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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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1202 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Accumulated sick leave" means the total number of days of unused sick leave that a teacher has to his or her credit;
(2)
"Immediate family" means the teacher's:
(A)
Spouse;
(B)
Child;
(C)
Parent; or
(D)
Any other relative if the other relative lives in the same household as the teacher;
(3)
"Month or major portion thereof" means twelve (12) or more working days in a calendar month, including all professional development days required by the school district that count toward the hours of required professional development for a teacher;
(4)
"Sick leave" means absence with full pay from one's duties in a public school for personal illness or illness in one's immediate family, except for an absence due to personal injury resulting from either an assault or other violent criminal act as provided in this subchapter; and
(5)
"Teacher" means any full-time employee of a local school district who is compelled by law to secure a license from the State Board of Education as a condition precedent to employment.
Amended by Act 2013EX1, No. 2,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1971, No. 137, § 2; 1975, No. 386, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1250; Acts 1993, No. 1115, § 1; 2005, No. 1195, § 1; 2011, No. 1215, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1203 - Policies and regulations

(a)
The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the administration of sick leave.
(b)
These policies and regulations shall be a part of the written personnel policies of each school district, and a copy shall be furnished to each teacher.
Acts 1971, No. 137, § 6; 1975, No. 386, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1254.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1204 - Amount and use of leave

(a)
(1)
Each school district in the state shall provide sick leave for each of its teachers at a minimum rate of one (1) day per month or major portion thereof that the teacher is contracted at full pay.
(2)
A school district shall credit one (1) day of sick leave to a teacher if the teacher:
(A)
Used one (1) day of sick leave on a mandatory professional development day; and
(B)
Made up the missed mandatory professional development day on a noncontract day.
(b)
Such sick leave shall be in force beginning with the first day of the first school term for which each teacher is employed.
(c)
If a teacher resigns or leaves his or her teaching position for any reason before the end of the school term, the employing school district may deduct from his or her last paycheck full compensation for any days of sick leave used in excess of the number of days earned.
(d)
A teacher shall be entitled to sick leave only for reasons of personal illness or illness in his or her immediate family.
Acts 1971, No. 137, § 3; 1975, No. 386, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1251; Acts 2011, No. 1215, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1205 - Record of used and accumulated leave

(a)
A record of sick leave used and accumulated shall be established and maintained by each school district for each of its teachers.
(b)
Sick leave that is unused by a teacher during any school year shall be accumulated in that teacher's sick leave account at a rate of one (1) day per month or major portion thereof employed until ninety (90) days have been accumulated.
(c)
A teacher who qualifies for sick leave under §
6-17-1204
may use any amount up to his or her total number of accumulated days.
(d)
Accumulated days of sick leave that are used up may be restored up to ninety (90) days in the same manner that they were first accumulated.
Acts 1971, No. 137, § 4; 1975, No. 386, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1252; Acts 1989, No. 818, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1206 - Credit for leave accumulated in another school district

(a)
Whenever an employee of a school district, an education service cooperative, a state education agency, or a two-year college in this state shall leave the school district, education service cooperative, state education agency, or two-year college and accept employment in another school district in this state, education service cooperative, state education agency, or two-year college, the employee shall be granted credit by the new school district, education service cooperative, state education agency, or two-year college for any unused sick leave accumulated by the employee while employed by the former school district but not to exceed a maximum of ninety (90) days.
(b)
(1)
The accumulated and unused sick leave credit shall be granted to the employee upon furnishing proof in writing from the school district of former employment of the employee.
(2)
Sick leave granted to an employee under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be depleted before the employee uses sick leave granted by the current school district.
(3)
Upon the hiring of an employee and the verification of accumulated sick leave, sick leave that is transferred from the school district of former employment of the employee to the school district of current employment of the employee is eligible for payment upon retirement of the employee from the school district of current employment of the employee if the school district's policy provides for payment of sick leave.
(c)
The provisions of this section shall apply to employment with another school district, education service cooperative, state education agency, or two-year college on or after July 1, 1997.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 1180,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1975, No. 177, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1252.1; Acts 1987, No. 259, § 1; 1989, No. 818, § 2; 1991, No. 834, § 3; 1999, No. 774, § 1; 2007, No. 617, § 10.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1207 - Payment for unused leave

