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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 5 - PUBLIC RECREATION AND PLAYGROUNDS (§§ 6-21-501 — 6-21-505) › Section 6-21-502 - Operation or cooperation - No state aid

(a)
Any school district or any board of directors thereof may:
(1)
Operate such a program independently or cooperate in its conduct with any other public corporation, board, or body in any manner in which they mutually agree; or
(2)
Delegate the operation of the program to a recreation board created by one (1) or more of them, and appropriate money voted for this purpose to that board.
(b)
(1)
The right of a school district to enter into such agreements with any other public corporation, board, or body, or the right to delegate power to a board for operating a program of recreation, shall be authorized only by a majority vote cast at an annual school election.
(2)
However, state aid shall not be used for recreational purposes as provided in this subchapter.
Acts 1941, No. 291, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3602.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 5 - PUBLIC RECREATION AND PLAYGROUNDS (§§ 6-21-501 — 6-21-505) › Section 6-21-503 - Property used for activities - Acceptance of gifts and bequests

(a)
Any school district or board of directors thereof given charge of the recreation program is authorized to conduct its activities on:
(1)
Property under its custody and management;
(2)
Other public property under the custody of any other public organization, body, or board, with the consent of those corporations, bodies, or boards; and
(3)
Private property, with the consent of its owners.
(b)
The school district or board of directors thereof shall have authority to accept gifts and bequests for the benefit of the recreational service and to employ directors and instructors of recreational work.
Acts 1941, No. 291, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3603.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 5 - PUBLIC RECREATION AND PLAYGROUNDS (§§ 6-21-501 — 6-21-505) › Section 6-21-505 - Primary use of school facilities

The facilities of any school district operating a recreation program pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be used primarily for the purpose of conducting the regular school curriculum and related activities, and the use of school facilities for recreational purposes authorized by this subchapter shall be secondary.
Acts 1941, No. 291, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3605.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 6 - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES (§§ 6-21-601 — 6-21-609) › Section 6-21-604 - Destruction of property

(a)
Any person who shall willfully destroy or injure any building used as a schoolhouse, or for educational purposes, or any furniture, fixtures, or apparatus thereto belonging, or who shall deface, mar, or disfigure any such building, furniture, or fixtures, by writing, cutting, painting, or pasting thereon any likeness, figure, words, or device without the consent of the teacher or other person having control of that house, furniture, or fixtures shall be fined in a sum double the value of the building, furniture, fixtures, or apparatus so destroyed or damaged and shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense, to be recovered by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b)
The punishment provided in this section is in addition to and not in lieu of the punishment provided by other statutes for such offenses.
Acts 1931, No. 169, § 177; Pope's Dig., §§ 3592, 11619; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1903.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 6 - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES (§§ 6-21-601 — 6-21-609) › Section 6-21-605 - Injury to schoolhouse or fixtures

(a)
To cut, write upon, deface, disfigure, or damage any part or appurtenance or enclosure of any schoolhouse shall be a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).
(b)
Any fine collected under this act for injury to any schoolhouse or other school property shall be paid into the school funds of the school district where the crime was committed.
Acts 1931, No. 169, § 178; Pope's Dig., §§ 3593, 11620; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1904; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 69.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 6 - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES (§§ 6-21-601 — 6-21-609) › Section 6-21-606 - Annoying conduct by trespassers

Any persons who shall, by any boisterous or other conduct, disturb or annoy any public or private school in this state or any person not a student who after being notified to keep off the school grounds during the school hours by the board of directors, the superintendent, or principal teacher in charge of any such school shall continue to trespass on or go upon the grounds, whether at recess or during the sessions of the school, shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), payable into the general school fund of the county.
Acts 1931, No. 169, § 180; Pope's Dig., § 11622; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1906; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 69.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 6 - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES (§§ 6-21-601 — 6-21-609) › Section 6-21-607 - Loitering on or near school grounds - Penalty - Definition

