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AR Code § 12-29-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Good Time Allowance|§ 12-29-201. Meritorious good time

 (a) An inmate may be entitled to meritorious good time reducing his or her transfer eligibility date up to thirty (30) days for each month incarcerated after imposition of sentence in one (1) of the units, facilities, and centers maintained by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction.  (b) An inmate transferred or paroled to the supervision of the Division of Community Correction under § 16-93-615 may receive meritorious good time reducing his or her time of transfer or parole supervision up to thirty (30) days for each month he or she is under the supervision of the Division of Community Correction.  (c) Meritorious good time shall be allocated under rules promulgated by the Board of Corrections and administered by the respective Division of Correction or Division of Community Correction staff subject to the provisions of this subchapter for good discipline, behavior, work practices, job responsibilities, and involvement in rehabilitative activities while in the custody or under the supervision of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction.  (d) Meritorious good time will not be applied to reduce the length of a sentence.  (e)  (1) Meritorious good time shall apply to an inmate's transfer eligibility date from the Division of Correction or a community correction facility.  (2) Meritorious good time shall under no circumstances reduce an inmate's time served in prison by more than one-half (½) of the percentage required by law for transfer eligibility.  (3) Meritorious good time shall under no circumstances reduce an inmate's confinement in a community correction facility by more than one-half (½).    (f)  (1) The Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction shall determine a date on which the inmate who has acquired the maximum amount of meritorious good time necessary is to be administratively transferred to a less restrictive placement or supervision level within the Division of Community Correction.  (2) This date will be determined in accordance with the policies developed by the Arkansas Sentencing Commission within the parameters allowed by law.    (g)  (1) Inmates under sentence of death or life imprisonment without parole shall not be eligible for meritorious good time under this subchapter but may be pardoned or have their sentences commuted by the Governor, as provided by law.  (2) Inmates sentenced to life imprisonment shall not receive meritorious good time calculated on their sentences unless the sentence is commuted to a term of years by executive clemency.  (3) Upon commutation, the inmate shall be eligible to receive meritorious good time at the rate established by this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-29-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Good Time Allowance|§ 12-29-202. Classification committee — Classifications

 (a)  (1) There is established a classification committee to be defined by administrative rules approved by the Board of Corrections.  (2) Members of the committee shall be selected by wardens or supervisors of the various units, facilities, or centers of the Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction per board rule governing their selection.  (3) This committee shall meet as often as necessary to classify the inmates into no more than four (4) classes according to good behavior, good discipline, medical condition, job responsibilities, and involvement in rehabilitative activities.    (b)  (1) An inmate who maintains class through good behavior, good discipline, work practices, job responsibilities, and involvement in rehabilitative activities may earn up to one (1) day for every day served as a reduction toward his or her transfer eligibility date for each day incarcerated after the imposition of sentence.  (2) An inmate who is reduced to the lowest class, established through board policy, as a result of disciplinary action shall not be entitled to earn meritorious good time.  (3) An inmate serving a punitive disciplinary sentence in punitive segregation shall not be entitled to earn meritorious good time.    (c) An inmate may be reclassified as often as the committee deems necessary or in accordance with current board rules to carry out the purpose of this subchapter and to maintain good discipline, order, and efficiency at the units, facilities, or centers.  (d)  (1) Upon recommendation of the committee, the Director of the Division of Correction may award an amount of meritorious good time sufficient to reduce incarceration time by up to ninety (90) days, not to exceed a total of three hundred sixty (360) days, for each successful completion of a:  (A) State-sponsored general education development certificate program;  (B) Vocational program for which certification is awarded;  (C) Drug or alcohol treatment program offered at a Division of Correction facility; or  (D) Pre-release and other rehabilitative programs or assignments as approved by the Board of Corrections.    (2)  (A) The additional days of meritorious good time described in subdivision (d)(1) of this section shall be awarded pursuant to rules promulgated by the board.  (B) The board may make additions, amendments, changes, or alterations to the rules in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.      (e) Meritorious good time awarded under subdivision (d)(1) of this section shall not be applicable to persons sentenced under § 16-93-618(a)(1)(A)-(E).  (f) A jury may be instructed pursuant to § 16-97-103 regarding the awarding of meritorious good time under subdivision (d)(1) of this section.
AR Code § 12-29-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Good Time Allowance|§ 12-29-203. Forfeiture — Restoration

 (a) All meritorious good time shall be forfeited by an inmate in the event of escape, and all or part of accrued meritorious good time may be taken away by the Director of the Division of Correction or the Director of the Division of Community Correction, respectively, for infraction of rules.  (b) However, in the event of escape, the Director of the Division of Correction or the Director of the Division of Community Correction, respectively, may restore all or part of any accrued meritorious good time if the escapee returns to the institution voluntarily, without expense to the state, and without any act of violence while a fugitive from the institution.  (c) The Director of the Division of Correction or the Director of the Division of Community Correction, respectively, may restore lost meritorious good time according to rules promulgated by the Board of Corrections.
AR Code § 12-29-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Good Time Allowance|§ 12-29-204. Statutory good time — Maximum reduction