Payment for unused sick leave shall be made from the salary fund of the school district, and these moneys shall be included in meeting the annual requirements for payment of teachers' salaries.
Acts 1979, No. 1016, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1253.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1208 - Authority to liberalize policy

The number of days of sick leave provided by this subchapter are minimums only, and nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit any school district from providing more days of sick leave or from having a more liberal policy for the administration of sick leave, including, but not limited to, the establishment of sick leave pools or banks and allowing school district employees who are husband and wife to each utilize the other's accumulated sick leave.
Acts 1971, No. 137, § 7; 1975, No. 386, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255; Acts 1989, No. 791, § 1; 1999, No. 40, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 12 - TEACHERS' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1201 — 6-17-1209) › Section 6-17-1209 - Leave of absence for personal injury from assault or other violent criminal act

(a)
(1)
(A)
Whenever a schoolteacher is absent from his or her duties in a public school as a result of personal injury caused by either an assault or a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of his or her employment, the teacher shall be granted a leave of absence from school with full pay for up to one (1) year from the date of the injury.
(B)
Teachers who suffer personal injury while intervening in student fights, restraining a student, or protecting a student from harm shall be considered to be injured as a result of an assault or a criminal act.
(2)
The leave of absence for personal injury from an assault or a criminal act shall not be charged to the teacher's sick leave authorized under this subchapter.
(b)
The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the implementation of this section and incorporate them as part of the written personnel policies of the school district.
Acts 1993, No. 1115, § 2; 1999, No. 1494, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1301 - Title

The title of this subchapter is "The School Employees' Minimum Sick Leave Law".
Acts 1979, No. 391, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.1.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1302 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Accumulated sick leave" means the total number of days of unused sick leave that a school employee has to his or her credit;
(2)
"Immediate family" includes the school employee's spouse, children, parents, and any other relatives in the same household;
(3)
"School employee" includes any employee of a school district who works not less than twenty (20) hours per week and who is not compelled by law to secure a teaching license from the State Board of Education as a condition precedent to employment. This subchapter covers those school employees who are normally and usually designated as noncertified school employees; and
(4)
"Sick leave" means absence with full pay from one's duties in a public school for the reason of personal illness or illness in his or her immediate family.
Acts 1979, No. 391, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.2.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1303 - Policies and regulations

(a)
The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the administration of sick leave.
(b)
Such policies and regulations shall be a part of the written policies of each school district, and a copy shall be furnished to each school employee.
Acts 1979, No. 391, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.5.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1304 - Amount and use of leave

(a)
Each school district in the state shall provide sick leave for each of its school employees at a minimum accumulation rate of one (1) day per month or major portion thereof that the school employee is employed at full pay.
(b)
Such accumulation shall begin with the first month or major portion thereof beginning with the first day of the first school term for which each such individual is employed.
(c)
If a school employee resigns or leaves his or her employment position for any reason before the end of the school term, the employing school district may deduct from his or her last pay check full compensation for any days of sick leave in excess of the number of days earned.
(d)
A school employee shall be entitled to sick leave only for reasons of personal illness or illness in his or her immediate family.
Acts 1979, No. 391, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.3.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1305 - Record of used and accumulated leave

(a)
A record of sick leave used and accumulated shall be established and maintained by each school district for each of its employees.
(b)
Sick leave that is unused by a school employee during any school year shall be accumulated in such school employee's sick leave account at a rate of one (1) day per month or major portion thereof employed until ninety (90) days have been accumulated.
(c)
A school employee who qualifies for sick leave under §
6-17-1304
may use any amount up to his or her total number of accumulated days.
(d)
Accumulated days of sick leave that are used may be restored up to ninety (90) days in the same manner that they were first accumulated.
Acts 1979, No. 391, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.4; Acts 1991, No. 834, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1306 - Authority to liberalize policy

