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AR Code § 6-17-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 7 - Professional Development|§ 6-17-704. Professional development plan — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “professional development” means a set of coordinated planned learning activities for teachers, administrators, and nonlicensed school employees that:  (1) Is required by statute or by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; or  (2) Meets the following criteria:  (A) Is part of the minimum number of professional development hours or professional learning credits as determined by the division required by law or by the division;  (B) Improves the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of teachers;  (C) Improves the knowledge and skills of administrators and paraprofessionals concerning effective instructional strategies, methods, and skills;  (D) Leads to improved student academic achievement; and  (E) Is research-based and standards-based.      (b) The purpose of professional development is to improve teaching and learning in order to facilitate individual, school-wide, and system-wide improvements designed to ensure that all students demonstrate proficiency on state academic standards.  (c)  (1) Annually, each school district shall prepare a professional development plan.  (2)  (A) Teachers, administrators, and classified school employees shall be involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of their respective professional development offerings under the plan.  (B) The evaluation results shall be given to each group of employees in the school district and used to improve professional development offerings.      (d) The professional development offerings may include approved conferences, workshops, institutes, individual learning, mentoring, peer-coaching, study groups, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification, distance learning, micro-credentialing approved by the department, internships, and college or university course work.  (e) The professional development under this section:  (1) Shall comply with the division Rules Governing Professional Development; and  (2) May provide educators with knowledge and skills needed to teach:  (A) Students with disabilities, including without limitation autism; and  (B) Culturally and linguistically diverse students.      (f) A teacher shall complete any missed hours of professional development through professional development that is:  (1) Substantially similar to the professional development missed and approved by the person responsible for the teacher's summative evaluation under the Teacher Excellence and Support System, § 6-17-2801 et seq.; and  (2) Delivered by any method, online or otherwise, approved by the division under the State Board of Education rules.    (g) Accreditation for or approval of professional development for public school teachers and administrators is governed by the rules of the state board.
AR Code § 6-17-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 7 - Professional Development|§ 6-17-705. Professional development credit

 (a) Up to twelve (12) hours of professional development credit, or professional learning credits as determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, may be earned by licensed personnel for time required at the beginning of each school year to plan and prepare a curriculum and other instructional material for their assigned classes if the time is:  (1) Spent in their classrooms, offices, or media centers at the public school; and  (2) Before the first student-teacher interaction day of the school year, but a school district shall not require licensed personnel to work additional days that are not included in their contracts unless the licensed personnel are paid their daily rate of pay.    (b) Licensed personnel shall earn one (1) hour of professional development credit, or professional learning credits as determined by the division, for each hour of planning and preparation that meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.  (c)  (1) If illness of a teacher or a teacher's immediate family under § 6-17-1202 prevents a teacher from obtaining the required professional development, the teacher shall be allowed to make up the professional development missed during the:  (A) Remainder of the current school year; or  (B) Succeeding school year.    (2) The teacher may earn the professional development hours, or professional learning credits as determined by the division, through online professional development.    (d) A person who holds any license issued by the State Board of Education may obtain credit for required professional development through a micro-credentialing process approved by the division.  (e) The state board shall promulgate the rules necessary for the proper implementation of this section.
AR Code § 6-17-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 7 - Professional Development|§ 6-17-706. Professional development credit exemption

 (a) Licensed personnel working part time shall be exempt from one-half (½) of the professional development required under the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts if they work solely in any of the following adult education programs:  (1) Adult basic education;  (2) General adult education;  (3) English as a second language for adults; or  (4) High school equivalency test examiners.    (b) The State Board of Education shall promulgate the rules necessary for the proper implementation of this section.
AR Code § 6-17-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 7 - Professional Development|§ 6-17-708. Teen suicide awareness and prevention professional development

 (a)  (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall require two (2) hours of professional development, or professional learning credits as determined by the division, in teen suicide awareness and prevention for licensed public school personnel according to the professional development schedule under § 6-17-709.  (2) The professional development under this section may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials approved by the division.    (b) The professional development under this section shall count toward the satisfaction of requirements for professional development in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts and for licensure requirements for licensed personnel.
AR Code § 6-17-710 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 7 - Professional Development|§ 6-17-710. Human trafficking professional development

 (a) Each year, a school district shall make available to licensed personnel thirty (30) minutes of professional development, or professional learning credit as determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, on:  (1) Recognizing the warning signs that a child is a victim of human trafficking; and  (2) Reporting a suspicion that a child is a victim of human trafficking.    (b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or another person, firm, or corporation designated by the division shall develop and administer the professional development under subsection (a) of this section.  (c) The professional development under this section shall count toward the satisfaction of requirements for professional development in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts and for licensure requirements for licensed personnel.
AR Code § 6-17-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 7 - Professional Development|§ 6-17-711. Bullying prevention — Professional development

