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AR Code § 6-17-1510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 15 - The Teacher Fair Dismissal Act of 1983|§ 6-17-1510. Board action on termination or nonrenewal — Appeal

 (a)  (1) Upon conclusion of its hearing with respect to the termination or nonrenewal of a contract of a teacher who has been employed as a full-time teacher by the school district for less than three (3) continuous years, the board of directors shall take action on the recommendations by the superintendent with respect to the termination or nonrenewal of such contract.  (2) The board of directors' decision with regard to nonrenewal of a probationary teacher shall be final.    (b)  (1) Any licensed teacher who has been employed continuously by the school district three (3) or more years or who may have achieved nonprobationary status pursuant to § 6-17-1502 may be terminated or the board of directors may refuse to renew the contract of the teacher only when there is a reduction in force created by districtwide reduction in licensed personnel, for incompetent performance, conduct which materially interferes with the continued performance of the teacher's duties, repeated or material neglect of duty, or other just and reasonable cause.  (2) Upon completion of the hearing, the board of directors, within ten (10) days after the holding of the hearing, shall:  (A) Uphold the recommendation of the superintendent to terminate or not renew the teacher's contract;  (B) Reject or modify the superintendent's recommendation to terminate or not renew the teacher's contract; or  (C)  (i) Vote to continue the contract of the teacher under such restrictions, limitations, or assurances as the board of directors may deem to be in the best interest of the school district.  (ii) The decision shall be reached by the board of directors within ten (10) days from the date of the hearing, and a copy shall be furnished in writing to the teacher involved, either by personally delivering it to the teacher or by addressing it to the teacher's last known address by registered or certified mail.        (c) Subsequent to any hearing granted a teacher by this subchapter, the board of directors, by majority vote, shall make specific written conclusions with regard to the truth of each reason given the teacher in support of the recommended termination or nonrenewal.  (d)  (1) The exclusive remedy for any nonprobationary teacher aggrieved by the decision made by the board of directors shall be an appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the county in which the school district is located, within seventy-five (75) days of the date of written notice of the action of the board of directors.  (2) Additional testimony and evidence may be introduced on appeal to show facts and circumstances showing that the termination or nonrenewal was lawful or unlawful.
AR Code § 6-17-1601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 16 - Master School Principal Program|§ 6-17-1601. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “High-need public school” means an Arkansas public school that, at the time a master principal first becomes entitled to a high-need school salary bonus, is identified as failing to meet certain established levels of academic achievement under rules adopted by the State Board of Education;  (2) “High-need school salary bonus” means an annual bonus to a master principal serving as a principal of a high-need public school;  (3) “Hold-back longevity bonus” means a portion of the high-need school salary bonus held back to be paid at the end of three (3) years and five (5) years of serving as a principal of the same high-need public school; and  (4) “Incentive bonus” means a bonus paid to a master principal serving as a principal of any public school in the state.
AR Code § 6-17-1602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 16 - Master School Principal Program|§ 6-17-1602. Master School Principal Program

 (a) There is created the Master School Principal Program to provide training programs and opportunities to expand the knowledge base and leadership skills of public school principals.  (b) The program shall be administered by the Arkansas Leadership Academy.  (c) The program shall consist of a process of no fewer than three (3) phases developed by the academy and approved by the State Board of Education, including:  (1) “Phase one”, which shall expand the knowledge base and leadership skills of the principal;  (2) “Phase two”, which shall require the principal to apply strategies and to collect evidence of improvement in student learning and school processes; and  (3) “Phase three”, which shall require the principal to publicly demonstrate the ability and skills that lead to sustained academic improvement in a school and a school district.    (d) A school principal successfully completing the program shall be designated as a master school principal by the academy.  (e)  (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the academy shall:  (A) Develop criteria for selection of candidates for the process;  (B) Review and modify, as deemed appropriate, the program performance areas; and  (C)  (i) Develop a rigorous assessment process based on the performance areas.  (ii) The assessment shall include, but shall not be limited to, demonstrable, performance-based evidence of the performance areas.      (2) The number of school principals participating each year may be determined by the amount of funding available for the program.
AR Code § 6-17-1603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 16 - Master School Principal Program|§ 6-17-1603. Yearly incentive bonus

 (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules for the nine-thousand-dollar yearly incentive bonus provided under this section for principals receiving master school principal status.  (b) The division shall pay a yearly incentive bonus of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who:  (1) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and  (2) At the time of receiving the bonus, is employed full time as a building-level principal in an Arkansas public school district.
AR Code § 6-17-1604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 16 - Master School Principal Program|§ 6-17-1604. High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus

 (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for an additional high-need school salary bonus, including a hold-back longevity bonus, for each principal receiving master school principal status and serving as a principal of a high-need public school.  (b)  (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a high-need school salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who:  (A) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and  (B) At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school.    (2) The high-need school salary bonus under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be paid as follows:  (A) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and  (B) An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows:  (i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and  (ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school.      (3) The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under § 6-17-1603, if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year incentive bonus.    (c) Regardless of a person's past participation in the Master School Principal Program, a person shall not receive a yearly incentive bonus, a salary bonus, or a longevity bonus if the person leaves full-time employment as a principal of an Arkansas public school district.
AR Code § 6-17-1701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 17 - Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act|§ 6-17-1701. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act”.
AR Code § 6-17-1702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 17 - Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act|§ 6-17-1702. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Employee” means any person employed by a school district under a written annual contract who is not required to have an educator license issued by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as a condition of employment;  (2) “Full-time employee” means any employee who is contracted to work at least twenty (20) hours per week; and  (3)  (A) “Probationary employee” means an employee who has not completed one (1) year of employment in the school district in which he or she is employed.  (B) Provided that at least thirty (30) days before the completion of an employee's probationary period, the superintendent of schools may recommend and the board of directors may vote that one (1) additional year of probation is necessary for an employee.
AR Code § 6-17-1703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 17 - Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act|§ 6-17-1703. Termination or nonrenewal — Notice

 (a) The superintendent of a school district may recommend termination of an employee during the term of any contract or the nonrenewal of a full-time nonprobationary employee's contract provided that he or she gives notice in writing, personally delivered or by letter posted by registered or certified mail to the employee's residence address as reflected in the employee's personnel file.  (b) The recommendation of nonrenewal of a full-time nonprobationary employee's contract shall be made no later than thirty (30) calendar days before the beginning of the employee's next contract period.  (c) Such written notice shall include a statement of the reasons for the proposed termination or nonrenewal.  (d) The notice shall further state that an employee being recommended for termination or a full-time nonprobationary employee being recommended for nonrenewal is entitled to a hearing before the school district board of directors upon request provided that the request is made in writing to the superintendent within twenty-five (25) calendar days from receipt of the notice.  (e) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas that employees, as defined in this subchapter, shall not be considered “at will” employees with regard to the termination of their employment, notwithstanding any contractual provision to the contrary.
AR Code § 6-17-1704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 17 - Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act|§ 6-17-1704. Immediate suspension — Notice

 (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed or interpreted to preclude the superintendent from placing an employee on immediate suspension, provided he or she gives written notice of such action to the employee within two (2) school days of the suspension.  (b) The notice shall include a statement of reasons for the suspension, state whether the superintendent is recommending termination, and state that a hearing before the school district board of directors is available upon request provided that the request is made in writing to the superintendent within twenty-five (25) calendar days from receipt of the notice.
AR Code § 6-17-1705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 17 - Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act|§ 6-17-1705. Hearing

 (a) Upon receipt of a request for a hearing, the school district board of directors shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the following provisions:  (1) The hearing shall take place no fewer than five (5) nor more than ten (10) days after the written request has been received by the superintendent, except that the employee and board of directors may, in writing, agree to an earlier or later hearing date; and  (2) The hearing shall be public or private at the request of the employee.    (b) The employee may be represented by persons of his or her own choosing.  (c) In hearings held concerning a recommendation for the termination of an employee's contract, either the board of directors or the employee may elect to have a record of the hearing made at the board of director's expense.  (d) In hearings held concerning a recommendation for the nonrenewal of a full-time non-probationary employee, either the board of directors or the employee may elect to have a record of the hearing made, and the expense for the record shall be shared equally between the board of directors and the employee.  (e)  (1) After the hearing, the school district board of directors may terminate the employee or continue the suspension for a definite period of time.  (2)  (A) The salary of a suspended employee shall cease when the school district board of directors sustains the suspension.  (B) Otherwise, the employee shall be reinstated without loss of compensation.      (f) The decision of the school district board of directors shall be made within ten (10) calendar days of the hearing.
AR Code § 6-17-1901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 19 - Minority Recruitment|§ 6-17-1901. Minority teacher and administrator recruitment plan

 (a) Beginning with the 1992-1993 school year, each school district with more than five percent (5%) African-American or other minority students in the state shall prepare a minority teacher and administrator recruitment plan.  (b) The plan shall place emphasis on recruitment of African-Americans and other members of minorities for teacher and administrator positions and on encouraging minority students to pursue a career in education.  (c) Recruitment plans shall cover the next ten-year period and set forth the goal of developing equity in employee composition that reflects racial and ethnic diversity.  (d) The plan shall be a part of the equity assistance plan filed annually with the Equity Assistance Center and shall be updated annually for an additional ten (10) years.
AR Code § 6-17-1902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 19 - Minority Recruitment|§ 6-17-1902. Equity Assistance Center — Coordination and contents of plan