The number of days of sick leave provided by this subchapter are minimums only, and nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit any school district from providing more days of sick leave or from having a more liberal policy for the administration of sick leave, including, but not limited to, the establishment of sick leave pools or banks and allowing school employees who are husband and wife to each utilize the other's accumulated sick leave.
Acts 1979, No. 391, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.6; Acts 1997, No. 1319, § 1; 1999, No. 40, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1307 - Unused leave - Credit

(a)
Whenever a school employee employed by a school district in this state shall leave the school district and accept employment in another school district, the school employee shall be granted credit by the new school district for up to ninety (90) days of unused sick leave accumulated by the school employee in the former school district.
(b)
The accumulated and unused sick leave shall be credited to the school employee by the school district upon receipt of written proof from the school district in which the school employee was formerly employed.
Acts 1991, No. 834, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 13 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' MINIMUM SICK LEAVE LAW (§§ 6-17-1301 — 6-17-1308) › Section 6-17-1308 - Absence due to injury from assault

(a)
(1)
Each school district shall grant a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum period of one (1) year to any school employee who is absent from duty in a public school as a result of personal injury from an assault or other violent criminal act committed against the school employee in the course of employment in the public school.
(2)
Such leave of absence shall not be charged to the sick leave provided to the school employee under this subchapter.
(b)
The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the implementation of this section and shall incorporate them as a part of the written personnel policies of the school district.
Acts 1995, No. 1233, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1401 - Coverage provided

Workers' compensation coverage as provided in the Workers' Compensation Law, §
11-9-101
et seq., shall be provided for personal injuries and death of officers and employees of public schools in this state.
Acts 1971, No. 223, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1237.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1402 - Workers' Compensation Commission - Authority and jurisdiction

(a)
The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to adopt rules and to prescribe forms it deems necessary or desirable to properly carry out the purpose and intent of this subchapter.
(b)
The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all claims filed by or in behalf of school district employees pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter for workers' compensation benefits.
(c)
The method and procedure of filing claims and the determination of awards pursuant to such claims shall be the same as provided by law and rules of the commission with respect to claims filed by employees of private employers.
(d)
However, the action taken by the commission with respect to the allowance or disallowance of any claim filed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be final and binding upon all parties and shall not be subject to judicial review.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 235, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 234, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1971, No. 223, §§ 2, 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1238, 80-1242.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1403 - Financing coverage

(a)
The General Assembly shall appropriate funds as necessary to cover an award made to a school district employee under this subchapter for claims that arose before July 1, 1994.
(b)
All funds so appropriated by the General Assembly shall be deposited into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund, and all awards made under this subchapter shall be paid from the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund by the Public Employee Claims Division of the State Insurance Department.
(c)
Annually on July 1, the division shall certify to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State the amounts of all awards made and paid during the preceding year to or on behalf of public school employees, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be transferred to the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund from the Public School Fund the amount as was certified to him or her as having been paid on behalf of public school employees.
(d)
The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall also cause to be transferred to the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund from the Public School Fund such amounts as may be certified to the commissioner by the division as the cost of administering this subchapter for public school employees.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 29, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 231,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1971, No. 223, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1239.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1404 - Filing reports of injury or death

(a)
The appropriate school district officials shall file with the Workers' Compensation Commission within ten (10) days after receiving notice of any personal injury or death of any employee of the school district, a report showing the date, time, and place of such injury or death and briefly stating the circumstances and extent thereof, the name of the injured or deceased person, and the names of all witnesses.
(b)
The report shall be made on forms approved by the commission.
Acts 1971, No. 223, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1240.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1405 - Notification of award - Transfer of available federal funds

(a)
Upon making any award to or in behalf of an employee of any school district, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall notify the appropriate officer of the school district and shall notify the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(b)
If the salary or compensation of the employee in whose behalf the award was made is paid wholly or partly from federal funds, the division is authorized to transfer funds from the federal funds available for the program under which such employee was paid to the Public School Fund to reimburse the Public School Fund for funds transferred to the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund as provided for in this subchapter.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1474, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1971, No. 223, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1241.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1411 - School district employees