(a)
Any person who shall loiter upon or near the school grounds of any public or private school during school hours or at any school-sponsored activity such as ball games, dances, and other school-sponsored activities after regular school hours without any lawful business or purpose shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(b)
(1)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person who has a legitimate reason to visit any school from visiting it.
(2)
If a person wishes to visit on the school grounds or in the school building, that person shall present himself or herself to the office of the school and receive both permission to visit and a pass to indicate that proper permission has been granted.
(3)
Failure to request and receive permission as provided in this section shall be considered a violation of this section.
(4)
As used in this section, "loiter" means to hang around or linger upon the grounds of any public school of this state or within one hundred feet (100') of the grounds of any public school in this state unless any such person is on his or her own property, walking or driving to some destination other than the school grounds, transacting some lawful business at a business establishment located near the school grounds, or has meaningful business to transact at such a school.
Acts 1971, No. 75, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1915; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 69.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 6 - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES (§§ 6-21-601 — 6-21-609) › Section 6-21-609 - Prohibition against smoking, the use of tobacco or tobacco products, or the use of e-cigarettes - Definition

(a)
As used in this section, "e-cigarette" means an electronic oral device that provides a vapor of nicotine or another substance that, when used or inhaled simulates smoking, including without limitation a device that:
(1)
Is composed of a heating element, battery, or electronic circuit, or a combination of heating element, battery, and electronic circuit;
(2)
Works in combination with a liquid nicotine delivery device composed either in whole or in part of pure nicotine and propylene glycol and manufactured for use with e-cigarettes; and
(3)
Is manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other name or descriptor.
(b)
Smoking tobacco, the use of tobacco or tobacco products, or the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited:
(1)
In or on real property owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school; or
(2)
In or on personal property, including without limitation school buses, owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school.
(c)
A copy of this statute shall be posted in a conspicuous location at every entrance to each building owned or leased by a public school district and every school bus used to transport public school students.
(d)
A person who violates this section commits a violation punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1099,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1987, No. 854, §§ 1, 2; 1997, No. 779, § 1; 1999, No. 1555, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 70.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-701 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "School Motor Vehicle Insurance Act".
Acts 1991, No. 824, § 1; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 15.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-702 - Purpose

(a)
This subchapter is to establish and maintain a system of motor vehicle insurance for all public elementary and secondary schools, education service cooperatives, and open-enrollment public charter schools of Arkansas electing to participate in the program from and after July 1, 1991, with the Risk Management Division authorized, directed, and empowered to administer the program.
(b)
The State Insurance Department shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to provide for the insuring of motor vehicles owned by participating public school districts within the State of Arkansas.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 304, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1991, No. 824, § 2; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 16.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-703 - Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program - Participation

(a)
There is hereby established a Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program for all school motor vehicles of participating public school districts, education service cooperatives, and open-enrollment public charter schools in the State of Arkansas.
(b)
Participation in the program provided for in this section shall be optional with each school district, education service cooperative, or open-enrollment public charter school.
Acts 1991, No. 824, §§ 3, 17; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 17; 2007, No. 617, § 27.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-704 - Administration - Reports

(a)
The State Insurance Department shall administer the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program.
(b)
The department is authorized to delegate to the Administrator of the Risk Management Division and staff such responsibilities as are deemed necessary in connection with the administration of this subchapter.
(c)
The department shall report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of the program, including a detailed statement of investments and earnings.
Acts 1991, No. 824, §§ 4, 11; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 18.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-705 - Powers and duties of Insurance Commissioner

It shall be the power and duty of the Insurance Commissioner to:
(1)
(A)
Establish in the State Insurance Department a program of insurance to cover motor vehicles owned by public school districts, education service cooperatives, and open-enrollment public charter schools.
(B)
The program shall be in accordance with recognized and established insurance practices;
(2)
Establish and, from time to time, modify the premium rates to be charged for various risks;
(3)
Specify the form for insurance policies and other forms required for the purposes of this subchapter;
(4)
Employ or contract for necessary officials, adjusters, appraisers, attorneys, and other personnel required in the administration of this subchapter;
(5)
Engage in a loss control program to assist the public schools in improving and minimizing potential loss of life and property; and
(6)
Perform all additional powers and duties necessary to maintain sound insurance underwriting practices recognized by good risk management.
Acts 1991, No. 824, § 5; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 19; 2007, No. 617, § 28.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-706 - Information furnished by participants

(a)
The Insurance Commissioner shall require each entity participating in the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program to furnish to the Risk Management Division a complete list of each and every motor vehicle with full information in regard to the year, make, model, value, condition, and any other pertinent information.
(b)
The commissioner shall have authority to require each participating entity to furnish a complete report of its motor vehicle insurance program, including the expiration dates of its contracts and loss histories.
Acts 1991, No. 824, § 6; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 20.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-707 - Inspection and safety program

