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AR Code § 6-50-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-806. Powers generally

 The board of directors of a workforce development center authority created under this subchapter may:   (1) Make and adopt all necessary bylaws for its organization and operation;  (2) Elect officers and employ personnel necessary for its operation;  (3) Delegate any authority given to it by law to any of its officers, committees, agents, or employees;  (4)  (A) Enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to its powers and duties under this subchapter.  (B) A workforce development center authority's power to contract includes without limitation the power to contract with one (1) or more of its sponsors for the provision of services or programs to advance any purpose of this subchapter;    (5) Apply for, receive, and spend grants for any purpose of this subchapter;  (6) Acquire lands and hold title to the lands acquired in its own name;  (7) Acquire, own, lease, use, sell, encumber, and dispose of property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this subchapter;  (8) Borrow money on a secured or unsecured basis, and in connection therewith issue bonds, promissory notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, and make and deliver indentures, mortgages, pledges, security agreements, financing statements, and other instruments encumbering assets of the workforce development center authority;  (9) Acquire, equip, construct, maintain, and operate one (1) or more workforce development centers and appurtenant facilities or properties;  (10) Promote, advertise, and publicize the workforce development center authority and its workforce development centers; and  (11) Do all things necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers and duties expressly granted or imposed under this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-50-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-808. Bonds — Sale

 (a) A workforce development center authority may issue bonds for:  (1) The cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating one (1) or more workforce development centers operated by the workforce development center authority within its area of operation;  (2) The cost of issuing the bonds;  (3) Any outstanding indebtedness of the workforce development center authority, including without limitation interest on the bonds; and  (4) Refunding any obligations issued under this subchapter.    (b) Bonds issued under this subchapter:  (1) Including any income from the bonds, or any profit made on the sale or transfer of the bonds, are exempt from taxation in this state;  (2) Shall be authorized by the board of directors of a workforce development center authority through a resolution containing any terms, covenants, and conditions that the board of directors deems to be reasonable and desirable;  (3) Shall have all of the qualities of and shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments under the laws of the State of Arkansas; and  (4) May be sold in such a manner, either at public or private sale, and upon such terms as the board of directors of a workforce development center authority shall determine to be reasonable and expedient for effectuating the purposes of this subchapter.    (c) Bonds, promissory notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued under this subchapter:  (1) Are not backed by the full faith and credit of the State of Arkansas or the sponsors of the workforce development center authority; and  (2) Shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of, nor pledge the faith and credit of, the State of Arkansas or a sponsor of the workforce development center authority within the meaning of any constitutional provisions or limitations.
AR Code § 6-50-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-809. Accounts — Report — Audit

 (a)  (1) The board of directors of a workforce development center authority:  (A) Shall deposit the funds received by the workforce development center authority into bank accounts as determined by the board of directors; and  (B) May withdraw funds from the bank accounts as determined by the board of directors.    (2)  (A) Each workforce development center authority shall:  (i) Keep strict account of all of its receipts and expenditures; and  (ii) Make a report each quarter to the governing bodies of each sponsor.    (B) The report shall contain an itemized account of the workforce development center authority's receipts and disbursements during the preceding quarter.  (C) The report shall be made within sixty (60) days after the end of the quarter.      (b)  (1)  (A)  (i) Within sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year, each workforce development center authority shall cause an annual audit to be made by an independent certified public accountant.  (ii) Each workforce development center authority shall file a copy of the resulting audit report with the governing bodies of each sponsor.    (B) The audit shall contain an itemized statement of the workforce development center authority's receipts and disbursements for the preceding year.    (2) The books, records, and accounts of each workforce development center authority shall be subject to audit and examination by any proper public official or body in the manner provided by law.
AR Code § 6-50-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 50 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Workforce Development Center Authority Act|§ 6-50-810. Dissolution

 (a) If a workforce development center authority does not have any outstanding indebtedness, the board of directors of a workforce development center authority may adopt a resolution, which shall be entered in its minutes, declaring that the workforce development center authority shall be dissolved.  (b) The resolution dissolving the workforce development center authority shall provide for allocation of the workforce development center authority's remaining assets among the sponsors as of the date of dissolution.  (c) Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State, the workforce development center authority is dissolved.
AR Code § 6-51-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-51-101. Vehicle registration — Tax and fee exemptions

 (a) All motor vehicles owned and operated by publicly financed vocational-technical schools, technical colleges, and community colleges in the state and used exclusively for training purposes shall be exempt from:  (1) State, county, and municipal taxes; and  (2) All vehicle registration fees.    (b)  (1) Each publicly supported vocational-technical school, technical college, and community college in the state now owning or hereafter acquiring one (1) or more motor vehicles used exclusively for training purposes shall register vehicles in the same manner as is provided by law for other motor vehicles, but no charge shall be made for the registration of the vehicles.  (2) All vocational-technical school, technical college, and community college buses registered under the provisions of this section shall be properly identified as vocational-technical school, technical college, and community college vehicles.
AR Code § 6-51-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-51-102. Eye protection