(a)
All school districts shall be required to provide workers' compensation coverage for their employees.
(b)
Coverages shall be provided for losses incurred while performing work for the school district.
Acts 1993, No. 862, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1412 - Effective date

(a)
Claims incurred before July 1, 1994, shall continue to be the responsibility of the state.
(b)
Claims incurred on and after July 1, 1994, shall be the responsibility of the school districts.
Acts 1993, No. 862, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 14 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION (§§ 6-17-1401 — 6-17-1413) › Section 6-17-1413 - Carriers

(a)
School districts may provide workers' compensation coverage either through private carriers, municipal self-funding groups, or one (1) or more self-funding groups.
(b)
Self-funding groups established for this purpose shall meet the following requirements:
(1)
Any such group established to provide such coverage only to school districts shall offer coverage to any school district in the state that applies for such coverage;
(2)
(A)
Any group established to provide workers' compensation coverage to school districts shall offer such coverage at rates established by the NCCI Holdings, Inc. and approved by the State Insurance Department.
(B)
Premiums for school districts participating in any such group shall be revised annually based on the loss experience of the particular school district or group of school districts; and
(3)
(A)
(i)
(a)
Any self-funding group of participating school districts shall be subject to the rules of the Workers' Compensation Commission applicable to self-insured groups or providers.
(b)
However, school districts shall not be required to enter into an indemnity agreement binding them jointly and severally.
(ii)
Each board governing a self-funded group shall be permitted to declare dividends or give credits against renewal premiums based on annual loss experience.
(iii)
All self-funded groups shall obtain excess reinsurance from an admitted or approved insurance company doing business in Arkansas.
(B)
However, in lieu of the reinsurance requirements in subdivision (b)(3)(A)(iii) of this section, any self-funded group under this section with one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) or more in annually collected premiums may provide excess reserves of twenty percent (20%) of annual premiums by any one (1) of the following ways:
(i)
Cash or certificates of deposit in Arkansas banks; or
(ii)
Letters of credit from an Arkansas bank.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 236, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1993, No. 862, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1501 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1502 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, §§ 2, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1266.1, 80-1266.3; Acts 2011, No. 989, § 55.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1503 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.2; Acts 1989, No. 625, § 1; 2001, No. 1739, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1504 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.6; Acts 2009, No. 376, § 33; 2011, No. 1209, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1505 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.7.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1506 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.3; Acts 1997, No. 1247, § 1; 1999, No. 852, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1507 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 964,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.4; Acts 1999, No. 852, § 2; 2001, No. 1739, § 2; 2011, No. 989, § 56.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1508 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 964,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.5; Acts 1999, No. 852, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1509 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.8; Acts 1999, No. 852, § 4; 1999, No. 1581, § 1; 2001, No. 551, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 15 - TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT (§§ 6-17-1501 — 6-17-1510) › Section 6-17-1510 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 33, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 936, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1266.9; Acts 2001, No. 1739, § 3; 2011, No. 989, § 57.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 16 - MASTER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PROGRAM (§§ 6-17-1601 — 6-17-1604) › Section 6-17-1601 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"High-need public school" means an Arkansas public school that, at the time a master principal first becomes entitled to a high-need school salary bonus, is identified as failing to meet certain established levels of academic achievement under rules adopted by the State Board of Education;
(2)
"High-need school salary bonus" means an annual bonus to a master principal serving as a principal of a high-need public school;
(3)
"Hold-back longevity bonus" means a portion of the high-need school salary bonus held back to be paid at the end of three (3) years and five (5) years of serving as a principal of the same high-need public school; and
(4)
"Incentive bonus" means a bonus paid to a master principal serving as a principal of any public school in the state.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 459,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 16 - MASTER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PROGRAM (§§ 6-17-1601 — 6-17-1604) › Section 6-17-1602 - Master School Principal Program

