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AR Code § 6-20-2301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 23 - Public School Funding Act of 2003|§ 6-20-2301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Public School Funding Act of 2003”.
AR Code § 6-20-2302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 23 - Public School Funding Act of 2003|§ 6-20-2302. Legislative findings

 (a) The General Assembly recognizes that:  (1) Intelligence and virtue are the safeguards of liberty and the bulwark of a free and good government; and  (2) Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 1, requires the State of Arkansas to ever maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools and to adopt all suitable means to secure to the people the advantages and opportunities of education.    (b) The General Assembly finds that because of the decision of the Supreme Court in Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee, 351 Ark. 31 (2002), it is the absolute duty of the State of Arkansas to provide all public school children with an opportunity for an adequate education.  (c) The General Assembly finds that a suitable and efficient system of public education should:  (1) Assure the availability of substantially equal and constitutionally appropriate expenditures by the state for the education of each similarly situated child in the public schools, regardless of where that child resides within the state;  (2) Assure that each school-age child resides in a school district that offers a competitive minimum salary for classroom teachers;  (3) Assure that:  (A) All students graduating from high school are able to demonstrate a defined adequate level of competence in:  (i) English, oral communications, reading, and writing;  (ii) Mathematics skills; and  (iii) Science and social studies disciplines; and    (B) An adequate level of competence evolves over time to higher levels;    (4) Assure that students with disabilities have the opportunity to graduate from high school by demonstrating alternative competencies or alternative levels of competency;  (5) Assure that students who are not on track for high school graduation are identified at a sufficiently early date so that they may be provided an opportunity at a reasonable cost to achieve the minimum levels of competence necessary to graduate from high school;  (6) Recognize that graduating from high school requires that the students, as well as the parents or guardian of the students, work hard and assume appropriate responsibility for the students' success or failure;  (7) Encourage parental involvement in the public schools and in public school activities; and  (8) Recognize that early attention to and correction of student deficiencies are substantially less expensive and more effective than remedial efforts in the later school grades.    (d) The General Assembly recognizes that the supervision of public schools and the execution of the laws regulating the schools shall be vested in such officers as the General Assembly provides.  (e) It is the intent of this subchapter to provide a system of school funding that provides to each public school child in the State of Arkansas an opportunity for an adequate education.
AR Code § 6-20-2304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 23 - Public School Funding Act of 2003|§ 6-20-2304. Rules — Access to information on legislation

 (a) The State Board of Education shall have the authority, acting pursuant to its rulemaking powers, to adopt rules for the implementation of the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) The state board shall provide access to legislation of the General Assembly concerning public school funding by the following methods:  (1) Including a link to the information on the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education website; and  (2) Requiring the superintendent of each public school district in the state to provide each member of the public school district's board of directors with:  (A) Information containing the website address where the member can access the specific legislation; or  (B) Upon request, a printed copy of the legislation.
AR Code § 6-20-2306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 23 - Public School Funding Act of 2003|§ 6-20-2306. Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide funding — Adjustments for overpayments

 (a) If the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education determines that an overpayment has been made to a school district under any appropriation authorized by this subchapter, the division may:  (1) Withhold the overpayment from subsequent state funding;  (2) Transfer the amount withheld for the overpayment to the line item appropriation from which the overpayment was initially made; or  (3) Request a refund from the school district in the amount of the overpayment.    (b) The school district shall comply as directed by the division.
AR Code § 6-20-2307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 23 - Public School Funding Act of 2003|§ 6-20-2307. Property tax report

 In order to provide relevant information to the General Assembly impacting the funding of public education, upon approval of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Arkansas Legislative Audit shall prepare a report regarding the assessment and collection of property taxes.
AR Code § 6-20-2501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act|§ 6-20-2501. Title

 This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the “Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act”.
AR Code § 6-20-2509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act|§ 6-20-2509. Project cost guidelines

 (a)  (1) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall establish formulas that shall be updated annually by the fourth quarter of the calendar year for determining the basic project cost per square foot for various types of new construction projects, including without limitation:  (A) New academic facilities;  (B) Additions to existing academic facilities; and  (C) Major improvements to academic facilities that bring the state of condition or efficiency of the academic facility to a state of condition or efficiency better than the facility's original condition of completeness or efficiency.    (2) In establishing the formulas, the division shall take into consideration:  (A) The academic programs offered;  (B) Current enrollment levels;  (C) Enrollment projections;  (D) Grade configuration;  (E) The type of public school; and  (F) Nationally recognized design and construction standards for cost per square foot.    (3) The division shall establish a process for determining the cost of local enhancements and shall include a mechanism in the formulas for determining basic project cost that excludes the cost of local enhancements from the qualified project cost.    (b)  (1) When a school district applies for state financial participation, the division shall use the appropriate formula to compute a qualified project cost.  (2) The division shall determine the estimated amount of the state's share of financial participation based on the qualified project cost and the school district's wealth index as determined under § 6-20-2502.
AR Code § 6-20-2510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act|§ 6-20-2510. Incentives for collaboration