 (a) Every student and teacher in the public schools, colleges, vocational schools, and universities of this state participating in any of the following courses is required to wear industrial-quality eye protective devices at all times while participating in the following courses or laboratories:  (1) Vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories involving experience with:  (A) Hot molten metals;  (B) Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or stamping of any solid materials;  (C) Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials;  (D) Gas or electric arc welding;  (E) Any of the processes listed in this section which may be used for repairing a vehicle; or  (F) Caustic or explosive materials; or    (2) Chemical or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids.    (b) A board of education may in its discretion:  (1) Purchase eye protective devices and furnish them free to students and teachers;  (2) Purchase eye protective devices and sell or rent the devices to students and teachers; or  (3) Require students and teachers to furnish their own eye protective devices without cost to the school, college, or university.    (c) As used in this section:  (1) A “board of education” shall be construed to include school district boards of directors of this state, county boards of education, or the trustees of the various state-supported institutions of higher learning in this state; and  (2) “Industrial-quality eye protective devices” means devices meeting the standards of the American standard safety code for head, eye, and respiratory protection, Z2. 1-1959, promulgated by the American National Standards Institute.
AR Code § 6-51-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-51-103. Required admission for certain students

 Any student who has met, or is in the process of meeting, the state requirements for graduation shall not be denied access to any program of vocational education if space is available within the program.
AR Code § 6-51-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-51-105. Priorities — Vocational-technical institutions

 A high priority of the vocational-technical institutions shall be to combat illiteracy and to provide industrial training in the workplace.
AR Code § 6-51-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-201. Receipt and administration of federal funds

 The State Board of Career Education is designated as the agency of state government to receive and administer any and all federal funds made available to this state for the purpose of assisting the state or school districts in providing for the extension of vocational education of less than college grade in the field of vocational-technical and adult education for persons sixteen (16) years of age and over.
AR Code § 6-51-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-202. Authority to establish schools

 (a) The State Board of Career Education is authorized to establish or designate one (1) or more area vocational-technical and adult education schools of less than college grade for the purpose of offering training in the various areas which may be prescribed by the United States Congress for persons sixteen (16) years of age or over.  (b) The location of the school or schools shall be determined by the board by formal resolution which shall be made a part of the minutes of the board, and a copy shall be filed with the Secretary of State.  (c)  (1) In the event more than one (1) school is established, the location of the school or schools shall be in different congressional districts until a school has been established in each congressional district.  (2) The board may, without regard to the foregoing limitation, designate any area vocational-technical and adult education school for location on lands owned by any school district which, in its application made and filed with the board, proposes to construct and operate such a school.  (3) However, this authority would be applicable only if state funds for construction of area vocational-technical and adult education schools are not available.  (4) In the event the board designates an area school to be constructed and operated by a school district, the school district board of directors must provide operating funds from local sources, except that federal funds which are now available or which may hereafter be provided by the federal government may be used as operating funds.
AR Code § 6-51-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-203. Determining school location and establishing courses of instruction

 (a) In determining the location of technical institutes or vocational-technical schools and in establishing the courses of instruction to be offered in the schools, the State Board of Education shall give consideration to:  (1) Trends in industrial development;  (2) Concentration of population;  (3) Concentration of industry;  (4) Natural resources; and  (5) Reasonable distance for people in all areas of the state.    (b)  (1) The State Board of Education shall develop a course content syllabus for each course of instruction offered in a postsecondary technical institute or vocational-technical school. The course syllabus for each course of instruction shall specify the essential competencies to be taught in the course of instruction.  (2)  (A) Each instructor employed in a postsecondary technical institute or vocational-technical school shall utilize the appropriate course syllabus in providing instruction to postsecondary vocational students.  (B) It shall be the responsibility of the director of each postsecondary technical institute or vocational-technical school to ensure that vocational-technical instructors utilize the course syllabi developed pursuant to the provisions of this section in offering instruction to postsecondary vocational-technical students.    (3) The course syllabi required to be developed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be adopted by the State Board of Education not later than July 1, 1990, and shall be utilized in postsecondary technical institutes or vocational-technical schools in the school year beginning 1990-1991.    (c)  (1) The State Board of Education and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board are hereby authorized to certify certain courses of instruction offered by postsecondary technical institutes or vocational-technical schools as being equivalent to comparable courses offered by public two-year or four-year institutions of higher education.  (2) Any course of instruction offered by postsecondary technical institutes or vocational-technical schools that is certified as equivalent to a comparable course of instruction offered by a two-year or four-year institution of higher education shall be transferable for credit to a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education.    (d) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for implementation of the provisions of this section in accordance with the accreditation standards of the receiving institutions.  (e) Students who matriculate at institutions of higher education shall meet the same standards for college and university admission as are defined in § 6-61-110.
AR Code § 6-51-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-204. Public school or community branches — Special instruction

