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AR Code § 6-11-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 2 - Career Education and Workforce Development Board|§ 6-11-208. Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth — Multiagency task force — Formation

 (a)  (1) A multiagency task force, staffed and supported by the Division of Career and Technical Education, is established and shall consist of five (5) members, including:  (A) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education or his or her designee;  (B) The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education or his or her designee;  (C) The Director of the Division of Higher Education or his or her designee;  (D) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee; and  (E) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services or his or her designee.    (2) Funding for the multiagency task force shall be provided by:  (A) The Division of Career and Technical Education; or  (B) Each agency that serves on the multiagency task force, in an equal amount from available, eligible funding.    (3) The multiagency task force shall:  (A) Establish criteria and standards for a career-based curriculum to be offered in the Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth;  (B) Formulate and recommend how to operate a Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth; and  (C) Strive to open at least one (1) Regional Educational Career Alternative School for Adjudicated Youth in the 2013-2014 school year, upon the availability of funding.    (4) Beginning on October 1, 2011, the multiagency task force shall provide status reports to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth one (1) time each quarter.    (b) The Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth may consist of at least one (1) but not more than five (5) Regional Educational Career Alternative Schools for Adjudicated Youth.  (c) A Regional Educational Career Alternative School for Adjudicated Youth shall offer without limitation:  (1) At least the minimum twenty-two-credit curriculum required to obtain a diploma;  (2) Vocational education and certificates;  (3) Career education services, including a high school equivalency test;  (4) Special education services; and  (5) Support services.
AR Code § 6-11-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 2 - Career Education and Workforce Development Board|§ 6-11-209. Additional truancy officers — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “school district with a high dropout rate” means an Arkansas school district:  (1) That has the most statistically significant rate of dropouts;  (2) From which students may enroll in a regional community alternative learning environment center; and  (3) That is contiguous to other school districts that meet the criteria under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section.    (b) An education service cooperative may receive funding from a local law enforcement agency, a state agency, or a federal agency, or from private donations, to employ one (1) or more truancy officers for a school district with a high dropout rate.  (c) An education service cooperative may employ under this section:  (1) One (1) truancy officer for each school district with a high dropout rate in its service area that has a student population of one thousand (1,000) or fewer students; and  (2) Two (2) truancy officers for each school district with a high dropout rate in its service area that:  (A) Is a countywide school district; or  (B) Has a student population of more than one thousand (1,000) students.      (d) A truancy officer hired under this section shall complete:  (1) The training requirements for juvenile intake and probation officer certification through the Administrative Office of the Courts; and  (2) Twelve (12) hours of continuing education annually as approved by the judge for the juvenile division of the circuit court for the county the truancy officer serves.
AR Code § 6-11-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 2 - Career Education and Workforce Development Board|§ 6-11-210. Transportation funding for students attending a regional community alternative learning environment center

 (a)  (1) As funding is available, the Department of Education may provide transportation funding aid to school districts that transport students to a regional community alternative learning environment center that serves three (3) or more contiguous counties in which the most recent census indicates:  (A) High rates of poverty; or  (B) Declining population.    (2) The school may also receive funding for transportation under this section from other state agencies, federal agencies, or from private donations.    (b) A school district may use the state categorical funding it receives under § 6-20-2305(b)(4) to provide transportation for students who reside in the school district to attend a regional community alternative learning environment center.
AR Code § 6-13-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-101. Only one kind of school district

 (a) There shall be only one (1) kind of school district in this state, and each shall have the same prerogatives, powers, duties, and privileges as herein set forth.  (b) All school districts which may be hereafter created shall be the same kind, with the same prerogatives, powers, duties, and privileges as provided by law.
AR Code § 6-13-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-102. Body corporate — Name

 (a) Each school district in the state shall be a body corporate, may contract and be contracted with, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name, which shall be the name it now has unless changed by the State Board of Education.  (b) A certificate showing the name authenticated by the state board shall be filed with the county clerk of the county or of each county in which there is any territory of the school district and by him or her inscribed in a book kept by him or her for that purpose.  (c) A school district may acquire and hold real estate and other classes of property.
AR Code § 6-13-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-103. Power of eminent domain — Repurchase by former owner

