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AR Code § 6-13-1016 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1016. Annual surveys and needs assessments

 (a) Each education service cooperative shall conduct annual surveys and needs assessments to assist the education service cooperative in its first priority of helping school districts improve their educational programs and practices.  (b) Such activities may include written surveys, visits to schools to meet with local personnel, and other means to identify local needs throughout the service area.  (c) Each education service cooperative shall work with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to conduct statewide surveys which complement, rather than duplicate, the work of the division.  (d) The objective shall be to obtain statewide, area, and local data with as little duplication as possible.
AR Code § 6-13-1017 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1017. Programs and services

 (a) The programs and services of each education service cooperative shall be based upon the needs of the school districts included in its service area and upon the educational priorities of the state.  (b) Each education service cooperative shall provide a teacher center as its basic curriculum and staff development capability.  (c) Education service cooperatives may provide shared educational programs and services such as needs assessment and school improvement planning, staff development, curriculum development, itinerant teachers, instructional materials, adult and vocational education, programs for gifted and talented, education for children with disabilities, alternative educational programs, secondary area vocational centers, community-based education programs, and other services which the State Board of Education may approve or which school districts may support with local funds.
AR Code § 6-13-1018 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1018. Participation of local school districts — Contracts

 (a) Each school district within the service area of the education service cooperative shall be entitled to participate in those programs and services which are fully supported by state funds.  (b) No school district shall be required to participate in any service.  (c) School districts may enter into contracts with the education service cooperative for services supported partially or completely by local school funds.  (d) School districts within one (1) education service cooperative may also contract for services with another education service cooperative.
AR Code § 6-13-1019 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1019. Funding of education service cooperatives

 (a) The state shall provide funds to support the basic structure of the education service cooperatives established under the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) This structure shall include:  (1) Salaries and fringe benefits for a director, a teacher center coordinator, and support staff;  (2) Costs such as travel, utilities, rent, equipment, and supplies;  (3) Funds to support staff and curriculum development activities; and  (4) Funds in an annual amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the travel expenses of itinerant personnel employed by the education service cooperative to serve the part-time needs of local school districts.    (c) School districts may contract with their education service cooperative for services and part-time personnel to be supported in whole or in part by local funds, but no school district shall be assessed a membership fee.  (d) Categorical state or federal funds may also be assigned to any education service cooperative upon approval of its governing body and under conditions set by the State Board of Education.  (e) As a public agency, each education service cooperative shall be eligible to receive and expend public and private funds.
AR Code § 6-13-1020 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1020. Policies and procedures — Expenditures, reports, and audits

 (a) On or before August 31 of each year, each education service cooperative shall file with the State Board of Education for the state board's approval:  (1) The policies and procedures of the education service cooperative, including without limitation the board of directors' policies and procedures for overseeing the administrative and program expenditures of the education service cooperative;  (2) A record of the education service cooperative's employment policies and practices for the year that includes without limitation:  (A) The race and sex of each person the education service cooperative employed or terminated during the year;  (B) The race and sex of every person who sought employment with the education service cooperative during the year; and  (C) The name of each person employed by the education service cooperative during the year who is related by blood or marriage to another employee or board member of the education service cooperative; and    (3)  (A) A report of its receipts and expenditures made in accordance with uniform accounting procedures adopted by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (B) The report shall contain without limitation:  (i) An itemization of administrative and program expenditures; and  (ii) The result of the board of directors' review of the expenditures made under its oversight function.        (b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may prescribe the forms and procedures for filing the information required by subsection (a) of this section.  (c) Each education service cooperative is subject to an annual audit by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.  (d)  (1)  (A) In an annual meeting of the board of directors which must convene between May 15 and July 15, each education service cooperative shall report to its constituent school districts on the year's operations.  (B) The report also shall include information on fiscal distress under § 6-13-1027.    (2) The education service cooperative shall supplement its report with written reports to each school district and to the division on a school-by-school, service-by-service accounting basis.    (e) Following the end of each fiscal year, any balances in particular service accounts must be apportioned and returned to the schools involved or credited to their accounts for the following year.
AR Code § 6-13-1022 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1022. Dissolution of education service cooperative

 (a) After 1990, the State Board of Education shall be authorized to dissolve any education service cooperative upon the request of a majority of its school district boards of directors or upon the recommendation of the evaluation committee provided for in § 6-13-1021.  (b) A dissolved education service cooperative's area shall be assigned to one (1) or more adjacent education service cooperatives, the provisions of § 6-13-1003 notwithstanding, with the dissolved education service cooperative's base funding apportioned to all remaining education service cooperatives in the state.  (c) After payment of debts, the assets of a dissolved education service cooperative shall be distributed to the school districts in its service area based on each school district's three-quarter average daily membership for the immediately preceding school year.
AR Code § 6-13-1023 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1023. Technology training center — Technology coordinator

