of a permanent board of directors shall be elected from single-member election zones if one (1) or more of the following applies: (A) Single-member election zones are required to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , or other federal law; (B) The resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation is required to be zoned under § 6-13-631 or other state law; or (C) The boards of directors of the affected districts before consolidation or the boards of directors of the affected districts and receiving districts before annexation agree that the permanent board of directors shall be elected from single-member election zones.

(A) Single-member election zones are required to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , or other federal law;

(B) The resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation is required to be zoned under § 6-13-631 or other state law; or

(C) The boards of directors of the affected districts before consolidation or the boards of directors of the affected districts and receiving districts before annexation agree that the permanent board of directors shall be elected from single-member election zones.

(3) If single-member election zones are necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , other federal law, or state law, the resulting district or receiving district shall: (A) Review the demographic makeup and boundaries of the zones based on the latest federal decennial census data of the resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation and rezone the resulting district or receiving district as necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , other federal law, or state law; (B) Complete the election rezoning no later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation; and (C) No later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation, file a digital map in a format prescribed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office detailing the election zone boundaries of the resulting district or receiving district with the: (i) Secretary of State; (ii) Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office; and (iii) County clerk of each county that contains school district territory of each affected district, receiving district, or resulting district.

(A) Review the demographic makeup and boundaries of the zones based on the latest federal decennial census data of the resulting district or receiving district after consolidation or annexation and rezone the resulting district or receiving district as necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , other federal law, or state law;

(B) Complete the election rezoning no later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation; and

(C) No later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the second school election following the effective date of the consolidation or annexation, file a digital map in a format prescribed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office detailing the election zone boundaries of the resulting district or receiving district with the: (i) Secretary of State; (ii) Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office; and (iii) County clerk of each county that contains school district territory of each affected district, receiving district, or resulting district.

(i) Secretary of State;

(ii) Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office; and

(iii) County clerk of each county that contains school district territory of each affected district, receiving district, or resulting district.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 103,§ 7, eff. 7/22/2015.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1155,§ 12, eff. 8/16/2013.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1073,§ 11, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 2011, No. 1217, § 4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-56-107 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 56 / Section 6-56-107
Effect of merger on curriculum
Status: in_force

(a) Arkansas State University-Beebe shall offer the option of applied general education courses in occupational certificate programs offered by Foothills Technical Institute in 2002-2003. (b) Students in the programs involved may also be offered the option of college transfer general education courses in addition to the option of applied general education courses. (c) Without regard to the higher average cost of occupational programs, all current Foothills Technical Institute programs shall continue to be offered by Arkansas State University-Beebe for as long as they meet industry needs and are fiscally effective. (d) All adult basic education, high school equivalency tests, and high school area center programs currently provided by Foothills Technical Institute in 2002-2003 shall continue to be administered by Arkansas State University-Searcy, provided funding is available. (e) Existing certificate and diploma programs offered at Foothills Technical Institute in 2002-2003 shall become certificate and technical certificate programs as authorized by Arkansas State University-Beebe. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1115,§ 8, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 2003, No. 359, § 7.

(a) Arkansas State University-Beebe shall offer the option of applied general education courses in occupational certificate programs offered by Foothills Technical Institute in 2002-2003.

(b) Students in the programs involved may also be offered the option of college transfer general education courses in addition to the option of applied general education courses.

(c) Without regard to the higher average cost of occupational programs, all current Foothills Technical Institute programs shall continue to be offered by Arkansas State University-Beebe for as long as they meet industry needs and are fiscally effective.

(d) All adult basic education, high school equivalency tests, and high school area center programs currently provided by Foothills Technical Institute in 2002-2003 shall continue to be administered by Arkansas State University-Searcy, provided funding is available.

(e) Existing certificate and diploma programs offered at Foothills Technical Institute in 2002-2003 shall become certificate and technical certificate programs as authorized by Arkansas State University-Beebe.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 1115,§ 8, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 2003, No. 359, § 7.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-813 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 8 / Section 6-20-813
Principal and interest charge against revenues of school district
Status: in_force

Principal and interest maturities of obligations issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be a charge against the revenues of the school district for the fiscal year in which the maturities are respectively due. Acts 1953, No. 384, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-954.

