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AR Code § 6-13-1303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1303. Adoption of policy

 (a) Following a secret ballot vote by two-thirds (2/3) of the licensed employees in a local building site to implement site-based decision making, the local school district board of directors may adopt a policy for implementing site-based decision making in the school district, to include, but not be limited to, a description of how school district policies have been amended to allow school employees at the local school building site to be involved in the decision-making process as they work to meet educational goals.  (b) For the policy to be implemented, it must be adopted by a majority of the board of directors of the school district.
AR Code § 6-13-1304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1304. School council established — Members

 The school district policy adopted by the board of directors and licensed faculty of a local school district shall require the following when any local school building site elects to implement site-based decision making under the provisions of this subchapter:   (1)  (A)  (i) A school council shall be established, composed of teachers, classified employees, and the building principal or administrator.  (ii) A majority of the council shall be made up of teachers.    (B)  (i) The teacher representatives on the council shall be elected by a majority of the teachers in a secret ballot election conducted by the teachers in the building.  (ii) The classified employee representatives shall be elected by a majority of the classified employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the classified employees;      (2)  (A) The school council may include parent representatives if two-thirds (2/3) of the parents present at a meeting called for that purpose vote to participate in site-based decision making.  (B) The parent representatives on the council shall be elected by the parents at a meeting called for that purpose and shall not be relatives of any employee of the school or any board member; and    (3) Members of the school council shall elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary.
AR Code § 6-13-1305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1305. School district policy — Contents

 The policy adopted by the local school district board of directors to implement site-based decision making shall also address the following:   (1) Parent, citizen, and community participation, including the relationship of the school council with other groups;  (2) Cooperation and collaboration within the school district, with other school districts, and with other public and private agencies;  (3) Professional development plans developed pursuant to the state accreditation standards;  (4) School-level improvement plans, including the form and function of strategic planning and its relationship to school district planning;  (5) School budget and administration, including:  (A) Discretionary funds;  (B) Activity and other school funds;  (C) Funds for maintenance, supplies, and equipment; and  (D) Accounting and auditing;    (6) Assessment of individual student progress, including testing and reporting of student progress to students, parents, the school district, the community, and the state;  (7) Requirements for waiver of school district policies;  (8) Requirements for record keeping by the school council;  (9) A process for appealing a decision made by a school council; and  (10) Teacher evaluations, professional growth plans, and teacher support under the Teacher Excellence and Support System, § 6-17-2801 et seq.
AR Code § 6-13-1306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1306. School council powers and duties

 The school council established under this subchapter may implement policies in the following areas:   (1) Planning and resolution of issues regarding instructional practices;  (2) Selection and implementation of discipline and classroom management techniques, including responsibilities of the student, parent, teacher, counselor, and principal;  (3) Curriculum, including:  (A) Needs assessment;  (B) Curriculum development;  (C) Alignment with state standards;  (D) Technology utilization; and  (E) Program appraisal;    (4) Assignment of all instructional and noninstructional staff time;  (5) Provision for planning time for instructional staff;  (6) Assignment of students to classes and programs within the school;  (7) Determination of the schedule of the school day and week, subject to the beginning and ending times of the school day and school calendar year as specified in the personnel policies or negotiated agreements;  (8) Determination of use of school space during the school day and week; and  (9) Selection of extracurricular programs and determination of policies relating to student participation based on academic qualifications and attendance requirements, program evaluation, and supervision.
AR Code § 6-13-1307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1307. Other authority — Granted by local board

 The local board may grant to the school council other authority as authorized by law.
AR Code § 6-13-1308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1308. Assistance by Division of Elementary and Secondary Education

 (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may develop sample guidelines to assist local boards of directors in the development of their policies.  (b) The division may provide professional development activities to assist schools in implementing site-based decision making.
AR Code § 6-13-1309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making|§ 6-13-1309. Alternative model

