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AR Code § 6-11-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-102. Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education

 (a)  (1) Subject to confirmation by the Governor, the State Board of Education is empowered to employ a person to act as the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and who shall be the administrative head of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (2) The commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (3) The commissioner shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Education.    (b) The commissioner shall:  (1) Devote all of his or her time to the duties of his or her office;  (2) Act as an agent of the state board; and  (3) Perform other duties as are designated by the state board and by statute.    (c)  (1) The person selected as the commissioner shall:  (A) Be a person of good moral character, recognized as a leader in the field of education, and qualified technically and by experience to direct the work of the division; and  (B) Unless a deputy commissioner meets the requirements of this subdivision (c)(1)(B), a person selected as commissioner shall:  (i) Hold a master's degree from an accredited institution;  (ii) Have had ten (10) years' experience as a teacher, five (5) of which must be of an administrative or supervisory nature; and  (iii) Hold a valid state teacher's license.      (2) No person who is related within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity to any member of the state board shall be eligible to serve as commissioner.    (d) It is the specific intention of this act to define and declare the commissioner to be the employee of the state board.  (e)  (1) The commissioner, or a disbursing agent designated by him or her and approved by the state board, shall give bond to the State of Arkansas as provided by law for other disbursing agents conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and the faithful accounting for all the school money of the state, of any county, or of any school district that may come into his or her hands.  (2) The bond shall be in a solvent surety company having a right to do business in the State of Arkansas and shall be approved by the state board.  (3) The premium on the bond shall be paid by the state board as one of the expenses of the state board.    (f) The state shall furnish the commissioner with suitable offices.
AR Code § 6-11-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-103. Officers

 (a) The State Board of Education shall elect one (1) of its number chair, one (1) vice chair, and such other officers as the state board deems necessary to perfect its organization.  (b) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall act as ex officio secretary of the state board without a vote.
AR Code § 6-11-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-104. Meetings

 (a) The State Board of Education shall meet a minimum of six (6) times annually.  (b) In any of its meetings before the end of the calendar year, the state board shall determine the meeting dates for the following year.  (c)  (1) Special meetings may be called by the chair of the state board with no less than twenty-four (24) hours notice to the members and the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and with timely responses from enough state board members that they will attend the meeting so as to indicate that a quorum will be present.  (2) In the absence of the chair, the commissioner shall call a meeting on the request of three (3) members of the state board with the same notice and response requirements.  (3) If both the chair and the commissioner shall be absent or refuse to call a meeting, any three (3) members of the state board may call a meeting by utilizing the same notice and response requirements in notifying the members and the office of the commissioner.
AR Code § 6-11-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-107. Official seal

 The State Board of Education shall adopt a seal, and the seal shall be used by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to authenticate documents or copies of documents as the state board or commissioner may deem advisable.
AR Code § 6-11-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-110. Uniform system of records — Reports

 (a) The State Board of Education shall prescribe a uniform system of records to be kept by the school directors, principals, and teachers of schools.  (b) All the school officials and employees listed in subsection (a) of this section shall make reports to the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education as may be designated by the state board.
AR Code § 6-11-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-111. Records of proceedings — Annual report

 (a) The State Board of Education shall keep in the office of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education a complete record of the minutes of its meetings and other proceedings and annually shall make a report to the Governor that shall embody the report of the commissioner to the state board.  (b) At the opening of each regular session of the General Assembly, the Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly each annual report of the state board for each year of the biennium preceding the regular session of the General Assembly.  (c)  (1) Each annual report of the state board shall be printed by the state board and distributed among the various school officers of the state or made available to public school districts by including a link to the annual report on the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education website.  (2) The annual report shall include without limitation the information required by § 6-20-2304(b).
AR Code § 6-11-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-112. Power to make plans coordinating state and federal laws

 The State Board of Education is empowered to make plans, promulgate rules, and seek waivers for flexibility as necessary for this state to meet the requirements of a law enacted by the United States Congress for general education, including without limitation the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 89-10, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95, or any supplementary federal regulations, directives, or decisions of the United States Department of Education pertaining to that legislation.
AR Code § 6-11-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-113. Federal aid — Acceptance and distribution generally

