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AR Code § 6-13-615 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-615. Local option to elect directors from single-member zones

 (a)  (1) Qualified electors of a school district may, by petition, have placed on the ballot of any annual school election the issue to determine whether to elect the school district board of directors from single-member zones.  (2) The petitions calling for such an issue to be placed on the ballot shall be signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of the school district, based upon the total number of registered voters in the school district.  (3) The petitions may be circulated between ninety (90) days and forty-five (45) days before the election date.  (4) The petitions shall be filed with the county election commission of the county in which the largest portion of the school district lies.    (b)  (1) Within ten (10) days of the receipt and verification of the sufficiency of the petitions, the county election commission shall notify the board of directors of the affected school district that the issue shall be placed on the ballot of the next school election.  (2) The county election commission shall specify the wording of the ballot to be used to determine whether to elect the school district board of directors from single-member zones.    (c) If a majority of the qualified electors of the school district shall vote for the election of the school district board of directors from single-member zones, the county election commission of the county in which the largest portion of the school district lies shall establish, within the school district, boundaries for the election of directors of the board of directors which shall have substantially equal population based on the most recent available census information and from which racial minorities may be represented on the board of directors in proportions reflected in the school district population as a whole.  (d) The members of the board of directors of the school district shall be elected for a three-year term. Provided, any member of the board of directors shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and qualified. A member of the board of directors who is qualified to serve the zone he or she represents may succeed himself or herself.  (e)  (1) Following the election, the new school district board of directors at their initial meeting shall, by lot, establish their initial terms so that an equal number of positions are filled each year and not more than three (3) members' terms expire each year.  (2) The regular term of office for the school district board of directors elected after the initial election following the decision to elect from single-member zones shall be the same as the term of the school district board of directors of the school district before the change in the method of election of the school district board of directors.
AR Code § 6-13-616 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-616. Qualifications of directors

 (a) No person shall be eligible to be a member of any school district board of directors in this state unless he or she is a qualified elector of the school district which he or she serves.  (b) No person who is elected to a school district board of directors shall be eligible for employment in that same school district.
AR Code § 6-13-617 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-617. Oath

 (a)  (1) Each director elected for an initial or nonconsecutive term of office shall, within ten (10) days after receiving notice from the county clerk or his or her designee of his or her election or within ten (10) days after receiving notice from the county clerk or his or her designee of his or her appointment, subscribe to the following oath before an individual authorized to administer oaths under § 21-2-105:  (2)  (A) After the oath is administered, the director shall submit a certification of the administration of the oath to the county clerk or his or her designee.  (B) The certification of the administration of the oath shall contain:  (i) A copy of the oath;  (ii) The director's signature;  (iii) The administrator's signature; and  (iv) The date.        (b)  (1) The county clerk, upon receipt of the certification of the administration of the oath prescribed for a director, shall immediately commission such persons, and they shall enter at once upon their duties as directors.  (2) By the close of business of the day following the receipt of the certification of the administration of the oath, the county clerk or his or her designee shall notify the superintendent of the school district by phone that the individual has subscribed to the director's oath and shall send a copy of the certificate of the administration of the oath to the school district’s central office within five (5) days.    (c) The failure of an elected director to have the oath administered as required under subsection (a) of this section will result in:  (1) The individual’s not being qualified to serve for the purpose of Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 5; and  (2) A holdover.      “I, , do hereby solemnly swear or affirm, that I will support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution, and that I will not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract made by the district of which I am a director, except as permitted by state law and that I will faithfully discharge the duties as school director in School District upon which I am about to enter.   Director's Signature   Administrator's Signature   Date”.
AR Code § 6-13-618 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-618. Organization — Disbursing officer

 (a) At the first regular meeting following the later of the certification of the results of the annual school election or the certification of the results of a runoff election, the board of directors of each school district shall organize by electing:  (1) One (1) of their number president;  (2) One (1) of their number vice president; and  (3) A secretary who may be, but need not be, a member of the board of directors.    (b)  (1) By resolution adopted by majority vote, the board of directors shall designate one (1) of its members who shall serve as the primary board of directors disbursing officer of the school district.  (2) In addition, the board of directors may designate one (1) or more board members as an alternate board of directors disbursing officer or officers in the absence of the designated primary board of directors disbursing officer.  (3) Such a resolution must be filed with the county treasurer and the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.    (c) No warrant or check other than food service or activity funds warrants or checks shall be valid in the absence of the following manual or facsimile signatures:  (1) That of the designated board member serving as disbursing officer for the school district or the designated alternate; and  (2) That of the superintendent of the school district.
AR Code § 6-13-621 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-621. Authority to convey section lands

