Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 17 - Personnel

§ 6-17-107. Reporting student drug abuse — Provision of counseling, referrals, medical care, or other assistance to suicidal youths — Immunity from liability — Definition - (a) Teachers and other school personnel in this state shall...

§ 6-17-108. Authority for teachers to wear religious clothing - Any teacher may wear the clothing of any established and...

§ 6-17-109. Travel reimbursement for family and consumer science teachers - Teachers of family and consumer science shall be reimbursed for...

§ 6-17-110. Program to increase racial and ethnic sensitivity - (a) The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and...

§ 6-17-111. Duty-free lunch period - (a) (1) Each school district in this state shall provide...

§ 6-17-112. Corporal punishment — Immunity from liability — Definition - (a) (1) Except as provided under subdivision (a)(2) of this...

§ 6-17-113. Duty to report and investigate student criminal acts — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Act of violence”...

§ 6-17-114. Daily planning period — Definition - (a) (1) Effective beginning the 2003-2004 school year, each school...

§ 6-17-115. Elective or appointive office — State policy — Public school district policy - (a) It is the policy of this state to encourage...

§ 6-17-116. The Arkansas School Children Protection Act — Definitions - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...

§ 6-17-117. Noninstructional duties — Definitions - (a) (1) The purpose of this section is to provide...

§ 6-17-118. Public education surplus computer loan program - (a) (1) Any public school district or open-enrollment charter school...

§ 6-17-119. Alternative pay programs — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Alternative pay” means...

§ 6-17-120. Membership in labor organizations — Definition - (a) (1) As used in this section, “labor organization” means...

§ 6-17-121. Pre-employment and random drug screening — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Drug” means the...

Subchapter 2 - Personnel Policies

§ 6-17-201. Personnel policies requirements — Definition - (a) Each school district in the state shall have a...

§ 6-17-202. Right to join a professional organization - School district boards of directors or their representatives shall not...

§ 6-17-203. Committee for each school district - (a) Each school district shall have a committee on personnel...

§ 6-17-204. Incorporation into teachers' contracts - (a) The personnel policies of all school districts shall be...

§ 6-17-205. Organization and duties of committee - (a) (1) Each school district's committee on personnel policies shall...

§ 6-17-206. Copies furnished teachers and administrators - (a) (1) Each teacher or administrator being employed by a...

§ 6-17-207. Accreditation of school district - No school district which does not have written personnel policies...

§ 6-17-208. Grievance procedure — Definitions - (a) (1) It is the public policy of the State...

§ 6-17-209. Interim personnel policy committees — Definitions - (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall...

§ 6-17-210. Right to witness or representative - An employee shall be entitled to and shall be offered...

§ 6-17-211. Use of personal leave when administrator or school employee is absent from campus — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Personal leave” means...

Subchapter 3 - Employment and Assignment

§ 6-17-301. Employment of licensed personnel - (a) (1) A school district board of directors may employ...

§ 6-17-302. Public school principals — Qualifications and responsibilities - (a) The school district board of directors shall employ through...

§ 6-17-303. Assignment and reassignment of teachers - School district boards of directors shall have authority to assign...

§ 6-17-304. Employment of teacher obligated to another school district — Liability of hiring school district - (a) Any school district which employs a teacher or administrator...

§ 6-17-305. Student teachers - (a) Any primary or secondary school which has been accredited...

§ 6-17-306. Leaves of absence — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Classified employee” means...

§ 6-17-307. Interviewing expenses in particular regions - The school district board of directors of any school district...

§ 6-17-308. Moving expenses in particular regions - (a) The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules that...

§ 6-17-309. Licensure — Waiver - (a) (1) No class of students shall be under the...

§ 6-17-310. Office for the Purpose of Teacher Recruitment — Definition - (a) (1) There is established within the Division of Elementary...

Subchapter 4 - Licensure Generally

§ 6-17-401. Teacher's license requirement - (a) Except as permitted under § 6-17-309 and § 6-17-2601...

§ 6-17-402. Rules - (a) The State Board of Education shall issue the license...

§ 6-17-403. Provisional licensure for teachers trained and licensed in other states - (a) The State Board of Education may issue a one-year...