 (a) All school districts in the state are granted the power of eminent domain and may take and use private property for the use of the school district for school purposes, and school purposes shall include a site for a schoolhouse, necessary playground and athletic fields, stadiums, libraries, and other necessary uses incidental to the maintenance of schools and the welfare of teachers and pupils.  (b) If the owners of property desired to be acquired by the board of directors of any school district shall not agree on the price, the board of directors of the school district may exercise the right of eminent domain, after the same procedure as is provided by law for municipal corporations and counties, and no advance deposit of money shall be required unless the school district desires immediate possession of the property to be condemned, before a hearing can be held fixing the value thereof; and after the verdict of the jury finding the damage to the owner of the property in such proceedings, the school district shall have the right to take the property at the value found or abandon the proceedings to condemn it for one (1) year.  (c)  (1)  (A) When any public school is closed and any of the real property acquired for or used by the school was acquired by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the person who owned the property at the time it was taken by eminent domain, or his or her successor in interest, shall be entitled to repurchase that portion of the property on which no capital improvements are located from the school district for the amount or proportional amount the school district paid for the property if the school district acquired the property by the power of eminent domain within the last fifteen (15) years.  (B) If the property was acquired by the school district more than fifteen (15) years before the closing of the school, the previous owner shall be entitled to repurchase the property from the school district at fair market value.    (2) Any person who has the option to repurchase property from a school district under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall notify the school district of its desire to repurchase the property and exercise the option within one (1) year after the school is closed, and not thereafter.
AR Code § 6-13-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-104. Uncertain boundaries

 (a) When there is a doubt as to the boundaries of a school district because of lost records or other uncertainty, the State Board of Education shall:  (1) Issue an order fixing the boundaries; and  (2) File the order with the:  (A) County clerk of each county where the school district lies;  (B) Secretary of State; and  (C) Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office.      (b) The county clerk shall make a permanent record of the order.  (c) The school district boundaries fixed under this section shall be the boundaries of the school district until changes are made according to the provisions of law.
AR Code § 6-13-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-105. School district sale of state-donated lands

 (a) Any school district in the State of Arkansas having lands donated and given to it by the State of Arkansas through action of the General Assembly, to be used for sites of schoolhouses, shall:  (1) Have the power of sale of the lands; and  (2) Be enabled to give good and lawful title to the lands.    (b) The proceeds of a sale shall be used entirely and exclusively for school purposes.  (c) The benefits accruing from the sale shall remain within and be applied to the same school district either alone or combined with other school districts of a contiguous nature where the original school district may have been consolidated with other adjoining school districts.
AR Code § 6-13-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-107. Membership in state association of school board of directors officials

 School districts in this state may voluntarily, at the discretion of the majority vote of the members of the school district board of directors, belong to and pay dues to a nonprofit state association of school board officials established for the purpose of compiling and disseminating information and conducting seminars, workshops, and similar programs designed to inform school district board members of school problems and to enable school district boards of directors to more efficiently perform their respective duties.
AR Code § 6-13-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-108. Sixteenth section school lands

 (a) All lands in this state which are known as sixteenth section school lands and which are the property of the State of Arkansas shall belong to and the title thereto shall vest in the local school districts where the lands are located.  (b)  (1) Upon presentation of proof to the Commissioner of State Lands that sixteenth section school land owned by the state is located in a local school district, the school district shall be entitled to a general warranty deed from the Commissioner of State Lands conveying all the right, title, and interest of the State of Arkansas to such land.  (2) In executing the deed, the Commissioner of State Lands shall be governed only by the provisions of this section.    (c)  (1) Any local school district having sixteenth section school land conveyed to it by the State of Arkansas through this section shall have authority to sell the land.  (2) The proceeds of such sale shall be used for school purposes.
AR Code § 6-13-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-109. School superintendent — Definition

 (a) The public school districts in the state shall each employ a superintendent of schools, whose qualifications and duties shall be prescribed by the General Assembly and the State Board of Education.  (b) “Superintendent of schools” is defined as the executive officer of a school district board of directors directing the affairs of the school district and teaching not more than one-half (½) of the time in the school day.
AR Code § 6-13-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-110. Purchase of government property

 (a)  (1) Each local school district board of directors is authorized to make purchases of surplus real and personal property of the government.  (2) Such action may be taken by the local school district board of directors after publication of the intent to make such purchase at least fifteen (15) days before action by the local school district board of directors in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the local school district is domiciled.    (b)  (1) A local school district may enter into an agreement with one (1) or more other local school districts for the joint purchase of surplus real or personal property of the government.  (2) If such an agreement is reached, each local school district board of directors, having entered such an agreement, must follow the publication requirements in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 6-13-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-112. Responsibilities of the State Board of Education and Commissioner of Education regarding school districts under state authority