 (a) The Equity Assistance Center shall provide technical assistance to the school districts in developing recruitment plans.  (b) The designated equity assistance coordinator in each school district may serve as the coordinator of the district's recruitment plan.  (c)  (1) Each school district shall designate an employee to coordinate implementation of its recruitment plan.  (2) Each school district shall establish a minority teacher and administrator goal at least equal to the percentage of minority students of the school districts.    (d) The minority teacher and administrator recruitment plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:  (1) The goals of the school district for the recruitment of minority teachers and administrators for the next school year and for the next ten (10) school years;  (2) The steps the school district has taken to meet its goals;  (3) The progress of the school district in recruiting minority teachers and administrators;  (4) The measures the school district will use to meet its employment goals;  (5) If the school district did not meet the school district's goals for the previous reporting period, the school district shall state the reasons for not meeting the goals;  (6) The steps the school district will take to encourage minority students to pursue a career in education;  (7) The number and percentage of members of racial minorities who were employed as teachers or administrators in each of the last five (5) years; and  (8) The racial composition of the student body and the racial composition of the residents of the school district.
AR Code § 6-17-2201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 22 - Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act|§ 6-17-2201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act”.
AR Code § 6-17-2202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 22 - Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act|§ 6-17-2202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Classified employee” means any employee of a public school district in Arkansas who performs work for the school district and who is not required to hold a valid teaching license issued by the State Board of Education as a condition of employment; and  (2) “Full-time classified employee” means any classified employee who works twenty (20) or more hours per week for the public school district.
AR Code § 6-17-2203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 22 - Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act|§ 6-17-2203. Minimum salary

 (a) A full-time classified employee shall not receive an hourly rate of compensation less than six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per hour.  (b) No classified employee's hourly rate of compensation shall be reduced as a result of this subchapter.  (c) Beginning July 1, 2003, and each year thereafter, the minimum hourly rate provided in this subchapter shall be increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase of the consumer price index.
AR Code § 6-17-2204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 22 - Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act|§ 6-17-2204. Rules

 The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules to establish a method of determining whether a classified employee shall be considered to work twenty (20) or more hours per week.
AR Code § 6-17-2205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 22 - Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act|§ 6-17-2205. Paid breaks for certain classified employees

 For those classified employees working more than twenty (20) hours per week:   (1)  (A) Each school district in the state shall provide no fewer than two (2) paid fifteen-minute breaks during each regular workday for each classified school employee.  (B) The contract day shall not be extended to provide for this section; and    (2) Each school district shall file an affidavit for compliance with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., for classified employees unless the school district policies or state laws impose higher standards.
AR Code § 6-17-2206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 22 - Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act|§ 6-17-2206. Highly qualified paraprofessional bonuses

 (a)  (1) The purpose of this section is to provide a bonus from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in recognition of the efforts made by paraprofessional employees who attain highly qualified status.  (2) A person who is eligible for a bonus under this section may receive a bonus under subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section but shall not receive a bonus under both subsection (b) and subsection (c) of this section.  (3) The bonuses under this section are contingent upon the appropriation and availability of funding.    (b) A paraprofessional who is under a contract of employment with a public school district or education service cooperative as a paraprofessional employee on May 1, 2007, and who holds an associate degree or higher degree shall be considered a highly qualified paraprofessional and shall receive a one-time bonus of one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (c) A paraprofessional who is under a contract of employment with a public school district or education service cooperative as a paraprofessional employee on May 1, 2007, shall be considered a highly qualified paraprofessional and shall receive a one-time bonus of five hundred dollars ($500) if he or she has:  (1) Completed sixty (60) hours of coursework at an institution of higher education; or  (2) Passed the high-stakes test for highly qualified status.
AR Code § 6-17-2301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 23 - Personnel Policy Law for Classified Employees|§ 6-17-2301. Requirement

 (a) Each school district in the State of Arkansas shall have a set of written personnel policies, including the salary schedule for classified employees.  (b) For the purposes of this subchapter, there shall be five (5) classifications of classified employees as provided in § 6-17-2303.  (c) Personnel policies of concern to the classified personnel policies committee shall include, but are not limited to, the following terms and conditions of employment:  (1) Salary schedule, fringe benefits, and other compensation issues;  (2) Annual school calendar, including work days and holidays;  (3) Evaluation procedures;  (4) Leave;  (5) Grievance procedures;  (6) Termination, nonrenewal, or suspension;  (7) Reduction in force; and  (8) Assignments.    (d)  (1)  (A) A school district shall not receive in any year any additional state funding from the Public School Fund until the school district has posted on the school district's website, in accordance with § 6-11-129, its current personnel policies for classified employees, including any salary schedules as required by this subchapter.  (B) The school district shall maintain in a central records location a written copy of the policies signed by the president of the school district's board of directors.    (2) By September 15 of each year, a school district shall provide the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education with the website address at which its current personnel policies for classified employees, including the salary schedule, may be found.    (e) The division shall notify any school district that has not posted its policies on the school district website or provided the division with the website address in accordance with this section.