 No inmate sentenced to the Division of Correction shall ever receive a reduction under this subchapter, or this subchapter and another subchapter jointly, of more than thirty (30) days for each month served except for the additional days of meritorious good time awards authorized in § 12-29-202(d).
AR Code § 12-29-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Good Time Allowance|§ 12-29-205. Good time earned pending transfer to Division of Correction or Division of Community Correction

 (a)  (1) Any person who is sentenced by a circuit court to the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction and is awaiting transfer to the Division of Correction or Division of Community Correction may earn meritorious good time in accordance with law and rules as adopted by the Board of Corrections.  (2) Meritorious good time will only be given for being housed in a jail or similar secure facility while awaiting transfer on the conviction resulting in a sentence from that county.  (3) Meritorious good time will be calculated upon reception within the respective division.    (b) Meritorious good time will be awarded unless the county sheriff of record submits written objections to such award based on the prisoner's behavior, discipline, and the conduct or performance of such duties and responsibilities as assigned by such county sheriff or his or her designated representatives.  (c) This meritorious good time award is subject to all rules regarding meritorious good time including, but not limited to, those rules for forfeiture of meritorious good time as adopted by the board.
AR Code § 12-29-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-301. School system created

 (a) Properties owned by the State of Arkansas and occupied by the various units of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction are by this subchapter designated as a qualified school district to be known as the “Corrections School System”.  (b) The system is created for the purpose of providing elementary, secondary, and vocational and technical education to qualified persons incarcerated in facilities of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction or to qualified persons supervised by the Division of Community Correction, including those on probation and parole or any type of post-prison release or transfer who are not high school graduates, irrespective of age.  (c) The Board of Corrections shall act as the Board of Directors of the Corrections School System.  (d)  (1) The system's chief administrative officer shall be under the direct authority of the Board of Directors of the Corrections School System.  (2) Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Corrections School System, the chief administrative officer or superintendent of the system shall have supervisory authority over the employees of the system, including, but not limited to, assistant superintendents, principals, and teachers.
AR Code § 12-29-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-302. Rules

 The Board of Corrections and the State Board of Education are directed, authorized, and empowered to adopt rules as are necessary to implement the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-29-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-303. Privileges of students — Limitations

 A school established under this subchapter and a person incarcerated who attends the school shall be entitled to certain educational privileges provided generally to common public schools and adult education programs administered by the State Board of Education to students who attend the common public schools and adult education programs under the laws of the State of Arkansas, provided the privileges do not conflict with the rules and policies of the State Board of Education, the Division of Correction, and the Division of Community Correction or the laws of the state respecting the establishment and operation of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction.
AR Code § 12-29-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-304. Costs and funding

 (a) The cost of implementing and operating the Corrections School System shall be borne by the state and shall be paid from funds appropriated by the General Assembly from the general revenues of the state to the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, together with any federal funds that may be available for that purpose and from any funds generated from the operations of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction, in the following manner:  (1) The cost of facilities, equipment, and current operation in excess of the amount of grants and aids received from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall be borne by the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction as approved by the Board of Corrections; and  (2)  (A) The system, as other school districts in the state, shall share in the distribution of grants and aids from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (B) However, in no case shall the moneys from the Public School Fund to the system be in excess of the line item appropriation provided to the system in the fund.      (b)  (1) Recognizing that the primary roles, duties, and responsibilities of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction are to serve as penal and correctional institutions, the system shall be exempt from and shall not be penalized in any manner for not complying with:  (A) All of the following:  (i) The Quality Education Act of 2003, § 6-15-201 et seq.;  (ii) The Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act, § 6-15-401 et seq.;  (iii) Sections 6-15-901, 6-15-902, 6-15-2001 — 6-15-2008, 6-15-2101 — 6-15-2107, 6-15-2201, 6-15-2301, and 6-16-1201 — 6-16-1206;  (iv) The Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program, § 6-20-1901 et seq.; and  (v) The Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004, § 6-20-2201 et seq.;    (B) Any state laws or rules adopted to comply with the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act as reauthorized under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq., as in existence on January 1, 2005; and  (C) Any rule of the State Board of Education related to the provisions listed in this subdivision (b)(1).    (2) The system's exemption from or noncompliance with the provisions under this subsection shall not affect the system's, the Division of Correction's, or the Division of Community Correction's eligibility to apply for or receive state grants or aids for public school districts as authorized in this subchapter and related rules.
AR Code § 12-29-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-305. Gifts and bequests