§ 6-17-404. Certain teachers and administrators licensed in adjoining state - (a) Any person who is licensed as a schoolteacher or...

§ 6-17-406. License revocation generally — Superintendents and supervisors - The State Board of Education may revoke the license of...

§ 6-17-407. License revocation — Falsifying attendance records — Investigating allegations of employee criminal misconduct - (a) (1) The State Board of Education is directed to...

§ 6-17-409. Alternative educator preparation programs — Definitions - (a) As used in this section, “alternative educator preparation program”...

§ 6-17-410. Teacher licensure — Application, renewal application, revocation, suspension, and probation — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) (i) An applicant for a license issued...

§ 6-17-411. Criminal records check as a condition for initial employment of licensed personnel — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(B) of...

§ 6-17-412. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification — Definitions - (a) As used in this section and § 6-17-413: (1)...

§ 6-17-413. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification funding — Bonuses — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education...

§ 6-17-414. Criminal records check as a condition for initial employment of nonlicensed personnel — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) (i) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(C)...

§ 6-17-415. Criminal records check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check for existing nonlicensed employees - (a) It is the clear intent of the General Assembly...

§ 6-17-416. Criminal records check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check of employees of more than one school district - Employees, whether new or existing, who have a contract with...

§ 6-17-417. Fingerprint or name check — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “applicant” means a person...

§ 6-17-418. Teacher licensure — Arkansas history requirement - (a) A person shall not be licensed as a social...

§ 6-17-419. Expired license renewal requirements - (a) (1) A person who holds an Arkansas teaching license...

§ 6-17-421. Criminal records check for fraudulent acts — Definitions - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Applicant” means an...

§ 6-17-422. Professional Licensure Standards Board - (a) There is established the Professional Licensure Standards Board. (b)...

§ 6-17-423. Professional development after retirement - (a) In order to maintain a valid teacher's license under...

§ 6-17-424. Administrator licensure for counselors — Eligibility - (a) A school counselor is an eligible candidate for an...

§ 6-17-425. Subpoena powers - (a) (1) The following boards shall have the power to...

§ 6-17-426. Repeat audit findings — Review by the Professional Licensure Standards Board - (a) (1) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may refer an...

§ 6-17-427. Superintendent license — Superintendent mentoring program required - (a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall...

§ 6-17-428. Ethical violations — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Code of ethics”...

§ 6-17-429. Right to Read Act — Definitions - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...

Subchapter 6 - Licensed Personnel Testing Program

§ 6-17-601. Board authority and directive - The State Board of Education shall establish and implement a...

§ 6-17-602. Application for new licensure - Any teacher, administrator, or other licensed person who is not...

§ 6-17-603. Reporting of test scores — Confidentiality - (a) (1) Scores from the tests required under this subchapter...

Subchapter 7 - Professional Development

§ 6-17-701. Program to improve reading skills - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education is authorized...

§ 6-17-702. Staff development sessions - (a) (1) (A) A school district shall not deny licensed...

§ 6-17-703. Arkansas history professional development - (a) A school district shall provide two (2) hours, or...

§ 6-17-704. Professional development plan — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “professional development” means a...

§ 6-17-705. Professional development credit - (a) Up to twelve (12) hours of professional development credit,...

§ 6-17-706. Professional development credit exemption - (a) Licensed personnel working part time shall be exempt from...

§ 6-17-707. Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative - (a) There is created the Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative....

§ 6-17-708. Teen suicide awareness and prevention professional development - (a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall...

§ 6-17-709. Professional development schedule - (a) Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, a school district...

§ 6-17-710. Human trafficking professional development - (a) Each year, a school district shall make available to...

§ 6-17-711. Bullying prevention — Professional development - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall require...

Subchapter 8 - Teachers' Salaries Generally

§ 6-17-801. Indefinite teacher employment contract void - (a) In any contract of employment entered into by and...

§ 6-17-802. Twelve-month contracts for vocational agriculture teachers - All public high schools in this state which offer vocational...

§ 6-17-803. Optional contract payable in monthly installments - (a) (1) Any school district in this state, at the...

§ 6-17-804. Deductions for group insurance premium - For the purpose of payment of group insurance policy premiums,...