 The board of directors of each school district in this state shall hereafter have authority to convey any of the school district's sixteenth section lands in exchange for any other land which would be more beneficial to the school district.
AR Code § 6-13-622 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-622. Publication of budget

 (a) The requirement of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 40, for publication of a public school district's budget shall be discharged by the board of directors of each school district by publication of the school district's budget one (1) time in a newspaper that is published in or has a bona fide circulation in the county or counties in which the school district is administered.  (b) The publication shall be made not less than sixty (60) days before the school election at which the annual ad valorem property tax for the school district is decided by the electors.
AR Code § 6-13-623 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-623. Legal proceedings — Employment of counsel

 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the governing authority of any school district in the State of Arkansas is authorized to employ legal counsel to defend it, any member thereof, or any school official in any legal proceeding to which the board of directors, any member thereof, or any school official may be a defendant, which such proceeding is instituted against it, or against any member thereof, by virtue of his or her actions in connection with his or her duties as such member.  (b) All costs, expenses, and liabilities of proceedings so defended shall be a charge against the school district and paid out of funds provided by the governing body of the school district.
AR Code § 6-13-624 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-624. Oil, gas, and mineral leases

 (a) The directors of any common or special school district of this state shall have full and complete authority without any authorization by electors of the school district to execute and deliver oil, gas, and mineral leases upon the lands of the school district, which leases are to contain such terms and are to be given for such consideration as is acceptable to the directors.  (b) Any and all oil, gas, and mineral leases covering lands of any such school district, hereafter executed by the directors of the school district, shall be valid and effectual and binding on the school district.  (c) All oil, gas, and mineral leases covering the lands of any common or special school district of this state which have been made and executed by the directors of the school district are declared to be binding on the school district and effectual for all the purposes therein set out.
AR Code § 6-13-625 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-625. Liability insurance

 (a) The boards of directors of the respective school districts of this state may, upon approval of the majority of the members thereof, purchase liability insurance to protect the individual members of the board of directors from legal liability for activities arising out of duties as a director, including liability arising out of alleged malfeasance, errors, omissions, wrongful acts not related to bodily injury or property damage, and other actions taken in the performance of their duties as directors.  (b) The board of directors may pay the premium on the liability insurance policy from funds belonging to the school district.
AR Code § 6-13-626 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-626. Access of military recruiters to school facilities and records

 If the board of directors of a school district permits access to the school grounds, facilities, and records by any person or group of persons whose purpose is to make students aware of occupational and educational options and opportunities, the board of directors shall also permit such access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and the United States to enable those representatives to inform students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.
AR Code § 6-13-628 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-628. Purchases in small communities without bids

 Whenever any school in a school district in any county of this state having a population of less than six thousand (6,000), according to the most recent federal census, is located in a community in which there is only one (1) store selling school supplies or furnishings, the school district may purchase such supplies or furnishings from the store irrespective of any laws of this state regarding the taking of bids for school purchases.
AR Code § 6-13-630 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-630. Election by zone and at large

 (a)  (1) The board of directors of any school district shall have the authority to provide by resolution adopted by a majority vote that a portion of the board members shall be elected by zone, at large, or a combination thereof.  (2) A candidate for a position to be elected by zones shall reside in the zone.  (3) The names of the candidates for at-large board positions shall appear upon the ballots throughout the school district.    (b) The resolution adopted by the board of directors shall prescribe the procedure for implementing the reorganization within four (4) years after the date of the passage of the resolution.  (c) Every such resolution adopted by the board of directors of such school district shall adopt a plan of election for members of the board of directors which will cause the selection procedures to be in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 et seq.  (d) The board of directors of the school district shall cause the resolution to be published at least thirty (30) days before the filing deadline for the next regular school election after the adoption of the resolution.
AR Code § 6-13-632 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-632. Adequate meeting facilities required

 (a) The board of directors of schools with an average daily membership of at least twenty-five thousand (25,000) shall hereafter hold all school district board of director meetings and public hearings in facilities that will adequately accommodate individuals with disabilities and the number of patrons anticipated to attend.  (b) If a single room is not large enough or adequate to accommodate individuals with disabilities and the number of patrons who attend, the board of directors shall utilize closed-circuit television or other means which will assure full participation by all in attendance.
AR Code § 6-13-634 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-634. School district board of directors — Size

