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AR Code § 21-3-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 3 - Veterans Preferences|§ 21-3-305. Reemployment

 (a) An employee as defined in § 21-5-203 who has established veterans preference eligibility and has resigned while in good standing or who has been separated without prejudice shall be eligible for reemployment within a period of time no less than the continuous period of his or her service in a department, agency, or institution of higher education, provided that he or she has been certified by the department or agency director or institution of higher education president or chancellor as meeting the current minimum qualifications as to training and experience of the class of position to which he or she is being reemployed.  (b) Prior to making the minimum qualifications certification, the department or agency director or institution of higher education president or chancellor may require the employee to pass a qualifying examination.  (c) For the purpose of reemployment eligibility under the provisions of this section, time spent in the United States Armed Forces shall not be counted.
AR Code § 21-3-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 3 - Veterans Preferences|§ 21-3-306. Rights of reservists — Legislative intent

 (a) It is declared to be the intent of the General Assembly that any person who holds an other than temporary position in the employ of the State of Arkansas shall not be denied retention in employment or any promotion or other incident or advantage of employment or transferred involuntarily to another position because the person is a member of a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces.  (b) The provisions of the reemployment rights protections of § 12-62-413 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 as in effect on January 1, 2003, shall be applicable, and the refusal of any state official to comply therewith shall subject him or her to removal from office.  (c) This section shall be retroactive and shall take effect as of the date of the entry of any state employee into one (1) of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.
AR Code § 21-3-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-501. Policy — Purpose

 (a) Recognizing the tremendous potential represented by the young people attending Arkansas institutions of higher education, and in due consideration of the great interest of the people of the State of Arkansas in retaining graduates of Arkansas institutions of higher education within the state, with the further conviction that it is in the best interest of all citizens of the state to recruit and retain qualified college graduates within the State of Arkansas government system, and recognizing the great contribution to the educational process that learning experiences within state government can provide, the General Assembly finds and declares that an affirmative effort to provide college students with employment opportunities within state government is important to the welfare and security of this state and nation and, consequently, is an important public service.  (b) The General Assembly further finds and declares that cooperative education is having, and will continue to have, a major impact on this state in meeting the socially and economically desirable goals of educating and retaining young people within this state.  (c) It is, therefore, the policy of the General Assembly and the purpose of this subchapter to establish a cooperative education program within the State of Arkansas government system to attract and retain qualified personnel from Arkansas institutions of higher education while at the same time contributing to the educational process through learning opportunities within state government.
AR Code § 21-3-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-502. Definitions

 For the purposes of this subchapter:   (1) “Academic credit” means the recognized unit requirements which students attending eligible institutions must accomplish in order to receive a degree for completion of a two-year or four-year course of study;  (2) “Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee” means the committee established by this subchapter to:  (A) Determine the eligibility of educational institutions;  (B) Review the operation of the cooperative education program through periodic meetings;  (C) Make recommendations to the participating institutions, the state personnel administrator, and to the General Assembly; and  (D) Perform all other appropriate functions to provide for the advancement of the cooperative education program;    (3)  (A) “Cooperative education” means the process of education which formally integrates the student's academic study with work experience in cooperating employer organizations.  (B) The normal plan is for the student to alternate periods of college study with educational-work experience on assignments which relate to the student's stated career objectives;    (4) “Eligible institutions of higher education” means any public or private two-year or four-year institution of higher education within the State of Arkansas which:  (A) Is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, a candidate for such accreditation, or gives satisfactory assurance that it has the potential for accreditation and is making progress which, if continued, will result in its achieving accreditation;  (B) Does not discriminate in the admission of students on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and is in compliance with the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 and executive orders issued pursuant thereto; and  (C) Is certified to the state personnel administrator by the Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee as an eligible institution based on the criteria established in § 21-3-508; and    (5) “State personnel administrator” means the head of the Office of Personnel Management, his or her successor, or the person designated by the state personnel administrator to perform the duties assigned to the administrator or to the office.
AR Code § 21-3-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-503. Student employment not restricted

 Nothing in this subchapter is to be construed as barring or in any way limiting the employment of students within the State of Arkansas governmental system, even though the student is participating in the cooperative education program at an institution of higher education during employment with the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 21-3-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-504. Creation and administration

 There is established a cooperative education program for hiring qualified students from eligible institutions of higher education within the State of Arkansas to be administered by the state personnel administrator and the Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee, as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-3-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-505. Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee

 (a) The Governor shall appoint an Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee to advise and consult with the state personnel administrator in carrying out the administration of this subchapter.  (b) The state personnel administrator shall serve as chair ex officio of the committee, which shall consist of the following:  (1) Four (4) representatives of the state government system, who shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years, except when a member is appointed to complete an unexpired term; and  (2)  (A) Five (5) representatives of institutions of higher education appointed from educational institutions with cooperative education or internship programs with the five (5) members selected from the five (5) institutions with the greatest number participating in this program.  (B) Until such time as experience reveals the number of students in the program, three (3) of the five (5) members shall be appointed from public institutions and two (2) from private institutions.      (c)  (1) The committee shall meet as frequently as the state personnel administrator deems necessary but not less than semiannually.  (2) Upon request by five (5) or more members of the committee, the state personnel administrator shall immediately call a meeting of the committee.    (d)  (1) The committee shall meet to consider and approve by a favorable vote of five (5) or more members present at such meeting the eligibility of educational institutions having students desirous of applying for the cooperative education program with the state personnel administrator.  (2) Approval shall be considered necessary no more than one (1) time every three (3) years and shall be based upon the criteria established in § 21-3-508.    (e) The committee shall further consider, evaluate, and promote cooperative education within the entire system of state government and on the campuses of all eligible institutions of higher education as the committee sees fit.
AR Code § 21-3-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-506. Agency eligibility

 All offices, branches, and agencies within state government shall be eligible to participate in the cooperative education program.
AR Code § 21-3-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-507. Student eligibility

 A student shall be eligible for a cooperative education placement upon:   (1) Certification to the state personnel administrator by the student's cooperative education program director or coordinator that the student:  (A) Has completed twenty-four (24) or more college credit hours or their equivalent measure; and  (B) Is presently enrolled as a full-time student or has completed or will complete the equivalent of twelve (12) college or graduate credit hours in the six-month period prior to taking employment under the cooperative education program; and    (2) Completion of all other application procedures required by the Office of Personnel Management for the administration of the cooperative education program.
AR Code § 21-3-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-508. School eligibility

 In order for any institution of higher education within the State of Arkansas to participate in the cooperative education program, that institution must meet the following criteria, as determined by the Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee:   (1) The institution has appointed a director or coordinator whose primary responsibility is the direction of that institution's cooperative education program, for which the director or coordinator receives proportionate compensation or released time from instruction or other administrative duties;  (2) The institution will grant academic credit toward the student's degree program for the work period within the Arkansas state government system; and  (3) The institution agrees to and does so provide the committee with a written summary of the evaluation made by the institution of the student's educational-work experience within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of that placement period.
AR Code § 21-3-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 5 - Cooperative Education Program|§ 21-3-509. State personnel administrator

 (a) The state personnel administrator shall have the responsibility to administer the cooperative education program.  (b) The duties of the administrator include, but are not limited to:  (1) Disseminating information on the availability of students through the cooperative education program and collecting requests for employment of cooperative education students;  (2) Conveying state job opportunity information to eligible institutions, to include job titles, description of duties in general, and salary and wage information;  (3) Promulgating and collecting application forms;  (4) Conveying final employment and assignment decisions, in total, to all eligible institutions;  (5) Keeping all necessary records both for the Office of Personnel Management and, as directed, by the Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee; and  (6) All other activities necessary to the orderly and lawful administration of this subchapter and not otherwise specifically delegated by this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-3-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 6 - Internship Program|§ 21-3-601. Internship program

 (a) The Legislative Council and the Department of Finance and Administration are authorized to establish, for their respective agencies, agreements with institutions of higher education to utilize highly qualified graduate level students who are seeking a Master of Arts or Master of Public Administration degree in the departments of political science of such institutions to perform duties for their respective agencies.  (b) The program shall be known as an “internship program” through which graduate level students can obtain practical experience in state government.  (c)  (1) Students preparing for careers in government shall be given priority in employment under this program.  (2) Only qualified graduate level students who are citizens of the State of Arkansas shall be eligible to receive the benefits of the provisions of this section.  (3) In addition, internship agreements shall be based on the anticipated benefits and services to be rendered to the Legislative Council or the Department of Finance and Administration under the agreement with the institution of higher education.    (d) All internship agreements entered into under the provisions of this section shall be at such rates as agreed to between the contracting institution of higher education and the Legislative Council or the Department of Finance and Administration, but shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month per student for the time required for the student to complete his or her degree requirements, including the internship work obligations under agreements entered into under the provisions of this section.  (e) No such internship agreement shall be for more than twenty-one (21) months per student.
AR Code § 21-3-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 8 - Exceptional Employee Recruitment Program|§ 21-3-801. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Exceptional Employee Recruitment Program”.
AR Code § 21-3-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Recruiting, Hiring, and Appointment|Subchapter 8 - Exceptional Employee Recruitment Program|§ 21-3-802. Recruitment of retired employees