(a)
The State Insurance Department is authorized to maintain an inspection and safety program designed to reduce the hazard of accidents involving motor vehicles insured under the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program.
(b)
The department may refuse to insure motor vehicles when it believes the vehicles to be a hazard to life or property. If the vehicle is deemed no longer insurable, thirty (30) days' notice must be given in advance of cancellation or nonrenewal.
Acts 1991, No. 824, § 8; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 21.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-708 - Policy limits

(a)
Liability policies shall meet the minimum legal requirements of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, §
27-19-101
et seq., with reference to coverage on motor vehicles.
(b)
The State Insurance Department is authorized to include in the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program and make available physical damage and medical payments coverage to the participating entities. Medical payments coverage shall be limited to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per occupant of a school vehicle and shall be in addition to any other automobile medical payments coverage available to any occupant.
Acts 1991, No. 824, § 14; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 22.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-709 - Payment of claims - Subrogation - Premium rate - Excess insurance

(a)
(1)
The Public School Insurance Trust Fund shall pay all losses and claims the insured is legally obligated to pay as specified in the contract.
(2)
It shall be the duty of the State Insurance Department to coordinate, facilitate, and expedite details in connection with responsibilities outlined in the insurance contract.
(3)
The department is hereby granted authority to contract for services with appraisers, adjusters, attorneys, or other professionals needed in order to expedite and facilitate the proper operation of the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program.
(b)
The program may require an assignment of rights of recovery to the extent that payment is made under any coverage provided by the program.
(c)
If other insurance coverage exists, the program will pay its proportional share of the loss. The program's share shall be the proportion that the program's limits of liability bear to the total of all applicable limits.
(d)
(1)
Participating entities shall make payment of premium when demand is made as scheduled in the contract.
(2)
Any school district, education service cooperative, or open-enrollment public charter school which does not pay the premium when due shall be charged a rate of interest at five percent (5%) per annum on all payments due and unpaid on the policy issued.
(3)
The department may cancel insurance coverage for school districts, education service cooperatives, or open-enrollment public charter schools that fail to pay the premium due within thirty (30) days.
(4)
The department shall give thirty (30) days' notice before any cancellation for nonpayment.
(e)
The department's rules shall include such items as payment of premium and other pertinent items with reference to the premium rate, but its requirements shall not be more stringent than practices of commercial companies writing similar insurance in Arkansas.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 305, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1991, No. 824, §§ 9, 10, 12, 15; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 23; 2007, No. 617, § 29; 2007, No. 738, § 5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-710 - Public School Insurance Trust Fund - Investments

(a)
All funds received by the State Insurance Department as premiums, adjustments, earnings, and the like, as provided in this subchapter, shall be deposited into the Public School Insurance Trust Fund and used for the following purposes, listed in a descending order of priority:
(1)
To defray administrative costs;
(2)
To pay claims; and
(3)
To maintain the Public School Insurance Trust Fund.
(b)
(1)
The department is authorized to invest funds of the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program.
(2)
Funds of the program may be invested and reinvested as the Insurance Commissioner may determine.
(3)
Moneys invested and interest earned thereon shall be administered as program funds.
(4)
All moneys deposited into the Public School Insurance Trust Fund shall not be subject to any deduction, tax, levy, or any other type of assessment.
Acts 1991, No. 824, §§ 13, 16; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 24; 2007, No. 738, § 6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ACT (§§ 6-21-701 — 6-21-711) › Section 6-21-711 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2016EX3, No. 3,§ 3, eff. 5/23/2016.
Repealed by Act 2016EX3, No. 2,§ 3, eff. 5/23/2016.
Acts 1991, No. 824, § 7; 1997, No. 250, § 18; 1999, No. 391, § 21; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 25; 2005, No. 171, § 1; 2007, No. 738, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-801 - Title

This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the "Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act".
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-802 - Intent

