A school district may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds to repay borrowed moneys from school funds for:
(1) Building and equipping school buildings;
(2) Making additions and repairs to school buildings;
(3) Purchasing sites for school buildings;
(4) Purchasing new or used school buses;
(5) Refurbishing school buses;
(6) Providing professional development and training of teachers or other programs authorized under the federally recognized qualified zone academy bond program, 26 U.S.C. § 1397E [repealed];
(7) Paying off outstanding postdated warrants, installment contracts, revolving loans, and lease-purchase agreements, as provided by law; and
(8) In the case of a new school district created under § 6-13-1505:
(A) Purchasing school buildings and other structures;
(B) Purchasing new or used furniture, fixtures, and equipment;
(C) Paying the costs of the allocation of assets to the new school district; and
(D) Paying or retiring the outstanding indebtedness of the original school district that the new school district has become responsible for under § 6-13-1505.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Subchapter 12 - District Bonds
§ 6-20-1201. Authority to borrow money and issue negotiable bonds
§ 6-20-1202. Limitations of bonded indebtedness — Conversion of authorized bond issues
§ 6-20-1203. Bonds to comply with existing statutes
§ 6-20-1204. Form of bonds — Security
§ 6-20-1205. Submission of statement before issuing bonds — Approval
§ 6-20-1206. Manner and terms of sale — Maximum rate of interest
§ 6-20-1207. Delivery and payment in installments
§ 6-20-1208. Delivery of bonds upon payment in cash — Registration and recording
§ 6-20-1209. Debt service fund — Establishment and purpose
§ 6-20-1210. Debt service fund — Use
§ 6-20-1211. Tax records — Separate debt service fund records
§ 6-20-1212. Resolution setting priority in case of default
§ 6-20-1213. Duty to pay on maturity — Effect of failure
§ 6-20-1214. Obligations on district dissolution
§ 6-20-1215. Approval of bond issues
§ 6-20-1216. Refunding bonds — Authority to use
§ 6-20-1218. Refunding bonds — Maximum amounts — Conversion and sale
§ 6-20-1219. Record of bond issues
§ 6-20-1220. Refunding bonds — Issuance with election — Validation
§ 6-20-1222. Sale of school property securing deed of trust — Release of lien
§ 6-20-1223. Refunding bonds — Issuance without election
§ 6-20-1224. Payment in full — Endorsement and certificate
§ 6-20-1225. Certificates of indebtedness
§ 6-20-1226. Advancements for bond payments by county treasurer before settlement date
§ 6-20-1229. Issuance of second-lien commercial bonds — Definitions