(a)
There is created the Master School Principal Program to provide training programs and opportunities to expand the knowledge base and leadership skills of public school principals.
(b)
The program shall be administered by the Arkansas Leadership Academy.
(c)
The program shall consist of a process of no fewer than three (3) phases developed by the academy and approved by the State Board of Education, including:
(1)
"Phase one", which shall expand the knowledge base and leadership skills of the principal;
(2)
"Phase two", which shall require the principal to apply strategies and to collect evidence of improvement in student learning and school processes; and
(3)
"Phase three", which shall require the principal to publicly demonstrate the ability and skills that lead to sustained academic improvement in a school and a school district.
(d)
A school principal successfully completing the program shall be designated as a master school principal by the academy.
(e)
(1)
The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the academy shall:
(A)
Develop criteria for selection of candidates for the program;
(B)
Review and modify, as deemed appropriate, the program performance areas; and
(C)
(i)
Develop a rigorous assessment process based on the performance areas.
(ii)
The assessment shall include, but shall not be limited to, demonstrable, performance-based evidence of the performance areas.
(2)
The number of school principals participating each year may be determined by the amount of funding available for the program.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1475, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 16 - MASTER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PROGRAM (§§ 6-17-1601 — 6-17-1604) › Section 6-17-1603 - Yearly incentive bonus

(a)
The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules for the nine-thousand-dollar yearly incentive bonus provided under this section for principals receiving master school principal status.
(b)
The division shall pay a yearly incentive bonus of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who:
(1)
Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and
(2)
At the time of receiving the bonus, is employed full time as a building-level principal in an Arkansas public school district.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 237, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1476, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 16 - MASTER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PROGRAM (§§ 6-17-1601 — 6-17-1604) › Section 6-17-1604 - High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus

(a)
The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for an additional high-need school salary bonus, including a hold-back longevity bonus, for each principal receiving master school principal status and serving as a principal of a high-need public school.
(b)
(1)
The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a high-need school salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who:
(A)
Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and
(B)
At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school.
(2)
The high-need school salary bonus under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be paid as follows:
(A)
Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and
(B)
An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows:
(i)
A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and
(ii)
A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school.
(3)
The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under §
6-17-1603
, if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year incentive bonus.
(c)
Regardless of a person's past participation in the Master School Principal Program, a person shall not receive a yearly incentive bonus, a salary bonus, or a longevity bonus if the person leaves full-time employment as a principal of an Arkansas public school district.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 238, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1477, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 459,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 4.
See Act 2013, No. 459, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 17 - PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FAIR HEARING ACT (§§ 6-17-1701 — 6-17-1705) › Section 6-17-1701 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 34, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1991, No. 631, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 17 - PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FAIR HEARING ACT (§§ 6-17-1701 — 6-17-1705) › Section 6-17-1702 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 34, eff. 6/30/2023.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1478, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1138,§ 40, eff. 8/16/2013.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1073,§ 27, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1991, No. 631, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 17 - PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FAIR HEARING ACT (§§ 6-17-1701 — 6-17-1705) › Section 6-17-1703 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 34, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1991, No. 631, § 3; 1997, No. 1199, § 1; 1999, No. 1314, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 17 - PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FAIR HEARING ACT (§§ 6-17-1701 — 6-17-1705) › Section 6-17-1704 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 34, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1991, No. 631, § 4; 1999, No. 1314, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 17 - PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FAIR HEARING ACT (§§ 6-17-1701 — 6-17-1705) › Section 6-17-1705 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 237,§ 34, eff. 6/30/2023.
Acts 1991, No. 631, §§ 4, 5; 1999, No. 1314, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 19 - MINORITY RECRUITMENT (§§ 6-17-1901 — 6-17-1903) › Section 6-17-1901 - Teacher and administrator recruitment and retention plan