 (a)  (1) The General Assembly accepts all federal aid to education that may be provided by the United States Congress.  (2) The State Board of Education is designated as the state educational authority for the purpose of representing the state in the administration of funds provided by the United States Congress.  (3) The state board is empowered to promulgate such rules and enforce such federal regulations as are necessary on the part of the state to meet any and all requirements of the United States Government in the distribution of federal aid.  (4) The state board shall provide for the proper auditing and accounting of all federal funds and for making all necessary reports regarding the expenditures of the federal funds.  (5) The state board shall perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the act providing aid.    (b) The Treasurer of State is designated to serve as trustee for such funds as may be apportioned to the State of Arkansas in this connection.  (c) The funds shall be disbursed according to the provisions of the federal act allocating them.
AR Code § 6-11-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-115. Special contracts

 The State Board of Education is authorized to enter into and carry out such contractual agreements and arrangements with local school districts and other agencies as may be found necessary to implement any and all sections of Pub. L. No. 89-10, as amended, and other federal programs, including services for children of migratory farm workers, services for persons with mental and physical disabilities as set out under Title VI of Pub. L. No. 89-10 [repealed], and any and all other services found to be essential to the extension of the benefits to eligible participants.
AR Code § 6-11-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-116. Standards for priority of projects

 (a) The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation is granted authority to prescribe principles, standards, and criteria to be followed in setting up priority of projects, provided that such principles, standards, and criteria are not in conflict with federal statutes.  (b) Such principles, standards, and criteria shall include the following factors which shall be given priority over other considerations so long as they are not in conflict with the federal statutes:  (1) The relative condition of facilities within a school district, taking into consideration the age and condition of school buildings and facilities and the need for replacement or repair thereof to properly accommodate the school population of the school district and to protect the health and safety of the school children;  (2) The relative financial ability of school districts to provide facilities with local taxes;  (3) The adequacy of satisfactory facilities within feasible transportation distances of children within a school district or county; and  (4) The relative debt service obligations of districts in proportion to the statutory limitations on bonded indebtedness of school districts.
AR Code § 6-11-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-117. Copies of documents as evidence

 Copies of any papers or documents on file in the office of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education authenticated by him or her with the seal of the State Board of Education shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the original.
AR Code § 6-11-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-120. Educational programs for children in institutions

 (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to provide supervision, accreditation, and other services essential to the development of desirable educational programs for children at the elementary and secondary levels who are residents in institutions under the control of a public board or commission.  (b) The State Board of Education at its discretion may enter into formal contracts or other agreements with publicly controlled institutions or with local school district boards for the purpose of serving the educational needs of children resident in such institutions or local school districts.  (c) The State Board of Education is authorized to take any and all action necessary to qualify children resident in such institutions or school districts for all benefits available under the provisions of Pub. L. No. 89-10, as amended by Pub. L. No. 89-313 and Pub. L. No. 89-750.  (d) Authorizations contained in this section shall include any subsequent amendments which may be enacted by the United States Congress, provided the amendments are not in conflict with the Arkansas Constitution or statutes of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 6-11-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-124. Statewide computer network

 (a)  (1) Acts 1991, No. 1034, authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System to provide a loan to the Department of Education, now known as the “Division of Elementary and Secondary Education”, for a statewide computer system capable of linking all public school systems and the division.  (2) In order to provide alternatives to accomplish the purposes of Acts 1991, No. 1034, the department, now division, is hereby authorized to enter into a contractual agreement with IMPAC Learning Systems, Inc., for the development of a statewide computer system capable of linking all public school systems and the department, now division, from funds provided by a loan from the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.    (b) The State Board of Education shall maintain oversight authority over the approval of all standards, procedures, and specifications determined by the department, now division, regarding the purchase or lease of the statewide computer network in addition to maintaining oversight authority over the operational aspects of the system.  (c) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education may request from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a transfer of appropriation authorized for school district management and statewide data collection by the General Assembly to any other line item appropriation authorized for the department, now division, for the same purpose.
AR Code § 6-11-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-125. Legislative intent regarding information technology

 (a) The General Assembly finds that the State of Arkansas has provided the encouragement and the financial means to build a foundation for an information technology network linking local school districts and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The General Assembly further finds that the amount of information that local school districts and their personnel are required to furnish the division, while essential, has become increasingly burdensome. The General Assembly therefore expresses its intent and commitment to ensuring that the division utilizes and continually upgrades to the fullest extent possible the information technology network linking the various school districts and the division.  (b) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 6-11-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-127. School district boundaries

 The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office shall keep for the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education a map showing the school districts with their boundaries.
AR Code § 6-11-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-129. Data to be accessible on website