Principal and interest maturities of obligations issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be a charge against the revenues of the school district for the fiscal year in which the maturities are respectively due.

Acts 1953, No. 384, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-954.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2906 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 29 / Section 6-17-2906
Rules
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to implement this subchapter. Added by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 37, eff. 3/8/2023.

The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.

Added by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 37, eff. 3/8/2023.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-803 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Subchapter 8 / Section 6-13-803
Approval by school district board of directors
Status: in_force

(a) Before any compact shall become binding upon any member school district, the board of directors of each school district shall approve, by majority action of the entire membership, a resolution approving the compact agreement and the participation of the school district therein as specified in the provisions of the compact agreement. (b) Before entering into any compact agreement under this subchapter, the board of directors of each member school district shall, by majority action of the members thereof, make a finding that the educational opportunities and services to be rendered or received by the school district and the cost thereof to the school district under the proposed compact are necessary, reasonable, and justified expenses of the school district. Acts 1961, No. 22, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-441.

(a) Before any compact shall become binding upon any member school district, the board of directors of each school district shall approve, by majority action of the entire membership, a resolution approving the compact agreement and the participation of the school district therein as specified in the provisions of the compact agreement.

(b) Before entering into any compact agreement under this subchapter, the board of directors of each member school district shall, by majority action of the members thereof, make a finding that the educational opportunities and services to be rendered or received by the school district and the cost thereof to the school district under the proposed compact are necessary, reasonable, and justified expenses of the school district.

Acts 1961, No. 22, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-441.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-2308 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 23 / Section 6-20-2308
Calculation of miscellaneous funds
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of making an initial calculation of state foundation funding aid, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall calculate the miscellaneous funds of a school district as: (1) The aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds a school district received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year; multiplied by (2) The ratio of the uniform rate of tax to the school district's total millage rate in effect as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the school district received the miscellaneous funds. (b) (1) Except as provided under subdivision (b)(2) of this section, for a school district that receives state foundation funding aid and receives an aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds during the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began that is less than the aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds the school district received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year, by the end of the school fiscal year the division shall distribute to the school district an amount equal to the difference between: (A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and (B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year. (2) The sum of the following amounts shall not exceed the foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) : (A) State foundation funding aid for the current school fiscal year; (B) The school district's miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the school fiscal year began; (C) Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax multiplied by the property assessment of the school district; (D) A distribution under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (E) A distribution or recoupment under § 6-20-2305(a)(4) . (c) (1) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school fiscal year, the division shall recoup an overpayment of state funding under the authority provided by § 6-20-2306 for a school district that receives: (A) State foundation funding aid; and (B) An aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began that is greater than the aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds it received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year. (2) The division shall recoup from the school district an amount equal to the difference between: (A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and (B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year. (3) A recoupment from a school district under this subsection shall not exceed the amount of state foundation funding aid distributed to the school district for the school fiscal year on which the recoupment is based. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1699, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1698, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1697, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1696, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2013, No. 322,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013. See Act 2013, No. 322, § 6.

(a) For the purpose of making an initial calculation of state foundation funding aid, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall calculate the miscellaneous funds of a school district as: (1) The aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds a school district received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year; multiplied by (2) The ratio of the uniform rate of tax to the school district's total millage rate in effect as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the school district received the miscellaneous funds.

(1) The aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds a school district received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year; multiplied by

(2) The ratio of the uniform rate of tax to the school district's total millage rate in effect as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the school district received the miscellaneous funds.

(b) (1) Except as provided under subdivision (b)(2) of this section, for a school district that receives state foundation funding aid and receives an aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds during the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began that is less than the aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds the school district received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year, by the end of the school fiscal year the division shall distribute to the school district an amount equal to the difference between: (A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and (B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year. (2) The sum of the following amounts shall not exceed the foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) : (A) State foundation funding aid for the current school fiscal year; (B) The school district's miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the school fiscal year began; (C) Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax multiplied by the property assessment of the school district; (D) A distribution under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (E) A distribution or recoupment under § 6-20-2305(a)(4) .

