(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the governing authority of any school district in the State of Arkansas is authorized to employ legal counsel to defend it, any member thereof, or any school official in any legal proceeding to which the board of directors, any member thereof, or any school official may be a defendant, which such proceeding is instituted against it, or against any member thereof, by virtue of his or her actions in connection with his or her duties as such member.
(b) All costs, expenses, and liabilities of proceedings so defended shall be a charge against the school district and paid out of funds provided by the governing body of the school district.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally
§ 6-13-608. Length of directors' terms
§ 6-13-611. Vacancies generally
§ 6-13-612. Vacancy — Conviction of felony
§ 6-13-613. Temporary vacancies — Vacancies created by failure to participate
§ 6-13-615. Local option to elect directors from single-member zones
§ 6-13-616. Qualifications of directors
§ 6-13-618. Organization — Disbursing officer
§ 6-13-621. Authority to convey section lands
§ 6-13-622. Publication of budget
§ 6-13-623. Legal proceedings — Employment of counsel
§ 6-13-624. Oil, gas, and mineral leases
§ 6-13-625. Liability insurance
§ 6-13-626. Access of military recruiters to school facilities and records
§ 6-13-628. Purchases in small communities without bids
§ 6-13-629. Training and instruction — Reimbursement
§ 6-13-630. Election by zone and at large
§ 6-13-631. Effect of minority population on election
§ 6-13-632. Adequate meeting facilities required
§ 6-13-634. School district board of directors — Size
§ 6-13-635. School board review and approval of salary increases — Definition