 (a)  (1) Each school district shall make the following information and data easily identified on its website or the website of the school district's education service cooperative, if the education service cooperative maintains the school district's website:  (A) Current comprehensive financial data reports for school districts, including:  (i) Local and state revenue sources;  (ii) Administrator and teacher salary and benefit expenditure data;  (iii) School district balances, including legal balances and building fund balances;  (iv) Minutes of regular and special meetings of the school district board of directors;  (v) The school district budget for the ensuing year, which shall be posted on the website within thirty (30) days following the date required to be submitted to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;  (vi) A financial breakdown of monthly expenses of the school district;  (vii) Salary schedules for all employees, including extended contract and supplementary pay amounts;  (viii) Current contract information with all school district employees, except that Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, personal addresses, or signatures shall not be published;  (ix) The annual budget of the school district; and  (x) The annual school district statistical report; and    (B) Each school district's personnel policies required under § 6-17-201 et seq. and § 6-17-2301 et seq.    (2) Information and data required to be made available and easily accessible on the school district's website under this section shall:  (A) Be easily accessible through the homepage of the website under a link titled “State-Required Information” to a page on the website where the information may be found; and  (B) Consist of the actual data for the two (2) previous school years and the projected budgeted information for the current school year.    (3)  (A) A direct link to the information required in this section shall be easily identifiable on the homepage of the website under a link titled “State-Required Information” to a page on the website where the information may be found.  (B) Under the State-Required Information link, the school district shall subdivide the information by the categories of the information.      (b) The division shall make the information and data required by this section available and easily accessible on the division's website by including direct links to the websites of all Arkansas school districts.
AR Code § 6-11-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 11 - Education|Subchapter 1 - State Board of Education|§ 6-11-132. Financial impact statements for administrative rules

 (a) The State Board of Education and the Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall promulgate their rules as provided under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (b) The scope of the financial impact statement shall be as provided under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., and shall include without limitation a public school district's estimated cost to comply with and implement the rule.
AR Code § 6-11-201 (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|§ 6-11-201. Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education, or a disbursing agent designated by him or her and approved by the State Board of Education, shall give bond to the State of Arkansas as provided by law for other disbursing agents conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and the faithful accounting for all the school money of the state, of any county, or of any school district that may come into his or her hands.  (2) The bond shall be in a solvent surety company having a right to do business in the State of Arkansas and shall be approved by the board.  (3) The premium on the bond shall be paid by the board as one of the expenses of the board.    (b) The state shall furnish the director with suitable offices.
AR Code § 6-11-202 (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|§ 6-11-202. Records of proceedings

 The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall keep in the office of the Director of the Office of Skills Development a complete record of the minutes of its meetings and other proceedings.
AR Code § 6-11-203 (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|§ 6-11-203. Vocational education

 The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall have general supervision of vocational education in the state and shall administer and apportion any funds that come to the state for that purpose.
AR Code § 6-11-204 (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|§ 6-11-204. Official seal — Copies of documents as evidence

 (a) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall adopt a seal, and the seal shall be used by the Director of the Office of Skills Development to authenticate documents or copies of documents as the board or director considers advisable.  (b) Copies of any papers or documents on file in the offices of the director authenticated by him or her with the seal of the board shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the original.
AR Code § 6-11-205 (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|§ 6-11-205. Federal aid — Acceptance and distribution generally

 (a)  (1) The General Assembly accepts all federal aid to education that may be provided by the United States Congress.  (2) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board is designated as the state educational authority to represent the state in the administration of funds provided by the United States Congress.  (3) The board may promulgate rules as are necessary on the part of the state to meet any requirement of the United States Government in the distribution of federal aid.  (4) The board shall provide for the proper auditing and accounting of all federal funds and for making all necessary reports regarding the expenditures of the federal funds.  (5) The board shall perform other functions as may be prescribed by the act providing aid.    (b) The Treasurer of State is designated to serve as trustee for such funds as may be apportioned to the State of Arkansas in this connection.  (c) The funds shall be disbursed according to the federal act allocating them.
AR Code § 6-11-206 (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|§ 6-11-206. Federal aid — Receipt and administration for school facilities

 The Career Education and Workforce Development Board is designated to receive and administer any federal funds made available to this state to assist local school districts in providing elementary and secondary school facilities for vocational and adult education programs.
AR Code § 6-11-207 (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|§ 6-11-207. Power to make plans coordinating state and federal laws

 The Career Education and Workforce Development Board may make plans and rules as are necessary in order for this state to meet the requirements of any law enacted by the United States Congress for vocational-technical education or any supplementary federal regulations pertaining to that legislation.