(1) Except as provided under subdivision (b)(2) of this section, for a school district that receives state foundation funding aid and receives an aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds during the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began that is less than the aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds the school district received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year, by the end of the school fiscal year the division shall distribute to the school district an amount equal to the difference between: (A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and (B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year.

(A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and

(B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year.

(2) The sum of the following amounts shall not exceed the foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) : (A) State foundation funding aid for the current school fiscal year; (B) The school district's miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the school fiscal year began; (C) Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax multiplied by the property assessment of the school district; (D) A distribution under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (E) A distribution or recoupment under § 6-20-2305(a)(4) .

(A) State foundation funding aid for the current school fiscal year;

(B) The school district's miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the school fiscal year began;

(C) Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax multiplied by the property assessment of the school district;

(D) A distribution under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and

(E) A distribution or recoupment under § 6-20-2305(a)(4) .

(c) (1) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school fiscal year, the division shall recoup an overpayment of state funding under the authority provided by § 6-20-2306 for a school district that receives: (A) State foundation funding aid; and (B) An aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began that is greater than the aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds it received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year. (2) The division shall recoup from the school district an amount equal to the difference between: (A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and (B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year. (3) A recoupment from a school district under this subsection shall not exceed the amount of state foundation funding aid distributed to the school district for the school fiscal year on which the recoupment is based.

(1) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school fiscal year, the division shall recoup an overpayment of state funding under the authority provided by § 6-20-2306 for a school district that receives: (A) State foundation funding aid; and (B) An aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began that is greater than the aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds it received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year.

(A) State foundation funding aid; and

(B) An aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began that is greater than the aggregate amount of miscellaneous funds it received in the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year.

(2) The division shall recoup from the school district an amount equal to the difference between: (A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and (B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year.

(A) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year in which the current school fiscal year began; and

(B) The amount of miscellaneous funds calculated for the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the current school fiscal year.

(3) A recoupment from a school district under this subsection shall not exceed the amount of state foundation funding aid distributed to the school district for the school fiscal year on which the recoupment is based.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1699, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1698, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1697, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1696, eff. 7/1/2019.

Added by Act 2013, No. 322,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013.

See Act 2013, No. 322, § 6.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-53-107 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-53-107
Effect of conversion on employees and directors
Status: in_force

(a) All employees who are employed by state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical schools converting to an institution under the technical and community college system or those employees of a two-year branch campus of a four-year institution converting to a technical or community college shall become employees of the technical or community college, branch campus of the community college, or satellite campus of the community college under this chapter and shall continue their terms of employment and shall have all rights and benefits of employment, including retirement benefits, that they had when employed by the state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical schools or by the two-year branch campus of the four-year institution. (b) All directors of state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical schools shall continue their terms of employment and shall have all rights and benefits of employment, including retirement benefits, under this chapter and shall remain directors of the institutions resulting from the merger, consolidation, or expansion under this chapter. (c) Any abolishment of a position in an institution operated as a former state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical school by an institution within the system shall require prior approval of the state board during the five (5) years following the effective date of the merger, consolidation, or expansion. (d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to provide any employee described herein with any employment rights or benefits greater than those employment rights or benefits to which all state employees are entitled. Acts 1991, No. 1244, § 32.

(a) All employees who are employed by state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical schools converting to an institution under the technical and community college system or those employees of a two-year branch campus of a four-year institution converting to a technical or community college shall become employees of the technical or community college, branch campus of the community college, or satellite campus of the community college under this chapter and shall continue their terms of employment and shall have all rights and benefits of employment, including retirement benefits, that they had when employed by the state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical schools or by the two-year branch campus of the four-year institution.

(b) All directors of state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical schools shall continue their terms of employment and shall have all rights and benefits of employment, including retirement benefits, under this chapter and shall remain directors of the institutions resulting from the merger, consolidation, or expansion under this chapter.