(a)
The General Assembly recognizes that:
(1)
Intelligence and virtue are the safeguards of liberty and the bulwarks of a free and good government; and
(2)
Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 1, requires the state to ever maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools and to adopt all suitable means to secure the advantages and opportunities of education to the people of the State of Arkansas.
(b)
The General Assembly finds that because of the opinions of the Supreme Court in the matter of Lake View School District No. 25 vs. Huckabee, it is the absolute duty of the State of Arkansas to provide all public school children with an opportunity for an adequate education, which includes access to adequate academic facilities and equipment.
(c)
The General Assembly finds that in order to satisfy the constitutional expectations of the Supreme Court, the state should:
(1)
Provide constitutionally appropriate public school academic facilities for the education of each similarly situated child in the public schools of Arkansas, regardless of where that child resides within the state;
(2)
Require all public school academic facilities to meet applicable facilities standards established in this subchapter and rules adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation;
(3)
Provide that all public school students are educated in facilities that are suitable for teaching in accordance with:
(A)
Standards for accreditation adopted by the State Board of Education;
(B)
Curriculum frameworks adopted by the state board; and
(C)
Technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment necessary to provide the adequate education explicated in subdivisions (c)(3)(A) and (B) of this section; and
(4)
Require school districts to conserve and protect their academic facilities in such a manner that the academic facilities remain adequate.
(d)
It is the intent of this subchapter to provide a system of state oversight of public school academic facilities so that school districts have academic facilities that support the opportunity for each public school student in the State of Arkansas to have an adequate education.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-804 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program

(a)
The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes the following components:
(1)
An Academic Facilities Master Plan Program that establishes a process by which:
(A)
Each school district develops and submits a facilities master plan for review and approval by the division; and
(B)
The division develops a comprehensive state master plan for managing state financial participation in local academic facilities projects across the state;
(2)
A Public School Facilities Custodial, Maintenance, Repair, and Renovation Manual that contains uniform standards to direct custodial, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in public school facilities;
(3)
A Public School Academic Facility Manual that contains uniform standards to guide the planning, design, and construction of new academic facilities and additions to existing academic facilities;
(4)
A Public School Academic Equipment Manual that contains uniform standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment determined to be necessary for a public school to provide an adequate education as described in §
6-20-2302
; and
(5)
An Academic Facilities Distress Program to assist school districts that are unable to conserve and protect their academic facilities in accordance with this subchapter and rules adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
(b)
The commission shall promulgate rules necessary to administer the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program, all its component and related programs, and the provisions of this subchapter, which shall promote the intent and purposes of this subchapter and assure the prudent and resourceful expenditure of state funds with regard to public school academic facilities throughout the state.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 19, § 5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-805 - Academic Facilities Master Plan Program - Purpose

The purposes of the Academic Facilities Master Plan Program and this subchapter are to:
(1)
Establish a mechanism for state supervision of school district activities impacting academic facilities and equipment;
(2)
Develop and continually update information critical to identifying academic facilities needs at the local level and across the state; and
(3)
Allow the state to manage state financial participation in eligible local academic facilities projects.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-807 - Academic Facilities Master Plan Program - State plan

(a)
The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall develop a comprehensive state academic facilities master plan for managing state financial participation in local academic facilities projects across the state.
(b)
The state academic facilities master plan shall include:
(1)
A list of committed projects for public school academic facilities for the upcoming fiscal year categorized by program and method of state financial participation;
(2)
The total estimated cost of each committed project and the estimated amount of state financial participation; and
(3)
A four-year rolling forecast of planned new construction projects related to public school academic facilities.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-810 - Public School Academic Equipment Manual

(a)
The Public School Academic Equipment Manual shall contain uniform standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment determined to be necessary for a public school to provide an adequate education as described in §
6-20-2302
.
(b)
(1)
The standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment shall address the following areas:
(A)
Science and mathematics;
(B)
Library media center;
(C)
English and language arts;
(D)
Foreign languages;
(E)
Social studies;
(F)
Health education and physical education;
(G)
Art;
(H)
Music;
(I)
Guidance and health services; and
(J)
Workforce education.
(2)
The standards shall account for variations in a school district's use of and need for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment such as size of school district, grade configuration of schools within the school district, number of course offerings available, and enrollment levels.
(3)
The standards shall establish a method for creating, maintaining, and updating an inventory of public school academic equipment, including, without limitation, technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-812 - Facilities distress - Student transfers

(a)
(1)
Any student attending a public school district classified as being in facilities distress shall automatically be eligible and entitled under the Public School Choice Act of 2015, §
6-18-1901
et seq., to transfer to another school district not in facilities distress during the time period that a district is classified as being in facilities distress.
(2)
The student is not required to file a petition to transfer by May 1 but shall meet all other requirements and conditions of the Public School Choice Act of 2015, §
6-18-1901
et seq.
(b)
The resident district shall pay the cost of transporting the student from the resident district to the nonresident district.
(c)
The nonresident district shall count the student for average daily membership purposes.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 933,§ 4, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1227,§ 5, eff. 4/16/2013.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-813 - Inspections