 (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate rules providing for the recruitment of retired members of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System to return to employment for the state.  (b) Before a person recruited under the Exceptional Employee Recruitment Program may be rehired by the state, the proposed employment shall be reviewed by the Legislative Council and approved by the Governor.  (c) The retirement benefits of a person rehired pursuant to this subchapter shall terminate upon reemployment. At the conclusion of the employment, the person shall receive retirement benefits with the additional service computed in his or her retirement benefits.  (d)  (1) The actuary of the system shall determine the actuarial cost of the additional retirement benefit attributable to the person's employment under the program.  (2) Upon receiving certification of the cost by the Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall transfer the actuarial cost from the fund of the agency that employed the person under the program to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System Fund.
AR Code § 21-4-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Attendance and Leave|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-4-101. Leave of absence for public service

 (a) Any person who is employed by any person, firm, or corporation in the State of Arkansas shall be granted a leave of absence, upon the election of any such employee to a public office in the State of Arkansas, or upon appointment by the Governor of any such person to a board or commission in the State of Arkansas, which office requires the employee's absence from their employment.  (b) The leave of absence shall be for such period as the employee may request, not to exceed the duration of the term of office to which the employee has been elected.  (c) The granting of the leave of absence by the employer shall not be held to impair the employee's seniority rights of the job, nor shall the departmental seniority of the employee be broken for job purposes.
AR Code § 21-4-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Attendance and Leave|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-4-103. Service credit for former Office of Child Support Enforcement contractors

 Any employee of the Office of Child Support Enforcement who was formerly employed by a public contractor with a contract in effect as of January 1, 1998, with the office and who moved from employment with the public contractor to employment with the office without a break in service shall be entitled to credit for service for the time he or she was employed by the contractor for the purpose of establishing eligibility for annual leave accrual and career service awards to the same extent as regular state employees.
AR Code § 21-4-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Attendance and Leave|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-4-104. Leave of absence for emergency and rescue services

 (a) An employee of the state, a city of the first class, a city of the second class, an incorporated town, or a county who is a member of:  (1) The United States Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and desires to take a leave of absence for the purpose of participating in a training program for the United States Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary or in emergency and rescue services shall be entitled to a leave of absence with pay for a period of fifteen (15) days for that purpose during any one (1) calendar year, if the leave of absence is at the request of the employee's wing commander, the wing commander's designated representative, or District 15 Captain; or  (2) The National Disaster Medical System, a Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, or a Disaster Medical Assistance Team, of the Office of Emergency Management of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services and desires to take a leave of absence for the purpose of participating in a training program in emergency and rescue services shall be entitled to a leave of absence with pay for a period of fifteen (15) days for that purpose during any one (1) calendar year, if the leave of absence is in response to a United States Department of Health and Human Services National Disaster Team Alert Order.    (b)  (1) If an employee is granted a leave of absence under this section, the employee shall be entitled to his or her regular salary during the time the employee is away from his or her duties during the leave of absence.  (2) The leave of absence shall be in addition to the regular vacation time allowed to the employee.    (c) During a leave of absence, the employee shall be entitled to preserve:  (1) All seniority rights, efficiency or performance ratings, promotional status, retirement privileges, and life and disability insurance benefits; and  (2) Any other rights, privileges, and benefits to which he or she has become entitled.    (d) For purposes of computations to determine whether the person may be entitled to retirement benefits, the period of the leave of absence shall be deemed continuous service.  (e) The state, city, or county shall continue to contribute its portion of any life or disability insurance premiums during the leave of absence on behalf of the employee, if requested, so that continuous coverage may be maintained.
AR Code § 21-4-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Attendance and Leave|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-4-105. Leave of absence for reexamination or treatment of service-connected disability

 (a) All employees of the State of Arkansas, as defined in § 21-4-203, who have been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have incurred a military service-connected disability and have been scheduled by the department to be reexamined or treated for the disability shall be entitled to a leave of absence with pay for a period not to exceed six (6) days for that purpose during any one (1) calendar year.  (b)  (1) If an employee receives a leave of absence under this section, the employee shall be entitled to his or her regular salary during the time the employee is away from his or her duties during the leave of absence.  (2) The leave of absence shall be in addition to the regular annual leave and sick leave allowed to the employee.    (c) During a leave of absence, the employee shall be entitled to preserve:  (1) All seniority rights, efficiency or performance ratings, promotional status, retirement privileges, and life and disability insurance benefits; and  (2) Any other rights, privileges, and benefits to which he or she has become entitled.    (d) For purposes of computations to determine whether the employee may be entitled to retirement benefits, the period of the leave of absence shall be deemed continuous service.  (e) The state shall continue to contribute its portion of any life or disability insurance premiums during the leave of absence on behalf of the employee, if requested, so that continuous coverage may be maintained.