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AR Code § 6-10-128 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|§ 6-10-128. School resource officers

 (a) A school district board of directors may accept from a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction a school resource officer to assist with school security, safety, emergency preparedness, emergency response, or any other responsibility assigned to the school resource officer by the school or law enforcement agency.  (b) A school resource officer shall be a certified law enforcement officer and shall have statewide jurisdiction as described under § 16-81-118.
AR Code § 6-10-130 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|§ 6-10-130. Use of English learner assessment scores

 The score on statewide student assessments for an English learner student:   (1) Shall not be counted for growth or achievement purposes in the accountability ratings of a public school or public school district if the English learner student has been enrolled in a public school or private school in the United States for less than twelve (12) months; and  (2) Shall be counted for growth purposes only and not for achievement purposes in the accountability ratings of a public school or public school district if the English learner student has been enrolled in a public school or private school in the United States for at least twelve (12) months but not more than twenty-four (24) months.
AR Code § 6-10-131 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|§ 6-10-131. Immunity

 (a) A superintendent of a public school district is immune from civil liability and suit for damages for the enforcement of policies adopted by the board of directors of the public school district if the policies are in compliance with state or federal law.  (b) Personnel of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, including without limitation the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, are immune from civil liability and suit for damages for the enforcement of policies adopted by the State Board of Education or the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education if the policies are in compliance with state or federal law.
AR Code § 6-10-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|§ 6-10-132. Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act — Definition

 (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act”.  (b) As used in this section, “patriotic society” means any youth group listed in Title 36 of the United States Code, as it existed on January 1, 2017.  (c)  (1) Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the principal of a public school shall allow during school hours representatives of a patriotic society the opportunity to:  (A) Speak with and recruit students to participate in the patriotic society; and  (B) Inform the students of how the patriotic society may further the students' educational interests and civic involvement to better the students' schools and communities and themselves.    (2) The patriotic society shall provide verbal or written notice to the principal of the patriotic society's intent to speak to the students.  (3) The principal shall provide verbal or written approval of the specific day and time for the patriotic society to speak to the students.    (d) A patriotic society shall be allowed the use of any school building or property to provide services allowing students to participate in activities provided by the patriotic society at times other than instructional time during the school day.
AR Code § 6-10-133 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|§ 6-10-133. Bleeding control training

 (a) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, each public school shall provide bleeding control training as a component of a health course to be taught to students in grades nine through twelve (9-12).  (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall develop the bleeding control training required under this section using instructional materials developed or endorsed by the:  (1) American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma;  (2) National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians; or  (3) Department of Health.    (c) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may promulgate rules to enforce this section.
AR Code § 6-14-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-101. Applicability of general election laws

 The general election laws shall apply to school elections insofar as they are not in conflict with the school election laws.
AR Code § 6-14-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-106. Polling places — Qualifications and appointment of election commissioners and poll workers

 (a)  (1) Except as provided under subdivision (a)(5) of this section, the county board of election commissioners of each county shall designate all the polling sites for each school district in its respective county, including districts having territory in more than one (1) county but which are domiciled in its county for administrative purposes, and shall provide the election supplies and appoint the poll workers for holding all school elections.  (2) The county board of election commissioners shall consult with each school district regarding:  (A) The number of polling sites to designate for each school district; and  (B) The location of the polling sites.    (3) Polling sites for school elections shall be established by a majority vote of the members of the county board of election commissioners present.  (4)  (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(4)(B) of this section and unless changed by order of the county board of election commissioners, the polling sites for each school election shall be the same as those established for the immediately preceding school election.  (B) If no polling sites were opened in the immediately preceding school election, the polling sites shall be the same as those established for the most recent school election in which polling sites were opened unless changed by order of the county board of election commissioners.    (5) If the annual school election is held at the same time as the preferential primary election or general election, the polling sites for the annual school election shall be the same as the polling sites for the preferential primary or general election.    (b) If the annual school election is held on a date on which no other elections are held and a school district has territory in more than one (1) county, the county board of election commissioners of the county in which the school district is domiciled shall designate in a contested school election one (1) or more polling sites in each county:  (1) In which the school district has territory;  (2) In which school district territory contains a city of the second class or larger; and  (3) That has registered electors.    (c) The county board of election commissioners shall take appropriate action to assure that the necessary precinct registration files are delivered to each polling site in order that the electors in each county may vote in the school election.  (d) [Repealed.]  (e) The county board of election commissioners of the domicile county shall appoint one (1) election judge and one (1) election sheriff for each polling site and as many additional election clerks as are necessary for the efficient administration of elections at each polling site.
AR Code § 6-14-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-108. Voter qualifications