(c) Any abolishment of a position in an institution operated as a former state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical school by an institution within the system shall require prior approval of the state board during the five (5) years following the effective date of the merger, consolidation, or expansion.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to provide any employee described herein with any employment rights or benefits greater than those employment rights or benefits to which all state employees are entitled.

Acts 1991, No. 1244, § 32.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-14-101 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 14 / Section 6-14-101
Applicability of general election laws
Status: in_force

The general election laws shall apply to school elections insofar as they are not in conflict with the school election laws. Acts 1991, No. 496, § 1.

The general election laws shall apply to school elections insofar as they are not in conflict with the school election laws.

Acts 1991, No. 496, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-41-904 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 41 / Subchapter 9 / Section 6-41-904
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 52, eff. 3/8/2023. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1794, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2015, No. 1178,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 52, eff. 3/8/2023.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1794, eff. 7/1/2019.

Added by Act 2015, No. 1178,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-23-309 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 23 / Subchapter 3 / Section 6-23-309
Rules
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules for the creation of open-enrollment public charter schools. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 312, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1999, No. 890, § 5; 2007, No. 736, § 20.

The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules for the creation of open-enrollment public charter schools.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 312, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1999, No. 890, § 5; 2007, No. 736, § 20.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-25-101 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 25 / Section 6-25-101
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to articulate the functions served by each of the components of a school library media services program. (b) The General Assembly is committed to the development and improvement of strong library media programs in all schools. (c) It is the intent of the General Assembly that library media specialists be given time to fulfill their responsibilities under this subchapter. Acts 2003, No. 1786, § 1.

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to articulate the functions served by each of the components of a school library media services program.

(b) The General Assembly is committed to the development and improvement of strong library media programs in all schools.

(c) It is the intent of the General Assembly that library media specialists be given time to fulfill their responsibilities under this subchapter.

Acts 2003, No. 1786, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-107 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 22 / Section 6-22-107
Applicability
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to those schools and institutions that voluntarily join the Arkansas Activities Association. (b) A volunteer or registered volunteer may act as a head coach in all varsity junior high sports and senior high sports administered by the Arkansas Activities Association except in the following sports: (1) Football; (2) Basketball; and (3) Track and field. Amended by Act 2015, No. 788,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 8.

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to those schools and institutions that voluntarily join the Arkansas Activities Association.

(b) A volunteer or registered volunteer may act as a head coach in all varsity junior high sports and senior high sports administered by the Arkansas Activities Association except in the following sports: (1) Football; (2) Basketball; and (3) Track and field.

(1) Football;

(2) Basketball; and

(3) Track and field.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 788,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 8.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-19-119 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 19 / Section 6-19-119
School bus passengers required to be seated - Definition
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, "school bus" means: (1) A motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is: (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; and (2) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is: (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities. (b) A school bus driver shall not operate the school bus until every passenger is seated. (c) (1) The superintendent of each public school in this state is responsible for ensuring that no school bus is scheduled to transport more students than can be reasonably seated in the school bus. (2) Any superintendent who knowingly violates subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Amended by Act 2013, No. 420,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2001, No. 1744, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 67; 2007, No. 999, § 3.

(a) As used in this section, "school bus" means: (1) A motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is: (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; and (2) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is: (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.

(1) A motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is: (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; and

(A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or

(B) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; and

(2) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is: (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.

(A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or

(B) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.

(b) A school bus driver shall not operate the school bus until every passenger is seated.

(c) (1) The superintendent of each public school in this state is responsible for ensuring that no school bus is scheduled to transport more students than can be reasonably seated in the school bus. (2) Any superintendent who knowingly violates subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(1) The superintendent of each public school in this state is responsible for ensuring that no school bus is scheduled to transport more students than can be reasonably seated in the school bus.

