Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 13 - School Districts

§ 6-13-107. Membership in state association of school board of directors officials - School districts in this state may voluntarily, at the discretion...

§ 6-13-108. Sixteenth section school lands - (a) All lands in this state which are known as...

§ 6-13-109. School superintendent — Definition - (a) The public school districts in the state shall each...

§ 6-13-110. Purchase of government property - (a) (1) Each local school district board of directors is...

§ 6-13-111. Consolidated school districts - (a) A school district in the State of Arkansas that...

§ 6-13-112. Responsibilities of the State Board of Education and Commissioner of Education regarding school districts under state authority - (a) Within ten (10) days of the meeting of the...

§ 6-13-113. School district desegregation orders — Orders - (a) By January 1, 2016, a school district that is...

Subchapter 6 - School District Boards of Directors Generally

§ 6-13-608. Length of directors' terms - (a) All members of a school district board of directors...

§ 6-13-611. Vacancies generally - (a) A vacancy shall occur on a school district board...

§ 6-13-612. Vacancy — Conviction of felony - (a) When a member of the board of directors of...

§ 6-13-613. Temporary vacancies — Vacancies created by failure to participate - (a) In cases where directors have entered the services of...

§ 6-13-615. Local option to elect directors from single-member zones - (a) (1) Qualified electors of a school district may, by...

§ 6-13-616. Qualifications of directors - (a) No person shall be eligible to be a member...

§ 6-13-617. Oath - (a) (1) Each director elected for an initial or nonconsecutive...

§ 6-13-618. Organization — Disbursing officer - (a) At the first regular meeting following the later of...

§ 6-13-619. Meetings - (a) (1) The board of directors of a public school...

§ 6-13-620. Powers and duties - The board of directors of each school district in the...

§ 6-13-621. Authority to convey section lands - The board of directors of each school district in this...

§ 6-13-622. Publication of budget - (a) The requirement of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 40, for publication...

§ 6-13-623. Legal proceedings — Employment of counsel - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the governing authority of...

§ 6-13-624. Oil, gas, and mineral leases - (a) The directors of any common or special school district...

§ 6-13-625. Liability insurance - (a) The boards of directors of the respective school districts...

§ 6-13-626. Access of military recruiters to school facilities and records - If the board of directors of a school district permits...

§ 6-13-628. Purchases in small communities without bids - Whenever any school in a school district in any county...

§ 6-13-629. Training and instruction — Reimbursement - (a) (1) (A) A member of a local school district...

§ 6-13-630. Election by zone and at large - (a) (1) The board of directors of any school district...

§ 6-13-631. Effect of minority population on election - (a) The qualified electors of a school district having a...

§ 6-13-632. Adequate meeting facilities required - (a) The board of directors of schools with an average...

§ 6-13-634. School district board of directors — Size - (a) (1) A school district shall have a board of...

§ 6-13-635. School board review and approval of salary increases — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “salary increase” means an...

Subchapter 7 - School District Treasurer

§ 6-13-701. Powers and duties — Definition - (a) The board of directors of any school district in...

Subchapter 8 - Educational Compacts Generally

§ 6-13-801. Authorization - (a) Any two (2) or more school districts in this...

§ 6-13-802. Provisions - Compacts entered into under the provisions of this subchapter shall:...

§ 6-13-803. Approval by school district board of directors - (a) Before any compact shall become binding upon any member...

§ 6-13-804. Approval by State Board of Education - All compacts entered into under this subchapter shall be first...

§ 6-13-805. Amendments, alterations, and changes - Amendments, alterations, or changes in compact agreements may be made...

§ 6-13-806. Indebtedness and pledge of millage - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize any...

§ 6-13-807. Student residence unchanged - Children educated under compact agreements shall, for educational purposes, be...

§ 6-13-808. The Arkansas Traveling Teacher Program - (a) The Arkansas Traveling Teacher Program is hereby established and...

Subchapter 9 - The Public School Educational Cooperative Act of 1981

§ 6-13-901. Title - The title of this subchapter shall be “The Public School...

§ 6-13-902. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Educational cooperative” means a...

§ 6-13-903. Powers - (a) Public school districts in the State of Arkansas are...