§ 6-17-805. Deduction for professional membership dues — Definitions - (a) Upon the written request of any teacher or classified...

§ 6-17-807. Additional days - (a) If a teacher is required to work more days...

§ 6-17-809. Teachers for the visually impaired entering state service - Upon the superintendent's certification to the state personnel administrator of...

§ 6-17-810. Teachers for the hearing impaired entering state service - Upon the superintendent's certification to the state personnel administrator of...

§ 6-17-811. Incentives for teacher recruitment and retention in high-priority districts — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “High-priority district” means...

§ 6-17-812. Compensation for teaching more than the maximum number of students permitted - (a) (1) If a teacher of students in grades five...

Subchapter 9 - The Arkansas Teachers' Salary Law

§ 6-17-901. Title - The title of this subchapter shall be “The Arkansas Teachers'...

§ 6-17-902. Definition - As used in this subchapter, “teacher” shall include a full-time...

§ 6-17-907. Funds generally - (a) The county treasurer of each county in the state...

§ 6-17-908. Teachers' salary fund - (a) Only warrants or checks in payment of the following...

§ 6-17-911. Effect of failure to make records and settlements - (a) The disbursing officer of the State Board of Education...

§ 6-17-912. Advances from other funds - When acting in the capacity as school district treasurer, the...

§ 6-17-913. Audits of accounts - (a) The accounts of all school districts shall be audited...

§ 6-17-915. Filing of personnel lists - The ex officio financial secretary of each school district in...

§ 6-17-918. Issuing and countersigning warrants - (a) (1) It shall be the duty of the school...

§ 6-17-919. Warrants void without valid license and contract - (a) All warrants issued in payment of teachers' salaries are...

Subchapter 11 - Insurance

§ 6-17-1109. Life and disability insurance — Notice, evaluation, and approval of bid proposals - (a) Before selecting a policy or entering into an agreement...

§ 6-17-1112. Life and disability insurance — Members of retirement systems - (a) Members of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System and the...

§ 6-17-1113. School Worker Defense Program - (a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall...

§ 6-17-1114. Cooperation - It is the duty of the State and Public School...

§ 6-17-1115. Group insurance for independent school districts - (a) The employees of an independent school district may be...

§ 6-17-1117. Health insurance — Definition - (a) (1) Beginning on January 1, 2014, a school district...

§ 6-17-1118. School Worker Defense Program Advisory Board - (a) The School Worker Defense Program Advisory Board is created....

Subchapter 12 - The Teachers' Minimum Sick Leave Law

§ 6-17-1201. Title - The title of this subchapter shall be “The Teachers' Minimum...

§ 6-17-1202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Accumulated sick leave” means...

§ 6-17-1203. Policies and regulations - (a) The board of directors of each school district shall...

§ 6-17-1204. Amount and use of leave - (a) (1) Each school district in the state shall provide...

§ 6-17-1205. Record of used and accumulated leave - (a) A record of sick leave used and accumulated shall...

§ 6-17-1206. Credit for leave accumulated in another school district - (a) Whenever an employee of a school district, an education...

§ 6-17-1207. Payment for unused leave - Payment for unused sick leave shall be made from the...

§ 6-17-1208. Authority to liberalize policy - The number of days of sick leave provided by this...

§ 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...

Subchapter 13 - The School Employees' Minimum Sick Leave Law

§ 6-17-1301. Title - The title of this subchapter is “The School Employees' Minimum...

§ 6-17-1302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 6-17-1303. Policies and regulations - (a) The board of directors of each school district shall...

§ 6-17-1304. Amount and use of leave - (a) Each school district in the state shall provide sick...

§ 6-17-1305. Record of used and accumulated leave - (a) A record of sick leave used and accumulated shall...

§ 6-17-1306. Authority to liberalize policy - The number of days of sick leave provided by this...

§ 6-17-1307. Unused leave — Credit - (a) Whenever a school employee employed by a school district...

§ 6-17-1308. Absence due to injury from assault - (a) (1) Each school district shall grant a leave of...

Subchapter 14 - Workers' Compensation

§ 6-17-1401. Coverage provided - Workers' compensation coverage as provided in the Workers' Compensation Law,...