(a)
The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall conduct random unannounced on-site inspections of all academic facilities to ensure compliance with the school district's facilities master plan and, if applicable, the school district's facilities improvement plan in order to preserve the integrity of and extend the useful life of public school academic facilities and equipment across the state.
(b)
The division shall submit reports regarding its on-site inspections of academic facilities to the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation within thirty (30) days of completion of the on-site inspections.
(c)
Based on the division's on-site inspection or notification by the division to the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation that the changes or additions to a school district's facilities master plan or facilities improvement plan required by the division have not been implemented within the time period prescribed by the division, the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall restrict the use of the necessary funds or otherwise allocate funds from moneys appropriated by the General Assembly.
(d)
The division shall work with state agencies and commissions requesting inspection assistance for those areas in which the state agency or commission has primary responsibility to conduct lawfully required inspections.
(e)
The division shall work with school districts, state agencies, and state commissions to ensure that:
(1)
All lawfully required inspections of academic facilities are performed, including without limitation scheduled, unscheduled, or emergency inspections of or concerning:
(A)
Boilers;
(B)
Electrical systems;
(C)
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems;
(D)
Natural gas piping systems;
(E)
Liquid propane gas systems;
(F)
Plumbing systems, including without limitation reduced pressure zone valves;
(G)
Indoor air quality systems;
(H)
Fire prevention;
(I)
Elevators;
(J)
Occupational safety and health issues;
(K)
Water wells; and
(L)
Asbestos; and
(2)
The division receives the same report on the same date that a school district receives a report concerning a lawfully required scheduled or unscheduled inspection or reinspection of an academic facility.
(f)
If an inspection or code violation is reported in the course of an inspection or reinspection conducted by a state agency or commission, the division shall work closely with the school district and the appropriate state agency or commission to ensure the violation is remedied within thirty (30) days of the date the inspection or code violation is reported or as soon as reasonably possible thereafter.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1; 2009, No. 1475, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 21 - SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES (§§ 6-21-101 — 6-21-817) › Subchapter 8 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC FACILITIES PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-21-801 — 6-21-817) › Section 6-21-814 - Appeals

(a)
A school district may appeal any determination of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation under this subchapter to the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation in accordance with procedures developed by the commission.
(b)
All decisions of the commission resulting from a school district's appeal of a division determination under this subchapter shall be final and shall not be subject to further appeal or request for rehearing to the commission or petition for judicial review under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, §
25-15-201
et seq.
Acts 2005, No. 1426, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 22 - ARKANSAS REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-22-101 — 6-22-108) › Section 6-22-101 - Legislative findings and intent

(a)
The General Assembly recognizes that the effective use of volunteers in the public schools can provide greater opportunities for students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular and interscholastic activities, which many local school districts otherwise could not provide due to funding limitations and lack of availability of licensed personnel.
(b)
The General Assembly further recognizes that volunteers in the public schools should be properly screened and have effective training before they have significant unsupervised contact with students.
(c)
The General Assembly intends by this chapter to provide for the establishment of a registered volunteers program in order that local school districts, students, and staff may have the advantages of services from duly qualified volunteers who, in turn, will have more incentive to offer their time and talents for the benefit of Arkansas school children.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 58, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 22 - ARKANSAS REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-22-101 — 6-22-108) › Section 6-22-102 - Title

This chapter may be cited as the "Arkansas Registered Volunteers Program Act".
Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 22 - ARKANSAS REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-22-101 — 6-22-108) › Section 6-22-103 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Extracurricular activity" means any intraschool activity that is outside the regular curriculum, including, but not limited to, sports and special interest clubs or groups;
(2)
"Interscholastic activity" means any interschool activity that is outside the regular curriculum, including, but not limited to, sports and special interest clubs or groups that are subject to rules of the Arkansas Activities Association;
(3)
"Registered volunteer" means any volunteer who, subject to Arkansas Activities Association rules and rules set by the local school district, is given written authorization by the school district to lead extracurricular activities or to assist a staff member who is a licensed employee of the school district in extracurricular activities or interscholastic activities; and
(4)
"Volunteer" means any person who, of his or her own free will, provides services without any financial gain to any local school district.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 307, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 59, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 22 - ARKANSAS REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-22-101 — 6-22-108) › Section 6-22-104 - Optional program - Requirements