 The Board of Corrections and the State Board of Education may accept gifts, grants, donations, equipment, materials, bequests, and real and personal property from public and private sources to implement and operate the school program authorized by this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-29-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-306. Riverside Vocational and Technical School — Legislative intent

 (a) This section and §§ 12-29-307 — 12-29-310 are intended to create an additional state vocational and technical school to provide vocational and technical education and training opportunities to qualified persons incarcerated in facilities of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction or to qualified persons supervised by the Division of Community Correction, including those on probation and parole or any type of post-prison release or transfer.  (b) This section and §§ 12-29-307 — 12-29-310 are not intended to modify or repeal any of the laws of this state pertaining to vocational and technical schools or vocational and technical education.
AR Code § 12-29-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-307. Riverside Vocational and Technical School — Establishment

 There is established a state vocational and technical school, to be known as the “Riverside Vocational and Technical School”, to be operated by the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction at such facilities of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction as may be designated by the Board of Corrections.
AR Code § 12-29-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-308. Riverside Vocational and Technical School — Purpose

 The Riverside Vocational and Technical School is created for the purpose of providing vocational and technical educational opportunities to qualified persons incarcerated in facilities of the Department of Correction and the Department of Community Correction or to qualified persons supervised by the Department of Community Correction, including those on probation and parole or any type of post prison release or transfer who would be qualified to receive vocational and technical education and training in state vocational and technical schools established by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board under the provisions of §§ 6-51-201 — 6-51-203, 6-51-205, 6-51-207 — 6-51-210, and other laws of this state relative to vocational and technical schools.
AR Code § 12-29-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-309. Riverside Vocational and Technical School — Facilities — Operations — Rules

 (a)  (1) The Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction shall locate facilities and operate vocational or technical education or training programs within the Riverside Vocational and Technical School.  (2) The operation of the school is subject to such special rules deemed appropriate for the operation of vocational or technical education or training programs at the correctional institutions under the control of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction in accordance with agreements and rules mutually developed and agreed to by the Department of Education and the Board of Corrections.    (b)  (1) The school shall be entitled to all funds, rights, and privileges and shall be operated in the same manner as other area vocational and technical schools are operated in this state.  (2) However, the school shall be operated in accordance with the rules for the operation of vocational or technical education or training programs at facilities of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction as provided in §§ 12-29-306 — 12-29-310.
AR Code § 12-29-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-310. Riverside Vocational and Technical School — Cost of implementation and operation

 (a) The cost of implementing and operating the Riverside Vocational and Technical School at facilities of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction as authorized by this section and §§ 12-29-306 — 12-29-309 shall be borne by the state and shall be paid from funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the school, the Division of Correction, and the Division of Community Correction, together with any federal funds that may be available for this purpose in the following manner:  (1) The cost of facilities and equipment in excess of the amount of moneys provided by the school shall be borne by the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction as approved by the Board of Corrections; and  (2)  (A) This section and §§ 12-29-306 — 12-29-309 contemplate that the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction will provide facilities for the vocational and technical education programs operated by the school.  (B) However, nothing in this section and §§ 12-29-306 — 12-29-309 shall prohibit the Career Education and Workforce Development Board from providing facilities or sharing in the cost of facilities and from providing or sharing in the cost of repairing, maintenance, and upkeep of the buildings and facilities with the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction as funds are provided by the General Assembly, or are otherwise available for these purposes.      (b) The school shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the chief administrative officer of the Corrections School System or the Director of the Riverside Vocational and Technical School under the direct authority of the Board of Directors of the Corrections School System.
AR Code § 12-29-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Education|§ 12-29-311. Dyslexia screening — Science of reading — Intervention services

 The Superintendent of the Arkansas Correctional School shall:   (1) Promulgate rules that require that:  (A) Teachers within the Arkansas Correctional School have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429;  (B) Each inmate who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent receive:  (i) A reading proficiency-level assessment; and  (ii)  (a) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602.  (b) If the Arkansas Correctional School provides dyslexia intervention to an inmate who demonstrates under subdivision (1)(B)(ii)(a) of this section that the inmate is reading below the proficiency level required to be a high-functioning reader, the dyslexia intervention the Arkansas Correctional School provides shall be evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and      (C) A process be established by which new-intake inmates are:  (i) Assessed and administered a dyslexia screening with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and  (ii) Provided dyslexia intervention with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602, that is evidence-based and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia; and      (2) Submit a plan to the Division of Correction that allows inmates to voluntarily receive:  (A) A reading proficiency-level assessment;  (B) Dyslexia screening administered with fidelity, as defined under § 6-41-602; and  (C) Reading instruction that is consistent with the science of reading, as provided under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429.