§ 6-13-904. Agents for school districts - (a) The educational cooperatives will act as an agency for...

§ 6-13-905. Board of directors - (a) Each educational cooperative will be governed by a board...

§ 6-13-906. Rules and reports - (a) The educational cooperative will: (1) Abide by all rules...

Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985

§ 6-13-1001. Title - The title of this subchapter shall be “The Education Service...

§ 6-13-1002. Education service cooperatives established — Functions - (a) (1) The State Board of Education is authorized to...

§ 6-13-1003. Boundaries — Adjustments - (a) The State Board of Education shall establish tentative boundaries...

§ 6-13-1004. Requests for establishment of education service cooperative — Requirements - (a) Education service cooperatives shall be established when seventy-five percent...

§ 6-13-1005. Alteration of boundaries - (a) The State Board of Education, upon the request of...

§ 6-13-1006. Board of directors - (a) Each education service cooperative shall be governed by a...

§ 6-13-1007. Executive committee - (a) (1) In a meeting, with a majority of its...

§ 6-13-1008. Teacher center — Teacher center committee - (a) Each education service cooperative shall establish a teacher center...

§ 6-13-1009. Cooperative committees generally - Each education service cooperative may establish other committees of local...

§ 6-13-1010. Director - (a) Each education service cooperative shall be administered by a...

§ 6-13-1011. Personnel generally - (a) (1) Personnel of education service cooperatives shall be employed...

§ 6-13-1012. Agency personnel - With the approval of an education service cooperative's governing body,...

§ 6-13-1013. Policies and rules - (a) The State Board of Education shall develop such policies...

§ 6-13-1014. Sharing and coordination of activities — Liaison - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall encourage...

§ 6-13-1015. Liaison with postsecondary institutions - (a) Each education service cooperative, in carrying out its programs...

§ 6-13-1016. Annual surveys and needs assessments - (a) Each education service cooperative shall conduct annual surveys and...

§ 6-13-1017. Programs and services - (a) The programs and services of each education service cooperative...

§ 6-13-1018. Participation of local school districts — Contracts - (a) Each school district within the service area of the...

§ 6-13-1019. Funding of education service cooperatives - (a) The state shall provide funds to support the basic...

§ 6-13-1020. Policies and procedures — Expenditures, reports, and audits - (a) On or before August 31 of each year, each...

§ 6-13-1021. Evaluations — Performance rating - (a) Each education service cooperative shall be evaluated during the...

§ 6-13-1022. Dissolution of education service cooperative - (a) After 1990, the State Board of Education shall be...

§ 6-13-1023. Technology training center — Technology coordinator - (a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote...

§ 6-13-1025. Mathematics and science resource center — Mathematics and science coordinator - (a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote...

§ 6-13-1026. Cooperatives qualify as local education agencies - (a) The General Assembly designates that the education service cooperatives...

§ 6-13-1027. Fiscal distress — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Fiscal integrity” means...

§ 6-13-1028. Fiscal distress plan - (a) An education service cooperative that is classified by the...

§ 6-13-1029. Fiscal distress actions - (a) To address the identified areas of fiscal distress of...

§ 6-13-1030. Removal from fiscal distress status - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall certify...

§ 6-13-1031. Appeal - (a) An education service cooperative may appeal to the State...

Subchapter 11 - Model Rural School Consortiums

§ 6-13-1101. Legislative intent - It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter to...

§ 6-13-1102. Authority - Pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, one (1) or...

§ 6-13-1104. Powers and duties - Any model rural early childhood consortium created pursuant to this...

§ 6-13-1106. Criteria — Contingency - (a) (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and...

Subchapter 13 - Site-Based Decision Making

§ 6-13-1301. Legislative intent - It is the intention of the General Assembly through this...

§ 6-13-1302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Classified employee” means any...

§ 6-13-1303. Adoption of policy - (a) Following a secret ballot vote by two-thirds (2/3) of...

§ 6-13-1304. School council established — Members - The school district policy adopted by the board of directors...

§ 6-13-1305. School district policy — Contents - The policy adopted by the local school district board of...

§ 6-13-1306. School council powers and duties - The school council established under this subchapter may implement policies...