 In addition to the authority of the State Board of Career Education to establish area vocational-technical and adult education schools as authorized in §§ 6-51-201 — 6-51-203, 6-51-205, and 6-51-207, § 6-51-208(a)-(c), §§ 6-51-209 and 6-51-210, and laws amendatory thereto, the board is authorized, whenever funds are available, to establish branches of those area vocational-technical schools or to offer special vocational-technical instruction at public schools or in other facilities in communities in the area of the respective vocational-technical schools, as the board may determine is in the interest of the area and whenever sufficient demand may exist.
AR Code § 6-51-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-205. Responsibility for school operation — Personnel and equipment

 (a) The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the operation of the schools and shall have authority to purchase, lease, or construct buildings, land, equipment, machinery, and supplies necessary for the teaching of trade, vocational, or other federally aided adult courses of less than college grade.  (b) The state board is authorized to employ personnel, to set salaries which shall be comparable to those received by other similarly positioned personnel in the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, and to negotiate leases or purchases with any and all agencies of the United States Government for the lease or purchase of suitable facilities, equipment, machinery, and supplies to be used for the purposes authorized by this section and §§ 6-51-201 — 6-51-203, 6-51-207, 6-51-208(a)-(c), 6-51-209, and 6-51-210.  (c) All laws governing the employment of personnel of the division, including such matters as leave rules and teacher retirement membership, shall apply to employees of all vocational-technical and adult education schools.
AR Code § 6-51-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-206. Local board's authority to sell, convey, or lease unneeded lands

 (a) The local boards of technical institutes and comprehensive lifelong learning centers are authorized to sell or convey lands belonging to any of the local boards of technical institutes and comprehensive lifelong learning centers of this state if the local board shall determine that the lands are not needed for vocational-technical educational purposes.  (b) In addition, the local boards may enter into long-term leases with private nonprofit organizations for the location of mental health centers and other public service facilities not operated for profit on any of the lands belonging to a technical institute or vocational-technical school in this state if the local board determines that the lands are not required for the present or anticipated future needs of the school and that the lease thereof would serve a beneficial public service.  (c) The lease shall be under those terms, for that period of time, and under those conditions which the local board may determine would be in the best interest of the State of Arkansas and the state's vocational-technical school program.
AR Code § 6-51-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-207. Authority to accept gifts and donations

 The State Board of Career Education is granted authority to accept gifts, grants, donations, equipment and materials, and bequests of money and real and personal property for the purposes of this section and §§ 6-51-201 — 6-51-203 and 6-51-205, § 6-51-208(a)-(c), and §§ 6-51-209 and 6-51-210.
AR Code § 6-51-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-208. Student fees

 (a) The State Board of Education may establish a reasonable system of charges as fees to be paid by students in the technical institutes or vocational-technical schools and adult education courses, with the system of charges to be established according to the type of course of instruction and the length thereof.  (b) The rate or fees to be paid by students shall be set by the state board, and all funds accruing in the fiscal year over and above the amount appropriated by the General Assembly from the fund shall be deposited into the State Treasury at the end of the fiscal year.  (c) Employees may not be paid from cash funds unless appropriated for this specific purpose by the General Assembly.  (d) No secondary student or school shall be made to pay a tuition charge as a condition of his or her enrollment in any vocational program funded by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education while enrolled in a regular high school program.  (e) When any person sixty (60) years of age or older is admitted and enrolls as a student in any state area vocational-technical school, the state board or other appropriate institutional officials shall waive all the general student fee charges for each such student on a space-available basis in existing classes.
AR Code § 6-51-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-209. Accident insurance for students

 (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to expend fees collected from students to provide accident insurance coverage to students.  (b) Such purchases shall follow regular state purchasing procedures and rules.
AR Code § 6-51-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-210. Disposition of funds generally

 All income of the State Board of Career Education derived from student fees and from the sale of real or personal property or income from other sources as provided in this subchapter belonging to the board shall be deposited in the State Treasury for use by the board in developing a state vocational-technical and adult education program of less than college grade for persons sixteen (16) years of age and over.
AR Code § 6-51-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-211. Acceptance of certain federal benefits promoting vocational education

 (a) The State of Arkansas accepts the benefits of an act passed by the United States Congress entitled, “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure,” approved by the President on February 23, 1917.  (b) The state agrees to observe and to comply with all the requirements of the federal act.