 All persons who have registered to vote in the manner prescribed by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, at least thirty (30) calendar days immediately before the school election shall be deemed qualified electors of the school district in which they reside and shall have the privilege of voting in all school elections.
AR Code § 6-14-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-109. Notice of elections

 (a) The county board of election commissioners shall give notice of all school elections under § 7-5-202.  (b) If a school election for a school district that includes more than one (1) county is conducted by the county board of election commissioners for the domicile county and no county board of election commissioners for a nondomicile county, the notice of election shall be published in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in each of the counties in which the district has territory.  (c) The county board of election commissioners shall publish notice of an issue to be placed on the ballot in the manner provided under § 7-5-206.
AR Code § 6-14-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-110. Secret ballot

 All elections shall be by secret ballot, and none of the electors shall be required to sign his or her ballot.
AR Code § 6-14-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-114. Counting of votes

 When the polls of each election are closed, the election officials shall immediately proceed to count the results and make returns of the votes under § 6-14-115, showing:   (1) The number of votes cast for each person for school district director;  (2) The number of votes cast for the school tax;  (3) The number of votes cast against the school tax;  (4) The number of mills for:  (A) The additional mills for maintenance and operation;  (B) The additional mills for maintenance and operation that have been designated dedicated maintenance and operation mills;  (C) The debt service millage; and  (D) The total millage rate levied for all purposes in the school district in excess of the uniform rate of tax; and    (5) The number of votes cast for and against any other question submitted at the election.
AR Code § 6-14-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-116. Contest of election

 (a) If the election of any member of a school district board of directors is contested, it shall be before the circuit court of the county in which the school district is domiciled.  (b) All actions to contest the election shall be commenced within twenty (20) days after the date the election is certified.  (c) Actions to contest the election of school district officers shall follow the procedures set out in § 7-5-801 et seq.
AR Code § 6-14-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-118. Expenses

 (a)  (1) Except as provided in this section, for school elections, the school district shall reimburse the county for the cost of the school election.  (2) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section includes the cost of a special school election.    (b)  (1) If the school election is held in an even-numbered year, the school district shall reimburse each county in which the school election appears on the preferential primary election or general election ballot for additional costs incurred by the county when holding the school election in conjunction with the preferential primary election or general election.  (2) Total reimbursement under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount the school district reimbursed one (1) or more counties in the aggregate for the last contested school election in an odd-numbered year.    (c) The school district shall reimburse a county for the entire cost of a school runoff election if:  (1) The school election is held in an even-numbered year; and  (2) The preferential primary election or general election which the school election is held in conjunction with does not result in the holding of a general primary election or a general runoff election in the county so that the school runoff election is the only issue on the ballot.
AR Code § 6-14-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-121. Runoff elections

 (a)  (1) Whenever there are more than two (2) candidates for election to any position on a board of directors at any election held in this state and whenever no candidate for any school district position receives a majority of the votes cast for the office or whenever there is a tie vote, there shall be a runoff election held in the school district.  (2) The names of the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes, but not a majority, shall be placed on the ballot to be voted upon by the qualified electors for that position on a school district board of directors.  (3) The runoff election shall be held:  (A) Four (4) weeks following the date of an election held in any odd-numbered year;  (B) On the date designated for the general primary election if the annual school election is held with the preferential primary election; or  (C) On the date designated for the general runoff election if the annual school election is held with the general election.      (b) The person receiving the majority of the votes cast for the position at the runoff election shall be declared elected.  (c) If one (1) of the two (2) candidates who received the highest number of votes for a position withdraws before certification of the result of the school election, the remaining candidate who received the most votes at the school election shall be declared elected to the office and there shall be no school election runoff.  (d)  (1) In the event that the two (2) candidates seeking election to the same school district position shall receive the same number of votes in a runoff election, a tie shall be deemed to exist.  (2) The county board of election commissioners shall determine the winner by lot at an open public meeting and in the presence of the two (2) candidates.    (e) The provisions of this section are intended to be in addition to and supplemental to the laws of this state pertaining to the election of school district boards of directors.  (f) A runoff election shall be conducted using the same procedures as the election requiring the runoff election.
AR Code § 6-14-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-122. Consolidation, annexation, or merger of school districts