(2) Any superintendent who knowingly violates subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

Amended by Act 2013, No. 420,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 2001, No. 1744, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 67; 2007, No. 999, § 3.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-114 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 17 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-17-114
Daily planning period - Definition
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Effective beginning the 2003-2004 school year, each school district in this state shall provide a minimum of two hundred (200) minutes each week for each teacher to schedule time for conferences, instructional planning, and preparation for all classroom teachers employed by the school district. (2) (A) The planning time shall be in increments of no less than forty (40) minutes during the student instructional day unless a teacher submits a written request to be allowed to have his or her planning time scheduled at some time other than during the student instructional day. (B) A teacher who does not receive the planning time required under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section during the student instructional day shall be compensated at his or her hourly rate of pay for each missed planning period except for planning periods missed because of occasional, not-regularly-scheduled field trips, fire drills, or bomb scares. (b) (1) No school district shall provide planning time as required by this section by lengthening the school day unless the school district compensates teachers for the additional time at an hourly per diem rate. (2) Any teacher not receiving individual planning time as provided for in this section shall be compensated for the planning time lost at his or her hourly rate of pay. (c) Each school district shall implement the requirements of this section in accordance with § 6-17-201 et seq. (d) As used in this section, "student instructional day" means the time that students are required to be present at school. Amended by Act 2019, No. 728,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1997, No. 1343, § 1; 2001, No. 1208, § 1; 2003, No. 462, § 1; 2005, No. 1943, §§ 1, 2.

(a) (1) Effective beginning the 2003-2004 school year, each school district in this state shall provide a minimum of two hundred (200) minutes each week for each teacher to schedule time for conferences, instructional planning, and preparation for all classroom teachers employed by the school district. (2) (A) The planning time shall be in increments of no less than forty (40) minutes during the student instructional day unless a teacher submits a written request to be allowed to have his or her planning time scheduled at some time other than during the student instructional day. (B) A teacher who does not receive the planning time required under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section during the student instructional day shall be compensated at his or her hourly rate of pay for each missed planning period except for planning periods missed because of occasional, not-regularly-scheduled field trips, fire drills, or bomb scares.

(1) Effective beginning the 2003-2004 school year, each school district in this state shall provide a minimum of two hundred (200) minutes each week for each teacher to schedule time for conferences, instructional planning, and preparation for all classroom teachers employed by the school district.

(2) (A) The planning time shall be in increments of no less than forty (40) minutes during the student instructional day unless a teacher submits a written request to be allowed to have his or her planning time scheduled at some time other than during the student instructional day. (B) A teacher who does not receive the planning time required under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section during the student instructional day shall be compensated at his or her hourly rate of pay for each missed planning period except for planning periods missed because of occasional, not-regularly-scheduled field trips, fire drills, or bomb scares.

(A) The planning time shall be in increments of no less than forty (40) minutes during the student instructional day unless a teacher submits a written request to be allowed to have his or her planning time scheduled at some time other than during the student instructional day.

(B) A teacher who does not receive the planning time required under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section during the student instructional day shall be compensated at his or her hourly rate of pay for each missed planning period except for planning periods missed because of occasional, not-regularly-scheduled field trips, fire drills, or bomb scares.

(b) (1) No school district shall provide planning time as required by this section by lengthening the school day unless the school district compensates teachers for the additional time at an hourly per diem rate. (2) Any teacher not receiving individual planning time as provided for in this section shall be compensated for the planning time lost at his or her hourly rate of pay.

(1) No school district shall provide planning time as required by this section by lengthening the school day unless the school district compensates teachers for the additional time at an hourly per diem rate.

(2) Any teacher not receiving individual planning time as provided for in this section shall be compensated for the planning time lost at his or her hourly rate of pay.

(c) Each school district shall implement the requirements of this section in accordance with § 6-17-201 et seq.

(d) As used in this section, "student instructional day" means the time that students are required to be present at school.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 728,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1997, No. 1343, § 1; 2001, No. 1208, § 1; 2003, No. 462, § 1; 2005, No. 1943, §§ 1, 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-85-110 — AR Code / Title 6 / Chapter 85 / Subchapter 1 / Section 6-85-110
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2021, No. 81,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2148, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2147, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2146, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2145, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2009, No. 605, § 4; 2009, No. 606, § 4.

Repealed by Act 2021, No. 81,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2148, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2147, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2146, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2145, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2009, No. 605, § 4; 2009, No. 606, § 4.