 (a) A local school building site that chooses to have site-based decision making but wishes to be exempt from the administrative structure set forth by this subchapter may develop a model for implementing site-based decision making, including, but not limited to, a description of the membership, organization, duties, and responsibilities of a school council.  (b)  (1) The local school building site shall submit the model through the local school district board of directors to the Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education for approval.  (2) The application for approval of the model shall show evidence that it has been developed by representatives of the parents, students, and employees of the school and that two-thirds (2/3) of the licensed employees voting in a secret ballot election have agreed to the model.
AR Code § 6-13-1401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1401. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Affected district” means a school district that:  (A) Loses territory or students as a result of annexation; or  (B) Is involved in a consolidation;    (2) “Aggrieved district” means the lawfully constituted and existing board of directors of a school district that gains or loses territory or students as a result of an annexation or consolidation;  (3) “Annexation” means the joining of an affected school district or part thereof with a receiving district;  (4) “Consolidation” means the joining of two (2) or more affected school districts or parts thereof to create a new single school district;  (5) “Receiving district” means a school district or districts that receive territory or students, or both, from an affected district as a result of annexation; and  (6) “Resulting district” means the new school district created from an affected district or districts as a result of consolidation.
AR Code § 6-13-1402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1402. Consolidation and annexation authority

 There shall not be any consolidation or annexation of any public school district with any other school district in the state without the prior consent and approval of the State Board of Education.
AR Code § 6-13-1407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1407. Creation of school district — When part of school district taken

 (a) Any receiving district or resulting district created under this section shall become the successor in interest to the property of the school district dissolved, shall become liable for the contracts and debts of such a school district, and may sue and be sued therefor.  (b) When territory less than the entire school district is annexed or consolidated to a school district, the receiving district or resulting district shall take the property of the school district from which the territory was taken, as the State Board of Education shall deem proper, and shall be liable for that part of all indebtedness of the school district from which the territory was taken as shall be assigned to it by the state board unless otherwise approved by a majority vote of the affected district's or affected districts' board or boards of directors.
AR Code § 6-13-1408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1408. Annexation or consolidation not to negatively impact state-assisted desegregation

 (a) The State Board of Education shall not order any annexation or consolidation under this subchapter or any other act or any combination of acts which hampers, delays, or in any manner negatively affects the desegregation efforts of a school district or districts in this state.  (b) Before the entry of any order under this subchapter, the state board shall seek an advisory opinion from the Attorney General concerning the impact of the proposed annexation or consolidation on the effort of the state to assist a school district or districts in desegregation of the public schools of this state.  (c) Any order of annexation or consolidation or combination thereof that violates the provisions of this section shall be null and void.
AR Code § 6-13-1409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1409. State Board of Education

 (a) The State Board of Education shall have the following duties regarding consolidations and annexations:  (1) To form local school districts, change boundary lines of school districts, dissolve school districts and annex the territory of those school districts to another school district, create new school districts, and perform all other functions regarding changes in school districts in accordance with the law;  (2) To transfer funds and attach territory that is in no school district to other school districts as may seem best for the educational welfare of the children; and  (3) To enact rules regarding the consolidation and annexation of school districts under this title.    (b) The millage rate of the electors of the affected district shall remain the same until an election may be held to change the rate of taxation for the resulting district or receiving district.
AR Code § 6-13-1410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1410. Appeal and election

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the decision of the State Board of Education regarding a consolidation or annexation shall be final with no further right of appeal except that only an aggrieved district may appeal to Pulaski County Circuit Court pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 6-13-1411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1411. Use of fund balances

 (a) Unless otherwise approved by a unanimous vote of the board of directors of the resulting district, the fund balances of any school district that is consolidated, annexed, or otherwise reorganized shall be used by the resulting district solely for the construction of facilities or the operation, maintenance, or support of the schools that were located in the affected district from which the fund balance was derived if any of the facilities of the affected district from which the fund balance was derived remain open.  (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the consolidation or annexation is because of the school district's failure to meet standards for accreditation, failure to meet fiscal or facilities distress requirements, or failure to meet the requirements to exit Level 5 — Intensive support pursuant to The Quality Education Act of 2003, § 6-15-201 et seq., the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program, § 6-20-1901 et seq., the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act, § 6-21-801 et seq., and the Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act, § 6-15-2901 et seq.
AR Code § 6-13-1414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation|§ 6-13-1414. Boundary change by State Board of Education