 (a)  (1) A school district shall have a board of directors with five (5) members or seven (7) members.  (2) A school district may have a board of directors with nine (9) members if the school district has an average daily membership of twenty thousand (20,000) or more.    (b)  (1) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to those school districts that have a board of directors of seven (7) members, or in the case of a school district having an average daily membership of twenty thousand (20,000) or more, and having chosen to elect nine (9) members, if the school district is operating under a court order or a consolidation agreement that provides for a board of directors.  (2) Except as otherwise provided by law, a school district that elects its directors from single-member zones is subject to the requirements of this section.    (c)  (1) A school district board of directors shall not have an even number of directors.  (2) No less than ninety (90) days before the next annual school election, a school district seeking to increase or decrease the number of its directors shall file a petition with the State Board of Education to establish the requisite odd number of directors.  (3) The school district shall publish notice of the filing of the petition within ten (10) days thereafter for one (1) insertion in a newspaper having a general circulation in the school district.  (4) Upon a showing that the increase or decrease will be for the benefit of the school district petitioning for it, the State Board of Education may enter an order to increase or decrease the number of directors for the school district to a number of directors provided under subsection (a) of this section.  (5) The order directing an increase or decrease shall be entered not more than sixty (60) days after the publication of the notice under subdivision (c)(3) of this section.  (6) If the number of members of a board of directors is decreased under this section, the board of directors in office on August 12 before the next regular school election shall draw lots to determine which board positions will be eliminated.    (d) Any change in the number of directors serving on a school district board of directors under this section is effective upon the directors' taking office following the next regular annual school election.
AR Code § 6-13-635 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally|§ 6-13-635. School board review and approval of salary increases — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “salary increase” means an increase in the salary paid to a school district employee for performing substantially the same job functions as the employee performed before receiving the salary increase.  (b)  (1)  (A) A school district board of directors shall review and approve by a written resolution an increase in salary of five percent (5%) or more for a school district employee.  (B) The resolution shall include the reasons for the salary increase, which may include without limitation:  (i) A bonus that is not added to the employee's salary;  (ii) An incentive bonus provided:  (a) For National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification under § 6-17-413; (b) To a certified speech-language pathologist under § 6-17-413; (c) For teacher recruitment or retention in high-priority school districts under § 6-17-811; (d) To a master principal under § 6-17-1603; or (e) Under another specific provision of law; or    (iii) An increase in salary received as a result of the school district employee moving into a new position with substantially different job functions.      (2)  (A) The school district shall provide a certified copy of the written resolution required under this subsection to the auditor who conducts the annual financial audit of the school district.  (B) Within thirty (30) days following the date of an audit report in which an auditor notes noncompliance under this section, the school district shall provide a copy of the audit report to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (C) Annually by October 1, the division shall:  (i) Compile a list of the reports of noncompliance received under this section; and  (ii) Provide the list to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.
AR Code § 6-13-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 8 - Educational Compacts Generally|§ 6-13-801. Authorization

 (a) Any two (2) or more school districts in this state are authorized to enter into compacts, as authorized by this subchapter, to share or provide educational facilities, resources, and opportunities, including without limitation alternative educational programs, secondary area vocational centers, and community-based education programs that the boards of directors of the compacting school districts determine may be better and more efficiently provided by such compact agreements rather than by each school district acting in its individual capacity.  (b) If all of the school districts that have entered into a compact are within the service area of the same education service cooperative, that education service cooperative is also authorized to enter into the compact.  (c) The members of the compact may jointly enter into lease agreements for the purpose of renting facilities.
AR Code § 6-13-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 8 - Educational Compacts Generally|§ 6-13-802. Provisions

 Compacts entered into under the provisions of this subchapter shall:   (1) Be in writing and specify the effective date thereof, the duration thereof, and provisions for termination of the compact, if any, desired by the compacting school districts;  (2) Include a description of the buildings, facilities, equipment, teachers, or other educational facilities or opportunities to be shared or provided under the compact agreement;  (3) Prescribe the method of financing the compact agreement, including the charges or allowances of each participating school district, the method of apportioning such finances, and such other requirements as may be necessary to establish the financial rights and obligations of each participating school district under the compact;  (4) Specify the rights and obligations of each school district upon termination of the compact agreement or upon withdrawal of any member school district from the compact agreement;  (5)  (A) Provide for the administration of the compact agreement by a compact board consisting of the president and secretary of each member school district and such additional members as the compact agreement may provide.  (B) All members of the compact board shall be members of the boards of directors of the participating compact school districts; and    (6) Contain such other provisions or limitations not inconsistent with this subchapter as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of the compact agreement.
AR Code § 6-13-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 8 - Educational Compacts Generally|§ 6-13-803. Approval by school district board of directors

 (a) Before any compact shall become binding upon any member school district, the board of directors of each school district shall approve, by majority action of the entire membership, a resolution approving the compact agreement and the participation of the school district therein as specified in the provisions of the compact agreement.  (b) Before entering into any compact agreement under this subchapter, the board of directors of each member school district shall, by majority action of the members thereof, make a finding that the educational opportunities and services to be rendered or received by the school district and the cost thereof to the school district under the proposed compact are necessary, reasonable, and justified expenses of the school district.