(a)
By August 1, 2022, each public school district and open-enrollment public charter school in the state shall prepare a three-year teacher and administrator recruitment and retention plan.
(b)
The plan shall set forth goals for:
(1)
The recruitment and retention of teachers and administrators of minority races and ethnicities who increase diversity among the district staff and, at a minimum, reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the district's students; and
(2)
Increasing the number of students who pursue careers in education with an emphasis on students of minority races and ethnicities.
(c)
A school district shall review annually the:
(1)
Recruitment and retention plan; and
(2)
Progress of the school district in meeting the goals established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(d)
The plan shall be:
(1)
Updated annually; and
(2)
Posted on the school district's or open-enrollment public charter school's website no later than August 1 of each year.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 646,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1479, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1991, No. 1164, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 19 - MINORITY RECRUITMENT (§§ 6-17-1901 — 6-17-1903) › Section 6-17-1903 - Department of Education - Minority Teacher and Administrator Preparation and Recruitment Strategic Plan

(a)
(1)
The Department of Education shall set goals for increasing the number of teachers and administrators of minority races and ethnicities in this state.
(2)
(A)
The Division of Higher Education shall collaborate with the State Board of Education, local universities, colleges, public school districts, and open-enrollment public charter schools to develop a strategic plan for increasing the number of teachers and administrators of minority races and ethnicities in this state.
(B)
The Minority Teacher and Administrator Preparation and Recruitment Strategic Plan shall include without limitation recommendations to institutions with educator preparation programs on ways to:
(i)
Identify methods for increasing the percentage of teachers and administrators of minority races and ethnicities in proportion to the number of students of minority races and ethnicities in this state; and
(ii)
Establish programs to identify and recruit individuals of minority races and ethnicities who have already earned college degrees in other job fields to become teachers and administrators.
(b)
The division shall:
(1)
Promote educator preparation programs that increase the percentage of individuals of minority races and ethnicities who enter and successfully complete a four-year educator preparatory program and provide support to students of minority races and ethnicities who meet the requirements for entering educator preparation programs; and
(2)
Submit a report no later than July 1, 2022, and every two (2) years following to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.
Added by Act 2021, No. 646,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.
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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 22 - CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY ACT (§§ 6-17-2201 — 6-17-2207) › Section 6-17-2201 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act".
Acts 2001, No. 1138, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 22 - CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY ACT (§§ 6-17-2201 — 6-17-2207) › Section 6-17-2202 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
(A)
"Classified employee" means any employee of a public school district in Arkansas who performs work for the school district and who is not required to hold a valid teaching license issued by the State Board of Education as a condition of employment.
(B)
"Classified employee" does not include a nonlicensed teacher; and
(2)
"Full-time classified employee" means any classified employee who works twenty (20) or more hours per week for the public school district.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 774,§ 5, eff. 7/28/2021.
Acts 2001, No. 1138, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 22 - CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY ACT (§§ 6-17-2201 — 6-17-2207) › Section 6-17-2203 - Minimum salary

(a)
A full-time classified employee shall not receive an hourly rate of compensation less than six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per hour.
(b)
No classified employee's hourly rate of compensation shall be reduced as a result of this subchapter.
(c)
Beginning July 1, 2003, and each year thereafter, the minimum hourly rate provided in this subchapter shall be increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase of the consumer price index.
Acts 2001, No. 1138, § 1; 2003, No. 1773, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 22 - CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY ACT (§§ 6-17-2201 — 6-17-2207) › Section 6-17-2204 - Rules

The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules to establish a method of determining whether a classified employee shall be considered to work twenty (20) or more hours per week.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 239, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 2001, No. 1138, § 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 17 - PERSONNEL (§§ 6-17-101 — 6-17-2906) › Subchapter 22 - CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY ACT (§§ 6-17-2201 — 6-17-2207) › Section 6-17-2205 - Paid breaks for certain classified employees

For those classified employees working more than twenty (20) hours per week:
(1)
(A)
Each school district in the state shall provide no fewer than two (2) paid fifteen-minute breaks during each regular workday for each classified school employee.
(B)
The contract day shall not be extended to provide for this section; and
(2)
Each school district shall file an affidavit for compliance with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act,
29 U.S.C. § 201
et seq., for classified employees unless the school district policies or state laws impose higher standards.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1481, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 2003, No. 1752, § 1.