 (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall require two (2) hours of professional development in the following areas for licensed public school personnel according to the professional development schedule under § 6-17-709:  (1) Bullying prevention; and  (2) Recognition of the relationship between incidents of bullying and the risk of suicide.    (b) The professional development under this section shall count toward the satisfaction of requirements for professional development in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts and of licensure requirements for licensed personnel.  (c)  (1) In addition to the professional development requirement under subsection (a) of this section, the division shall develop a guidance document for use by parents and legal guardians, students, and public school districts to assist in resolving complaints concerning student bullying behaviors.  (2) The guidance document required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall include without limitation:  (A) A public school district's obligations under § 6-18-514;  (B) Best practices for the prevention, reporting, and investigation of and the response to bullying in public schools; and  (C) A clear definition of bullying that provides examples regarding conduct that does and does not constitute bullying.    (3) The guidance document under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be provided to licensed public school personnel as part of the professional development required under subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 6-17-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-801. Indefinite teacher employment contract void

 (a) In any contract of employment entered into by and between a school district and a teacher as defined by Acts 1979, No. 766 [repealed], any provision therein specifying that the employee's salary may be decreased to conform to legal fiscal requirements or any other attempt therein to make the salary to be paid to the employee less than definite and certain as to the minimum amount of salary is declared to be null and void as opposed to the public policy of the State of Arkansas.  (b) In any contract attempting to make a teacher's salary less than definite and certain by qualifying language, the amount of stated salary without such qualifying language shall be the minimum amount the employee is entitled to receive for services rendered.  (c) The remaining provisions of any contract found to be in violation of the provisions of this section shall be given full force and effect.
AR Code § 6-17-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-802. Twelve-month contracts for vocational agriculture teachers

 All public high schools in this state which offer vocational agriculture training shall, beginning with the next school year, contract with the vocational agriculture teachers on a twelve-month basis.
AR Code § 6-17-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-803. Optional contract payable in monthly installments

 (a)  (1) Any school district in this state, at the option of the school district board of directors, may enter into contracts for the hiring of teachers to teach in the next coming school year, whereby the annual salaries of such teachers may be paid on the basis of twelve (12) equal monthly installments.  (2) In no case shall the monthly installments under such contracts commence earlier than the first day of the commencement of the school fiscal year covered by the contract.    (b)  (1) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section whereby payments are to be made before the commencement of the teaching duties under such contract in the school year covered thereby shall contain a clause clearly setting forth the liability of any teacher who receives payments before the commencement of teaching duties and who refuses to perform under the terms of the contract.  (2) Such clause shall be to the effect that any schoolteacher breaching such a contract shall be indebted to the school district for the amount of moneys received by him or her under the contract before the commencement of his or her teaching duties.  (3) If any teacher fails to repay any money owed to a school district upon a contract breached by him or her, the secretary of the school district shall certify the failure to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the State Board of Education shall suspend the teacher's license until all of the money is repaid.    (c) Any school district, or any officer thereof, charged with the responsibility of negotiating and entering into contracts for the employment of teachers for such school district shall be relieved of any liability arising from the breach of any contract made in good faith pursuant to the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 6-17-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-804. Deductions for group insurance premium

 For the purpose of payment of group insurance policy premiums, upon the execution by any teacher or other school employee of an appropriate form of authorization and delivery thereof to the fiscal officer of the school district wherein such person is employed, the fiscal officer shall withhold the designated amount from that person's monthly salary payments and shall transmit the amount, on or before the tenth day of each succeeding month, to the insurance company named in the authorization.
AR Code § 6-17-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-805. Deduction for professional membership dues — Definitions

 (a) Upon the written request of any teacher or classified employee, the board of directors of any school district of the state shall deduct from the salary of that teacher or classified employee such sums as the teacher or classified employee shall specify for the payment of membership dues in any bona fide teacher's or employee's educational professional organization designated by the teacher or classified employee in the request.  (b) The teacher or classified employee may request a lump-sum deduction or have the sum to be deducted spread over the school year.  (c) The board of directors, or its authorized representative, shall transmit the sum deducted to the organizations designated by the teacher or classified employee in the request.  (d) All requests shall bear the manual signature of the teacher or classified employee.  (e) The request shall be filed with the contract of the teacher or classified employee and shall be subject to audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit.  (f) As used in this section:  (1) “Classified employee” means any person employed by a school district under a written annual contract who is not required to have a teaching license issued by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as a condition of employment; and  (2) “Teacher” means any person holding a license issued by the State of Arkansas and employed by a school district in a teaching, instructional, supervisory, administrative, or educational and scientific capacity.
AR Code § 6-17-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-807. Additional days