 (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to encourage school districts to explore and consider arrangements with other districts that have the potential to:  (1) Improve academic facilities and equipment available to the public school students in the districts;  (2) Result in improved transportation arrangements for public school students in the state;  (3) Create any type of efficiency for school districts or enhanced learning opportunities for public school students in the state; and  (4) Facilitate the highest and best use of state funds in support of public school academic facilities.    (b)  (1) If school districts voluntarily consolidate or if one (1) school district annexes another school district, the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall use the lowest wealth index of the participating school districts to determine the amount of state financial participation in the first eligible academic facilities project undertaken by the resulting school district.  (2) After the completion of the first academic facilities project, the division shall compute a new wealth index for the resulting district that shall be used to determine the amount of state financial participation in future academic facilities projects undertaken by the resulting school district.
AR Code § 6-20-2512 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act|§ 6-20-2512. Regulatory authority

 The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter, which shall promote the intent and purposes of this subchapter and assure the prudent and resourceful expenditure of state funds with regard to public school academic facilities throughout the state.
AR Code § 6-20-2513 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act|§ 6-20-2513. Appeals

 (a) A public school district may appeal:  (1) A determination of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation under this subchapter to the Academic Facilities Review Board in accordance with procedures developed by the board under § 6-20-2516; and  (2)  (A) A decision of the board to the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation in accordance with procedures developed by the commission.  (B) The public school district shall provide to the board a copy of the request for appeal when it files the request with the commission.      (b) All decisions of the commission resulting from a public school district's appeal of a decision of the board under this subchapter shall be final and shall not be subject to further appeal or request for rehearing to the commission or petition for judicial review under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 6-20-2515 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act|§ 6-20-2515. Review conferences

 (a) At least one hundred twenty (120) days before the application deadline, a district may request and be granted by the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation a review conference that shall be held within seventy-five (75) days after the date of request.  (b) The district may be advised through the review conference process by an architectural and engineering firm if the school district pays the cost for the advice from the architectural and engineering firm.  (c) The review conference shall consider the following:  (1) That the proposed project is academic;  (2) The space calculation to be applied to the project if approved;  (3) The preliminary wealth index of the district, subject to change when the annual update is calculated, that will be applied to the partnership project if approved;  (4) The qualified project cost, subject to update no later than March 1 of the odd year, that will be applied to the partnership project if approved;  (5) A projected amount of state funding based on the preliminary wealth index and the qualified project cost, updated no later than March 1 of the odd year, to allow a school district projection of local funding share required; and  (6) Whether or not the proposed application meets all of the technical requirements for partnership applications as set out in the application guidelines and rules provided by the division before each partnership application cycle.    (d) The division shall make a written record of the findings of the review conference and provide a copy of the written record to the school district within five (5) working days after the written record is finalized.
AR Code § 6-20-2517 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act|§ 6-20-2517. Nursing center

 (a) Beginning in the 2017-2019 funding cycle for the Academic Facilities Partnership Program, each new application for a new school building or a major renovation to an existing school building that would normally house a nursing office shall include a school nursing center.  (b) A nursing center shall meet minimum standards for infection control and safe care, including without limitation:  (1) A private office with a door;  (2) Heat and air conditioning;  (3) A telephone;  (4) A sink with hot and cold water;  (5) A handicap-accessible bathroom with a toilet;  (6) A locking filing cabinet;  (7) A double-locking medicine cabinet;  (8) A refrigerator for medications;  (9) A sharps container and system for the disposal of biohazard waste;  (10) Personal protection equipment for each nurse, including gowns, masks, and gloves;  (11) Two (2) cots;  (12) A computer with internet access;  (13)  (A) An electronic health records system that is compliant with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191.  (B) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may purchase appropriate software that is accessible to a school district depending on the availability of funding;    (14) First aid and assessment equipment;  (15) Storage cabinets for first aid and assessment equipment; and  (16) A desk and office supplies.    (c) The project minimum required under § 6-20-2507(b)(1)(C) does not apply to a construction project with a school nursing center.  (d) A school nursing center may be located in a portable classroom.
AR Code § 6-20-2601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2601. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007”.
AR Code § 6-20-2602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness;  (2) “Commission” means the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation or its successor;  (3) “Debt service” means principal, interest, redemption premiums, if any, and trustee's fees, paying agent's fees, dissemination agent's fees, and like servicing fees relative to a bond;  (4) “Develop” means to plan, design, construct, acquire by purchase, own, rehabilitate, lease as lessor or lessee, enter into lease-purchase agreements with respect to, or install or equip any lands, buildings, improvements, machinery, equipment, or other properties of whatever nature, real, personal, or mixed;  (5) “Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor that insures commercial banks;  (6) “General revenues of the state” means the revenues described and enumerated in § 19-6-201 of the Revenue Classification Law, § 19-6-101 et seq., or in any successor law;  (7) “Nationally recognized rating agency” means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings, or any other nationally recognized rating agency approved by the State Investing Office; and  (8) “State Investing Office” means the Treasurer of State for the investment of any funds established on the books of the State Treasury, and the commission for the investment of any funds held outside the State Treasury.
AR Code § 6-20-2604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2604. Terms and characteristics of bonds