 (a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote of the members present and voting, the board of directors of each education service cooperative established under this subchapter is authorized to establish a technology training center and employ a technology coordinator who has demonstrated expertise in computer technology and staff development.  (b) The duties of the technology coordinator at such technology training center shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  (1) To provide staff development for personnel of member schools;  (2) To assist member schools with determining technology needs and types of computer hardware and software necessary to meet those needs;  (3) To assist with technology system analysis and local network design;  (4) To provide member schools with information on technology standards and specifications;  (5) To develop and coordinate a technology training center located at the education service cooperative;  (6) To coordinate information with the Arkansas Public School Computer Network, the Instructional Microcomputer Project for Arkansas Classrooms, and the Governor's Technology Task Force so that member schools will be informed on technological activity in the state; and  (7) To assist with requests for proposal development and bid analysis so that member schools will be better able to spend funds for technology.
AR Code § 6-13-1025 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1025. Mathematics and science resource center — Mathematics and science coordinator

 (a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote of the members present and voting, the board of directors of each education service cooperative established under this subchapter is authorized to establish a mathematics and science resource center and to employ a mathematics and science coordinator who has demonstrated expertise in mathematics and science content, in pedagogy, and in staff development.  (b) The duties of the mathematics and science coordinator at the mathematics and science resource center shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  (1) Providing mathematics and science staff development for and individual technical assistance to personnel of member schools;  (2) Assisting member schools with determining mathematics and science curricula, with instruction, and with assessment of needs and resources necessary to meet those needs;  (3) Enhancing curricula and instruction using technology;  (4) Providing member schools with information for curriculum alignment with mathematics and science standards and state frameworks;  (5) Developing and coordinating a mathematics and science resource center located at the education service cooperative; and  (6) Assisting with the development of requests for proposals for teacher enhancement in mathematics and science.
AR Code § 6-13-1026 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1026. Cooperatives qualify as local education agencies

 (a) The General Assembly designates that the education service cooperatives created by this subchapter meet the definition of “local education agencies” by virtue of the fact that each is a public authority, legally constituted within this state to perform a service function for a public elementary and secondary school in school districts and other political subdivisions of the state and to form a consortium of school districts which are recognized by the General Assembly as administrative agents for public elementary and secondary schools.  (b) This section intends to recognize the function of the cooperatives and to provide eligibility to cooperatives to receive state and federal funds upon written requests from the school districts.
AR Code § 6-13-1028 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1028. Fiscal distress plan

 (a) An education service cooperative that is classified by the State Board of Education as being in fiscal distress shall file with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education a fiscal distress plan that:  (1) Addresses each area of fiscal distress identified by the division;  (2) Describes how the education service cooperative will remedy the areas experiencing fiscal distress; and  (3)  (A) Establishes the schedule by which the education service cooperative will implement the fiscal distress plan.  (B) The fiscal distress plan implementation schedule shall not exceed two (2) years from the date of the final classification of fiscal distress.      (b) The division shall approve the fiscal distress plan before the education service cooperative implements the fiscal distress plan.  (c) An education service cooperative identified as being in fiscal distress is required to receive on-site technical evaluation and assistance from the division.
AR Code § 6-13-1029 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1029. Fiscal distress actions

 (a) To address the identified areas of fiscal distress of an education service cooperative, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall:  (1)  (A) Conduct an on-site evaluation and make recommendations regarding the staffing and fiscal practices of the education service cooperative.  (B) The recommendations of the division are binding on the education service cooperative;    (2) Every six (6) months during which the education service cooperative is classified as being in fiscal distress, submit to the State Board of Education a written evaluation on the fiscal status of the education service cooperative;  (3) Monitor the fiscal operations and accounts of the education service cooperative; and  (4) Require the education service cooperative administrative staff and employees to obtain instruction or training in areas of fiscal concern for the education service cooperative.    (b) The division also may take one (1) or more of the following actions:  (1) Reorganize the administrative unit of the education service cooperative by:  (A)  (i) Removing and replacing the director of the education service cooperative employed under § 6-13-1010.  (ii) An individual appointed to replace the director shall administratively operate the education service cooperative under the supervision and approval of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (iii) The division may compensate non-division agents operating the education service cooperative from the education service cooperative's funding; and    (B) Removing, replacing, or reassigning other administrative staff of the education service cooperative; or    (2) Impose reporting requirements on the education service cooperative.    (c) Within two (2) consecutive school years of the state board's final classification of fiscal distress, the division shall determine whether to recommend that the education service cooperative be removed from fiscal distress status.
AR Code § 6-13-1030 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1030. Removal from fiscal distress status