 (a)  (1) The State Board of Education shall consider a petition from a local board of directors of any school district seeking an adjustment or change of boundary lines between its school district and an adjoining school district.  (2) The local board of directors must file the petition with the state board at least thirty (30) days before the next regularly scheduled state board meeting, at which time the petition will be presented for hearing before the state board.    (b) Upon proof to the state board of public notice issued in the local newspapers of general circulation in each affected district no less than one (1) time a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, the state board may, by approval of a majority of the members of a quorum present of the state board, issue an order changing or adjusting the boundary lines between the adjoining school districts.  (c) If the local board of directors of each of the affected districts is unable to agree on the proposed change in boundary lines, the state board shall adjust and change the boundary lines in accordance with its best judgment subject to the requirement of subsection (f) of this section or shall rule that the boundaries remain unchanged.  (d) Upon an order from the state board to change or adjust boundary lines, it shall be the duty of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office to immediately make changes in the maps of the school districts to show the changes of boundaries.  (e)  (1) The state board shall:  (A) Issue an order establishing the changed boundaries; and  (B) File the order with the:  (i) County clerk in each county in which every affected district lies;  (ii) Secretary of State; and  (iii) Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office.      (2) The county clerk shall make a permanent record of the order.  (3) The boundaries established under this subsection shall be the boundaries of the affected districts until changes are made according to the provisions of law.    (f) The state board shall not order any change in school district boundaries which hampers, delays, or in any manner negatively affects the desegregation efforts of the public school districts in the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 6-13-1501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 15 - Creation of School District by Detaching Territory from Existing School District|§ 6-13-1501. Creation of school district by detaching territory from existing school district

 (a)  (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly by this subchapter to provide opportunities for children of this state by allowing local community members the opportunity to establish and maintain public schools in a manner that optimizes educational resources within a community.  (2) The General Assembly finds that the educational needs of the students of this state shall be best served by not allowing creation of a school district under this subchapter with fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students, thus ensuring adequate educational opportunities for students.    (b) A school district created under this subchapter shall have all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of other public school districts.
AR Code § 6-13-1502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 15 - Creation of School District by Detaching Territory from Existing School District|§ 6-13-1502. Minimum area and attendance requirements

 (a) A new school district may not be created in an area with fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students in average daily membership.  (b) An existing school district shall not be reduced by means of detachment to an area with fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students in average daily membership.  (c) A new school district to be created by detachment must only be made up of students from one (1) existing school district.  (d) This subchapter shall apply only to school districts that:  (1) Had an average daily membership of at least five thousand (5,000) students in the school year immediately preceding the detachment; or  (2) Encompass a total area of four hundred fifty square miles (450 sq. mi.) or more, now or in the future.
AR Code § 6-13-1503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 15 - Creation of School District by Detaching Territory from Existing School District|§ 6-13-1503. Initiation of detachment

 Creation of a new school district by detachment shall be initiated by:   (1) Resolution of the board of directors of each school district from which territory is to be detached; or  (2) A petition that is presented to the State Board of Education pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-13-1601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 16 - Public Education Reorganization Act|§ 6-13-1601. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Administrative annexation” means the joining of an affected district or a part of the school district with a receiving district;  (2) “Administrative consolidation” means the joining of two (2) or more school districts to create a new single school district with one (1) administrative unit and one (1) board of directors that is not required to close school facilities;  (3) “Affected district” means a school district that loses territory or students as a result of administrative annexation or administrative consolidation;  (4) “Average daily membership” has the same meaning as defined in § 6-20-2303;  (5) “Receiving district” means a school district or districts that receive territory or students, or both, from an affected district as a result of administrative annexation; and  (6) “Resulting district” means the new school district created from an affected district or affected districts as a result of administrative consolidation.
AR Code § 6-13-1602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 16 - Public Education Reorganization Act|§ 6-13-1602. Administrative consolidation list

 By January 1 of each year, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall publish a:   (1) List of all school districts with fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students according to the school district average daily membership in the school year immediately preceding the current school year; and  (2) Consolidation list that includes all school districts with fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students according to the school district average daily membership in each of the two (2) school years immediately preceding the current school year.
AR Code § 6-13-1607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 13 - School Districts|Subchapter 16 - Public Education Reorganization Act|§ 6-13-1607. Retention of historical records and documents

 Following the annexations or consolidations under §§ 6-13-1601 — 6-13-1603 effective before December 1, 2004, and before any consolidation, annexation, detachment, approval of a conversion charter, or any other type of reclassification or reorganization of a school district after December 31, 2004, a receiving or resulting school district shall obtain and retain all student and historical records and documents from the affected school district, specifically including, but not limited to:   (1) Student transcripts;  (2) Graduation records;  (3) Minutes and other legal documents of the local board of directors;  (4) Maps or boundary documents;  (5) Sports records, trophies, and awards;  (6) Employee records; and  (7) Financial records.