(a)
Each local school district may develop a registered volunteers program and may accept the services of volunteers who qualify under the program to assist in extracurricular and interscholastic activities that are sponsored by the district.
(b)
A school district that develops a registered volunteers program as set forth in this chapter shall:
(1)
Take actions as are necessary to develop meaningful opportunities for qualified volunteers to assist in extracurricular activities and interscholastic activities;
(2)
Take actions as are necessary to ensure that qualified volunteers have written job descriptions that define their duties and responsibilities;
(3)
Provide for the recognition of qualified volunteers who have offered exceptional service to the school district; and
(4)
Provide support for the volunteer program established under the State and Local Government Volunteers Act, §
21-13-101
et seq.
(c)
A registered volunteer in an athletic program for grades seven through twelve (7-12) shall meet the requirements adopted by the Arkansas Activities Association through the Coach Education Program of the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 788,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 22 - ARKANSAS REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-22-101 — 6-22-108) › Section 6-22-106 - Sovereign immunity

Qualified volunteers in a registered volunteers program shall enjoy the protection of the state's sovereign immunity to the same extent as the local school district's employees.
Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 22 - ARKANSAS REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-22-101 — 6-22-108) › Section 6-22-107 - Applicability

(a)
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to those schools and institutions that voluntarily join the Arkansas Activities Association.
(b)
A volunteer or registered volunteer may act as a head coach in all varsity junior high sports and senior high sports administered by the Arkansas Activities Association except in the following sports:
(1)
Football;
(2)
Basketball; and
(3)
Track and field.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 788,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 8.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 22 - ARKANSAS REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM ACT (§§ 6-22-101 — 6-22-108) › Section 6-22-108 - Construction

Except as provided specifically under this chapter, none of the provisions of this chapter prohibits a school district from utilizing the services of the volunteers who operate under the supervision of licensed school personnel.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 788,§ 4, eff. 7/22/2015.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 60, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1997, No. 1012, § 8.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 23 - ARKANSAS QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013 (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-1008) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-109) › Section 6-23-101 - Title

This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Arkansas Quality Charter Schools Act of 2013".
Amended by Act 2013, No. 509,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1999, No. 890, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 23 - ARKANSAS QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013 (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-1008) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-109) › Section 6-23-102 - Legislative intent

It is the intent of the General Assembly, by this chapter, to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain public schools that operate independently from the existing structure of local school districts as a method to accomplish the following:
(1)
Improve student learning;
(2)
Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are identified as low-achieving;
(3)
Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods;
(4)
Create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site;
(5)
Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and
(6)
Hold the schools established under this chapter accountable for meeting measurable student achievement standards.
Acts 1999, No. 890, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 23 - ARKANSAS QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013 (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-1008) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-109) › Section 6-23-104 - Charter form for public charter schools - Requirements - Revision

(a)
A charter for a public charter school shall:
(1)
Be in the form of a written contract signed by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and the chief operating officer of the public charter school;
(2)
Satisfy the requirements of this chapter; and
(3)
Ensure that the information required under §
6-23-404
is consistent with the information provided in the application and any modification that the authorizer may require.
(b)
Any revision or amendment of the charter for a public charter school may be made only with the approval of the authorizer.
(c)
An open-enrollment public charter school shall post the most recent version of the written contract on the website of the open-enrollment public charter school by August 1 each year.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 774,§ 7, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 52, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 509,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1999, No. 890, § 10; 2007, No. 736, § 2; 2009, No. 1469, § 19.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 23 - ARKANSAS QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013 (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-1008) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-23-101 — 6-23-109) › Section 6-23-106 - Impact on school desegregation efforts

(a)
The applicants for a public charter school, the local school district board of directors for the district in which a proposed public charter school would be located, and the authorizer shall carefully review the potential impact of an application for a public charter school on the efforts of a public school district or public school districts to comply with court orders and statutory obligations to create and maintain a unitary system of desegregated public schools.
(b)
The authorizer shall attempt to measure the likely impact of a proposed public charter school on the efforts of public school districts to achieve and maintain a unitary system.
(c)
The authorizer shall not approve any public charter school under this chapter or any other act or any combination of acts that hampers, delays, or in any manner negatively affects the desegregation efforts of a public school district or public school districts in this state.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 509,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1999, No. 890, § 15; 2005, No. 2005, § 4; 2007, No. 736, § 4.