§ 6-13-1307. Other authority — Granted by local board - The local board may grant to the school council other...

§ 6-13-1308. Assistance by Division of Elementary and Secondary Education - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may develop...

§ 6-13-1309. Alternative model - (a) A local school building site that chooses to have...

Subchapter 14 - Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation

§ 6-13-1401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Affected district” means a...

§ 6-13-1402. Consolidation and annexation authority - There shall not be any consolidation or annexation of any...

§ 6-13-1403. Conditions under which State Board of Education may annex school districts - (a) The State Board of Education shall consider the annexation...

§ 6-13-1404. Conditions under which State Board of Education may consolidate school districts - (a) The State Board of Education shall consider the consolidation...

§ 6-13-1407. Creation of school district — When part of school district taken - (a) Any receiving district or resulting district created under this...

§ 6-13-1408. Annexation or consolidation not to negatively impact state-assisted desegregation - (a) The State Board of Education shall not order any...

§ 6-13-1409. State Board of Education - (a) The State Board of Education shall have the following...

§ 6-13-1410. Appeal and election - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the decision of the...

§ 6-13-1411. Use of fund balances - (a) Unless otherwise approved by a unanimous vote of the...

§ 6-13-1414. Boundary change by State Board of Education - (a) (1) The State Board of Education shall consider a...

§ 6-13-1415. Involuntary consolidation or annexation — Effective date — Interim board of directors - (a) This section applies to the involuntary consolidation or involuntary...

§ 6-13-1416. Voluntary consolidation or annexation — Effective date — Interim board of directors - (a) This section applies to any petition for consolidation or...

§ 6-13-1417. Formation of permanent board of directors - (a) (1) A permanent board of directors shall have either...

Subchapter 15 - Creation of School District by Detaching Territory from Existing School District

§ 6-13-1501. Creation of school district by detaching territory from existing school district - (a) (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly...

§ 6-13-1502. Minimum area and attendance requirements - (a) A new school district may not be created in...

§ 6-13-1503. Initiation of detachment - Creation of a new school district by detachment shall be...

§ 6-13-1504. Petition — Election - (a) (1) Not later than the thirtieth day after the...

§ 6-13-1505. Creation of school district - (a) If all the requirements of this subchapter are met...

Subchapter 16 - Public Education Reorganization Act

§ 6-13-1601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Administrative annexation” means the...

§ 6-13-1602. Administrative consolidation list - By January 1 of each year, the Division of Elementary...

§ 6-13-1603. Administrative reorganization - (a) (1) Any school district included in the Division of...

§ 6-13-1607. Retention of historical records and documents - Following the annexations or consolidations under §§ 6-13-1601 — 6-13-1603...

§ 6-13-1608. Audit required - (a) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall conduct a comprehensive financial review...

§ 6-13-1609. Preservation of historical school artifacts - Following the administrative consolidations or administrative annexations under §§ 6-13-1601...

§ 6-13-1610. Financial relief for debts acquired as a result of involuntary consolidations — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Accounts payable” means...

§ 6-13-1611. Reports - (a) By October 1 of each year, the resulting district...

§ 6-13-1612. Academic support centers - (a) The purpose of this section is to: (1) Prevent...

§ 6-13-1613. Minimum school district size waiver - (a) (1) A school district that is placed on the...

Subchapter 17 - Institutional Law Enforcement Officers

§ 6-13-1701. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Executive head” means a...

§ 6-13-1702. Applicability - (a) (1) This subchapter applies to all property that is...

§ 6-13-1703. Appointment and removal of institutional law enforcement officers - (a) (1) An executive head of an institution may designate...

§ 6-13-1704. Powers and duties of an institutional law enforcement officer - (a) An institutional law enforcement officer appointed under this subchapter,...

§ 6-13-1705. Institutional law enforcement officers — Personal liability - An institutional law enforcement officer appointed under this subchapter is...

§ 6-13-1706. Prosecution and fines - (a) A prosecuting attorney or city attorney with jurisdiction shall...

§ 6-13-1707. Motor vehicles on institutional property — Rules - (a) An institution may promulgate rules for the operation and...

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Arkansas Code Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally Chapter 13 - School Districts

Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 13 - School Districts