 (a) The bonds shall be issued in series in amounts sufficient to finance all or any part of public school academic facility project costs with the respective series to be designated in alphabetical order, or by the year in which issued, or both.  (b)  (1) Each series of bonds shall have the date as the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation determines and shall mature or be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption as determined by the commission over a period ending not later than thirty (30) years after the date of the bonds of each series.  (2) Pending the issuance of bonds under this subchapter, the commission may issue temporary notes maturing not more than five (5) years from the date of issuance to be exchanged for or paid from the proceeds of bonds when the bonds are issued.    (c)  (1) Each series of bonds shall bear interest whether or not subject to federal income taxation at the rate or rates accepted by the commission.  (2) Interest shall be payable at such times as the commission shall determine.    (d) The commission shall determine:  (1) The form of the bonds;  (2) The denomination of the bonds;  (3) Whether the bonds may be exchanged for bonds of another form or denomination bearing the same rate of interest and date of maturity;  (4) Whether the bonds may be payable within or without the state;  (5) Whether the bonds may be subject to redemption before maturity, including:  (A) The manner of redemption; and  (B) The redemption prices; and    (6) Any other terms and conditions of the bonds.    (e) The bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments or securities under the laws of the state, subject to the provision for registration of ownership.
AR Code § 6-20-2605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2605. Purpose of bonds

 Bonds issued under this subchapter shall be issued to finance on a temporary or permanent basis or to develop one (1) or more public school academic facility projects, and the proceeds of the bonds shall be applied to the payment of public school academic facility project costs, the costs and expenses of issuance of the bonds, the repayment of indebtedness incurred to pay public school academic facility project costs, or for refunding of bonds as provided in § 6-20-2613.
AR Code § 6-20-2606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2606. Resolutions and trust indentures

 (a) The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.  (b) Each resolution shall contain the terms, covenants, and conditions deemed desirable for the bonds, including without limitation conditions pertaining to:  (1) The establishment and maintenance of funds and accounts;  (2) The deposit and investment of revenues and of bond proceeds; and  (3) The rights and obligations of the state, its officers and officials, the commission, and the registered owners of the bonds.    (c) The resolution of the commission may provide for the execution and delivery by the commission of one (1) or more trust indentures with one (1) or more banks or trust companies located within or without the state, containing any of the terms, covenants, and conditions stated in subsection (b) of this section.  (d) A trust indenture shall be binding upon the state and its agencies, officers, and officials to the extent set forth in this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-20-2607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2607. Form of bond — Signatures

 (a) Each bond shall:  (1) Be signed with the manual or facsimile signatures of the Governor, the members of the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, and the Treasurer of State; and  (2) Have affixed, imprinted, or lithographed on the bond the Seal of the State of Arkansas.    (b) Interest coupons attached to the bonds, if any, shall be signed with the facsimile signature of the Treasurer of State.  (c) Delivery of the bonds and coupons so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any change in persons holding such offices occurring after the bonds have been executed.
AR Code § 6-20-2608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2608. Sale of bonds

 (a) The bonds may be sold:  (1) Either at public or private sale in a manner and upon such terms as the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation determines to be reasonable and expedient for the purposes for which the commission was created; and  (2) At the price the commission determines acceptable, including sale at a discount.    (b) The commission may employ administrative agents, fiscal agents, underwriters, architects, accountants, engineers, and legal counsel and may pay them reasonable compensation from the proceeds of the bonds.  (c) The fees of any trustee or paying agent as well as the costs of publication of notices and of printing of the bonds, official statements, and other documents relating to the sale of the bonds, the fees of any rating agency, and other reasonable costs of issuing and selling the bonds incurred by the commission may be paid from the proceeds of the bonds.
AR Code § 6-20-2610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 20 - Finances|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 6-20-2610. Full faith and credit of state pledged to repay bonds

 The bonds shall be the direct general obligations of the state for the payment of debt service on which the full faith and credit of the state are irrevocably pledged so long as any such bonds are outstanding. The bonds shall be payable from the general revenues of the state, and the amount of general revenues of the state as is necessary is and shall remain pledged to the payment of debt service on the bonds.