 (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall certify in writing to the education service cooperative that the education service cooperative may be removed from fiscal distress status when the division determines that the education service cooperative has:  (1) Corrected all of the criteria under § 6-13-1027 that led to the classification of fiscal distress; and  (2) Complied with all division recommendations and requirements for removal from fiscal distress status.    (b)  (1) Within thirty (30) days of receiving the division's certification under subsection (a) of this section, an education service cooperative may petition the State Board of Education in writing for removal from fiscal distress.  (2) An education service cooperative may not petition the state board for removal from fiscal distress status before the division makes the certification under subsection (a) of this section.    (c) Within sixty (60) days of receiving the petition for removal from fiscal distress, the state board shall deny the petition or remove the education service cooperative from fiscal distress status.  (d) If an education service cooperative fails to meet the division's requirements for removal from fiscal distress status within two (2) consecutive school years of being classified in fiscal distress, the state board shall:  (1) Reorganize the administrative unit of the education service cooperative under § 6-13-1029; or  (2)  (A) Issue a written finding supported by a majority vote of the state board explaining in detail that the education service cooperative could not comply with this section due to impossibility caused by external forces beyond the education service cooperative's control.  (B) The state board shall extend the classification of fiscal distress for one (1) additional year within which time the education service cooperative shall comply with all conditions for removal from fiscal distress status under this section.      (e) Within fifteen (15) days of making a decision under this section, the state board shall notify the education service cooperative of its decision and include with the notice a copy of a written finding issued under subsection (d) of this section.
AR Code § 6-13-1031 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985|§ 6-13-1031. Appeal

 (a) An education service cooperative may appeal to the State Board of Education the identification of fiscal distress under § 6-13-1027.  (b) The education service cooperative may lodge an appeal by filing a written appeal with the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education by certified mail, return receipt requested, within thirty (30) days of the date the education service cooperative received notice of the identification of fiscal distress.  (c) The written appeal shall state in clear terms the reason why the education service cooperative should not be classified as being in fiscal distress.  (d) The state board shall hear the appeal within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written notice of appeal.  (e) Notwithstanding any appeal rights in this section, no appeal shall stay the state board's or the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's authority to take action to enforce the education service cooperative's compliance with financial management, accounting, auditing, and reporting procedures required by state law or rule or federal law and regulations.  (f)  (1) The decision of the state board on the appeal is a final order.  (2) There is no further right of appeal except to Pulaski County Circuit Court pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 6-13-1101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 11 - Model Rural School Consortiums|§ 6-13-1101. Legislative intent

 It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter to provide a procedure by which one (1) or more school districts located within this state may, by agreement, reflected by a majority vote of the respective boards of directors of the participating school districts, form a model rural early childhood consortium. It is anticipated that this model rural early childhood consortium would be established to exemplify the best practices available in rural early childhood education. It would further be the purpose of this consortium to serve as a training and development site for both students and teachers within the cooperating school districts. A model rural early childhood consortium created pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter may be organized in ways that are fundamentally different from the ways schools are now organized.
AR Code § 6-13-1102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 11 - Model Rural School Consortiums|§ 6-13-1102. Authority

 Pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, one (1) or more school districts may by a majority vote of their respective boards of directors agree to create a model rural early childhood consortium for the purposes set forth in § 6-13-1101.
AR Code § 6-13-1104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 11 - Model Rural School Consortiums|§ 6-13-1104. Powers and duties

 Any model rural early childhood consortium created pursuant to this subchapter shall have the authority to petition the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or the State Board of Education for waivers from present school standards to fulfill the purposes set forth in § 6-13-1101.
AR Code § 6-13-1106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 11 - Model Rural School Consortiums|§ 6-13-1106. Criteria — Contingency

 (a)  (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and publish criteria setting forth the application process to be followed by any model rural early childhood consortium.  (2) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall determine which applications are accepted in accordance with the state board's published criteria.    (b) Implementation of the provisions of this subchapter shall be contingent upon appropriation.
AR Code § 6-13-1301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1301. Legislative intent

 It is the intention of the General Assembly through this subchapter to:   (1) Stimulate local innovation and creativity in restructuring Arkansas public schools;  (2) Facilitate the empowerment of educators and other persons at the local building site level to identify the needs of their particular students; and  (3) Implement methods of satisfying those needs.
AR Code § 6-13-1302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1302. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Classified employee” means any person for whom licensure is not required as the basis of employment in the public schools of the state;  (2) “Licensed employee” means any person for whom licensure is required as the basis of employment in the public schools of the state;  (3) “Parent” means any parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or charge of a student enrolled in a public school; and  (4) “Site-based decision making” means a joint planning and problem-solving process implemented within a local school building, providing for a sharing of power, authority, and responsibility among teachers, administrators, and parents, and designed to shift decision making activity to the local building level.