 (a) The consideration of the question of the consolidation or annexation of two (2) or more school districts, or parts thereof, in their entireties, kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12), may be made at the annual school election with the issue of combining the school districts and the levying of a specified tax millage to support the new school district placed on the ballot as a single issue in order to assure that when the two (2) or more school districts, or parts thereof, are combined into one (1) school district, a single millage will be levied for support of the new school district.  (b) The boards of directors of the school districts may, by resolution duly adopted and with the approval of the Commissioner of Education, set a date for the annual school election in that year for the school districts involved on a date other than the date set in § 6-14-102 for all school districts, provided only one (1) annual school election may be held in any school district in one (1) calendar year.  (c) If the State Board of Education is petitioned by the board of directors of a school district or districts, by resolution duly adopted by majority vote of each of the local boards of directors, or when petitioned by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of a school district or districts as certified in writing by the county clerk of each county where the school district or districts are located, the state board may call a special election to be held in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq. to consider the question of consolidation or annexation of the school districts as otherwise allowed for in subsection (a) of this section.  (d) The special election on consolidation or annexation shall be held by the same officials at the same polling places, and the returns shall be made, canvassed, and published in the same manner as is provided by law for annual school elections.  (e) If an election is not held in the newly formed school district, the vote on the millage for the newly formed school district will be held at the next annual school election.
AR Code § 6-14-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-123. Verification of voter registration

 (a) A voter in a school election voting either in person or by absentee ballot shall comply with Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 13, concerning verification of voter registration to the extent it is applicable to the voter.  (b) If a ballot or absentee ballot is deemed a provisional ballot for failure to provide verification of registration under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 13, the voter shall comply with the procedures under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 13, for his or her vote to be counted.
AR Code § 6-14-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 14 - School Elections|§ 6-14-124. Pre-election procedures for school elections held in school districts situated in more than one county

 (a)  (1)  (A) In all school elections conducted under § 6-14-111(a)(3) in which the school district is situated in two (2) or more counties, a candidate for board of directors of a school district shall file his or her nominating petition with the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes.  (B) The county clerk of the county in which the nominating petition is filed shall:  (i) Verify the signatures on the nominating petition from that county; and  (ii) If there are signatures from another county to be verified, immediately forward the nominating petition to the appropriate county clerk.    (C) The county clerk receiving the nominating petition shall return the nominating petition to the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes no later than five (5) days after the filing period ends.  (D) The county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall:  (i) Certify the sufficiency of the nominating petition; and  (ii) File the certification with the county board of election commissioners in each county in which the school district has territory.      (2) In all school elections conducted under § 6-14-111(a)(3) in which the school district is situated in two (2) or more counties, the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall submit all ballot questions that have been filed with the county clerk for the annual school election to each county board of election commissioners in each county in which the school district has territory.    (b)  (1) When a county clerk of a county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes is notified of a special school election under § 7-11-203, the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall forward a copy of the calling document to the county clerk of each of the district's nondomicile counties.  (2) The county clerk of any nondomicile county conducting a special election on that same date shall immediately notify the county clerk of each county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes under § 6-14-111(a)(2).
AR Code § 6-19-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-101. Regulations and standards generally

 The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall promulgate rules and standards governing the school transportation program in school districts that promote and provide a safe, efficient, and economical system of pupil transportation.
AR Code § 6-19-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-102. Authority to transport students — Vehicles and operators

 (a) The board of directors of each school district in the state is authorized to purchase vehicles and otherwise provide means for transporting pupils to and from school, when necessary.  (b) To this end it may hire or purchase such school buses or other vehicles and hire persons to operate them, or make such other arrangements as it may deem best, affording safe and convenient transportation to the pupils, and the board of directors may pay for all such property or services out of the funds of the district.  (c) Any contract with any member of the school district board of directors for the transportation of children or to drive a bus shall be null and void.  (d) A bus or other vehicle used in transporting pupils in one (1) district shall not be used to transport pupils in another district without the consent of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, except as specifically allowed by law.  (e) The buses shall be of such specifications as may be prescribed by uniform rules of the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
AR Code § 6-19-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-103. Directors exempt from liability

 (a) It is declared that the directors of all school districts and special school districts in this state in the discharge of their duties as such directors act in a necessary governmental function.  (b) Therefore, no action for personal injuries or damage to property arising out of the acts, conduct, or omissions of such directors in their official capacities shall be brought or maintained in this state against directors personally.
AR Code § 6-19-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-104. Bus drivers generally

 Drivers or operators of school buses shall comply with all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to school bus drivers or operators not in conflict with the provisions of § 6-19-101, § 6-19-103, § 6-19-105 [repealed], and § 6-19-106.
AR Code § 6-19-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-106. Bus drivers — Qualifications

 A person who has been convicted within the past three (3) years of operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner or who is less than nineteen (19) years of age on June 30 following his or her last birthday shall not be permitted or employed to operate any school bus, either privately or publicly owned, operated by public school districts and used to transport pupils to and from the public schools in the State of Arkansas.