 (a) If a teacher is required to work more days than provided for under the teacher's contract, then the teacher's pay under the contract shall be increased proportionately so that the teacher will receive pay for each additional day the teacher is required to work at no less than the daily rate paid to the teacher under the teacher's contract.  (b) Each school district in this state shall establish a normal base contract period for teachers.  (c) The normal base contract period for each school district shall be the number of days the majority of teachers employed by the school district in the 2000-2001 school year are required to work as specified on the 2000-2001 contracts as of March 1, 2001.  (d) If the normal base contract period in any school district is increased, the teacher's pay under the contract shall be increased proportionately so that the teacher will receive pay for each day added to the contract at no less than the daily rate paid to the teacher under the teacher's current existing contract.  (e) This section shall not apply to separate contracts for employment with a teacher to teach summer school or to perform services that do not require the teacher to hold a teaching license to perform those services.  (f) If the school district desires to employ a teacher part time to perform services for the school district in the teacher's field of licensure after expiration of the normal base contract, as part of the teacher's normal teaching contract, the school district may contract for such part-time work as long as the teacher is agreeable and is paid on a pro rata basis for that work.  (g) A school district which contracts with a teacher to teach summer school or to perform services that do not require the teacher to hold a teaching license to perform those services shall enter into a separate contract with the teacher for those services and shall not condition initial employment of the teacher or renewal of the teacher's regular teaching contract on entering into such a separate contract.
AR Code § 6-17-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-809. Teachers for the visually impaired entering state service

 Upon the superintendent's certification to the state personnel administrator of prior service at an educational institution and of the most recent contractual salary, the salary of teachers holding licensure in teaching the visually impaired and entering state service as teachers for the sensory impaired may be adjusted to a rate of pay closest to but not less than their most recent annual salary.
AR Code § 6-17-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally|§ 6-17-810. Teachers for the hearing impaired entering state service

 Upon the superintendent's certification to the state personnel administrator of prior service at an educational institution and of the most recent contractual salary, the salary of teachers holding licensure in teaching the hearing impaired and entering state service as teachers for the sensory impaired may be adjusted to a rate of pay closest to but not less than their most recent annual salary.
AR Code § 6-17-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 9 - The Arkansas Teachers' Salary Law|§ 6-17-901. Title

 The title of this subchapter shall be “The Arkansas Teachers' Salary Law”.
AR Code § 6-17-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 9 - The Arkansas Teachers' Salary Law|§ 6-17-902. Definition

 As used in this subchapter, “teacher” shall include a full-time employee of a school district who is compelled by law to secure a license from the State Board of Education.
AR Code § 6-17-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 9 - The Arkansas Teachers' Salary Law|§ 6-17-907. Funds generally

 (a) The county treasurer of each county in the state is directed to establish for each school district for which he or she is treasurer the following funds:  (1) The teachers' salary fund;  (2) Operating fund;  (3) Building fund;  (4) Debt service fund;  (5) Capital outlay fund; and  (6) Consolidated federal grants fund — Control.    (b) The county treasurer shall credit to the operating fund all other revenues not earmarked for the building fund, debt service fund, capital outlay fund, or consolidated federal grants fund.  (c) The county treasurer shall credit to the building fund those funds received:  (1) Through the sale of bonds or otherwise; and  (2) From insurance collected for damages to school property except when the property damages have been repaired out of the operating fund which will be reimbursed by the insurance proceeds.    (d) The county treasurer shall credit to the debt service fund revenue from any continuing levy for the retirement of bonded indebtedness.  (e) The county treasurer shall credit to the capital outlay fund any revenue specifically dedicated for capital outlay fund purposes.  (f) The county treasurer shall credit all the various federal funds to the consolidated federal grants fund unless otherwise specifically designated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (g) The county treasurer charged with custody of the aforementioned consolidated federal grants fund shall be responsible only for the combined federal funds in his or her possession without regard to the various approved projects and limitations within the total federal allocations to the school district.  (h) Accountability and separability of various projects shall be the responsibility of each school district.  (i) The approved budget for the school district shall be used as a guide by the county treasurer in the settling of these funds.  (j) The local board may authorize the county treasurer to transfer funds from the operating fund to the teachers' salary fund.  (k) The county treasurer may request representatives of Arkansas Legislative Audit or the division to assist in establishing and crediting the various percentages of revenue to the respective funds.  (l) When a school district has a school district treasurer, the county treasurer may establish for that school district only the fund or funds needed to properly note revenues received for the school district and disbursements made to the school district.  (m)  (1) If a school district uses a computerized accounting system that properly segregates revenues and disbursements by type and fund in accordance with state law and Arkansas Legislative Audit requirements, the school district may request that the county treasurer, serving as school district treasurer, receive and disburse all funds from one (1) operating account.  (2) The request shall be made in writing by the superintendent of the school district to the county treasurer.
AR Code § 6-17-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 17 - Personnel|Subchapter 9 - The Arkansas Teachers' Salary Law|§ 6-17-908. Teachers' salary fund

 (a) Only warrants or checks in payment of the following shall be paid from the teachers' salary fund:  (1) Salaries of teachers;  (2) Dues of teachers to professional organizations;  (3) Teachers' contributions to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System; and  (4)  (A) Insurance or other fringe benefits for teachers.  (B) However, insurance or other fringe benefits must be approved by a majority of the teachers in the school district voting in a secret election.      (b) The county treasurer and his or her surety or the school district treasurer, if the school district has its own treasurer, and his or her surety shall be liable for any warrants or checks paid from the teachers' salary fund which are not herein authorized.  (c) No officer, agent, or other person shall charge or collect any commission for handling any part of the teachers' salary fund.