 (a) Within ten (10) days of the meeting of the State Board of Education at which the state board assumes authority of a school district or within ten (10) days of the date upon which the Commissioner of Education assumes authority of a school district, the commissioner shall provide the following information to the Chair of the House Committee on Education and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education:  (1) A clear statement of the reasons the district has been placed under the authority of the state board or the commissioner; and  (2) A clear statement of the steps necessary for the school district to remove itself from the authority of the state board or the commissioner.    (b)  (1) Each quarter following the assumption of authority by the state board or commissioner, the commissioner shall provide to the Chair of the House Committee on Education and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education a status report indicating the progress of the school district toward removing itself from the authority of the state board or the commissioner.  (2) The commissioner also shall provide a copy of the status report required under subdivision (b)(1) of this section to each member of the General Assembly who represents the area in which the school district is located.    (c) A person appointed by the state board or the commissioner to operate a school district under the authority of the state board or the commissioner shall not have previously been an administrator responsible for a school district that was placed in fiscal distress, academic distress, facilities distress, Level 5 — Intensive support, or in violation of the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts.  (d)  (1) After a school district has been under the authority of the state board or the commissioner for two (2) consecutive school years, the commissioner shall:  (A) Conduct a review of each person appointed by the state board or commissioner to operate the school district;  (B) Determine whether the person has made satisfactory progress toward removing the school district from the authority of the state board or the commissioner; and  (C) Determine whether the person should continue to operate the school district or be replaced.    (2) The commissioner shall report the results of this review to the state board and each member of the General Assembly who represents the area in which the school district is located.  (3) The report shall include a justification of the determination made under subdivision (d)(1) of this section.
AR Code § 6-13-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-13-113. School district desegregation orders — Orders

 (a) By January 1, 2016, a school district that is subject to a desegregation order or desegregation-related order shall notify the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in writing.  (b) A school district that is subject to a desegregation order or a desegregation-related order shall include in the written notice to the division:  (1) A copy of the desegregation order or desegregation-related order;  (2) The case heading and case number of each court case in which the order was entered;  (3) The name and location of each court that maintains jurisdiction over the order; and  (4) A description of the school choice student transfer desegregation obligations, if any, that the school district is subject to, related to the order.    (c) A school district that is released from court supervision related to a desegregation order or desegregation-related order shall promptly notify the division.  (d) A school district that fails to meet the requirements of this section is in violation of the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts.  (e) The division shall post on the division's website all written notifications received as required by this section.
AR Code § 6-13-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-608. Length of directors' terms

 (a) All members of a school district board of directors shall be elected to a term of office of not less than three (3) years nor more than five (5) years in length and with the expiration of such terms so arranged that, as nearly as possible, an equal number of positions are filled each year.  (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, members of a school district board of directors shall have terms of office of equal length.  (c)  (1) A member of a school district board of directors shall not serve more than one (1) full term as a holdover.  (2) If at the expiration of the holdover term a person is not elected to fill the position at the annual school election or the person elected fails to subscribe to the director's oath of office within the time provided under § 6-13-617(a)(1), the position is vacant and the school district board of directors shall fill the vacancy as provided under § 6-13-611.
AR Code § 6-13-612 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-612. Vacancy — Conviction of felony

 (a) When a member of the board of directors of any school district in this state is convicted of a felony, a vacancy shall exist on that board of directors from the date of the final judgment of conviction.  (b) The prosecuting attorney who successfully prosecutes a school district board member for a felony shall immediately notify the remaining members of that board of directors of the fact of the conviction and of the existence of a vacancy on the board of directors of the school district.  (c) A vacancy on a school district board of directors due to the conviction of a felony shall be filled as required under § 6-13-611.
AR Code § 6-13-613 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-613. Temporary vacancies — Vacancies created by failure to participate

 (a) In cases where directors have entered the services of the United States Armed Forces or its allies, temporary vacancies on such boards are declared to exist until the end of the terms of the members or until their return to civilian life in the school district if their return occurs before the expiration of their elected terms.  (b) These vacancies shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law, except that appointments of the successors shall be conditional upon the return of the members to resume their normal civilian activities in the school district. Upon return, they may resume their duties as directors for their unexpired terms by written notice to the secretaries of their respective school district boards of directors.  (c) Directors appointed under the provisions of this section shall take the required oath of office and conform in all respects to legal provisions regarding directors.  (d) Directors serving in the United States Armed Forces shall be eligible for reelection in the usual manner prescribed by law. If reelected, the procedure for filling the temporary vacancies provided herein shall be again followed in the appointment of the successors to the absentees, and all other provisions of this section shall prevail.  (e) If there is a majority of the directors left after the absences mentioned in this section, such majority may act without notice to those so absent as fully and as effectively as if all directors were present.  (f) If there is more than a majority remaining after such absences, notice must be given for a reasonable length of time before the meeting to directors not so absent of the time, place, and purpose of a meeting of the school district board of directors, unless the meeting is a regular and not a special or called meeting.