§ 6-17-1402. Workers' Compensation Commission — Authority and jurisdiction - (a) The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to adopt rules...

§ 6-17-1403. Financing coverage - (a) The General Assembly shall appropriate funds as necessary to...

§ 6-17-1404. Filing reports of injury or death - (a) The appropriate school district officials shall file with the...

§ 6-17-1405. Notification of award — Transfer of available federal funds - (a) Upon making any award to or in behalf of...

§ 6-17-1411. School district employees - (a) All school districts shall be required to provide workers'...

§ 6-17-1412. Effective date - (a) Claims incurred before July 1, 1994, shall continue to...

§ 6-17-1413. Carriers - (a) School districts may provide workers' compensation coverage either through...

Subchapter 15 - The Teacher Fair Dismissal Act of 1983

§ 6-17-1501. Title - This subchapter shall be referred to and may be cited...

§ 6-17-1502. Definitions - (a) As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Probationary teacher”...

§ 6-17-1503. Construction - (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) That the current standard,...

§ 6-17-1504. Evaluation — Effect - (a) Each teacher employed by the board of directors of...

§ 6-17-1505. Teacher personnel file - (a) The school district shall maintain a personnel file for...

§ 6-17-1506. Contract renewal — Notice of nonrenewal — Rescission - (a) Every contract of employment made between a teacher and...

§ 6-17-1507. Notice of termination recommendation - (a) A teacher may be terminated only during the term...

§ 6-17-1508. Suspension - (a) Whenever a superintendent has reason to believe that cause...

§ 6-17-1509. Hearing - (a) A teacher who receives a notice of recommended termination...

§ 6-17-1510. Board action on termination or nonrenewal — Appeal - (a) (1) Upon conclusion of its hearing with respect to...

Subchapter 16 - Master School Principal Program

§ 6-17-1601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “High-need public school” means...

§ 6-17-1602. Master School Principal Program - (a) There is created the Master School Principal Program to...

§ 6-17-1603. Yearly incentive bonus - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate...

§ 6-17-1604. High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus - (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for...

Subchapter 17 - Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act

§ 6-17-1701. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 6-17-1702. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Employee” means any person...

§ 6-17-1703. Termination or nonrenewal — Notice - (a) The superintendent of a school district may recommend termination...

§ 6-17-1704. Immediate suspension — Notice - (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed or interpreted...

§ 6-17-1705. Hearing - (a) Upon receipt of a request for a hearing, the...

Subchapter 19 - Minority Recruitment

§ 6-17-1901. Minority teacher and administrator recruitment plan - (a) Beginning with the 1992-1993 school year, each school district...

§ 6-17-1902. Equity Assistance Center — Coordination and contents of plan - (a) The Equity Assistance Center shall provide technical assistance to...

Subchapter 22 - Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act

§ 6-17-2201. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 6-17-2202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 6-17-2203. Minimum salary - (a) A full-time classified employee shall not receive an hourly...

§ 6-17-2204. Rules - The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules...

§ 6-17-2205. Paid breaks for certain classified employees - For those classified employees working more than twenty (20) hours...

§ 6-17-2206. Highly qualified paraprofessional bonuses - (a) (1) The purpose of this section is to provide...

Subchapter 23 - Personnel Policy Law for Classified Employees

§ 6-17-2301. Requirement - (a) Each school district in the State of Arkansas shall...

§ 6-17-2302. Applicability — Definitions - (a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply if...

§ 6-17-2303. Committee for each school district - (a) (1) Each school district shall have a committee on...

§ 6-17-2304. Incorporation into employee contracts - (a) The personnel policies of each school district shall be...

§ 6-17-2305. Organization and duties of committee - (a) The school district's committee on personnel policies for classified...

§ 6-17-2306. Copies furnished classified employees - (a) (1) Each classified employee being employed by a school...

Subchapter 24 - Teacher Compensation Program of 2003

§ 6-17-2401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 6-17-2402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Basic contract” means...

§ 6-17-2403. Minimum teacher compensation schedule — Definition - (a) (1) The board of directors in each school district...

§ 6-17-2405. Future adjustments of compensation system - Each biennium, the House Committee on Education and the Senate...

§ 6-17-2406. Applicability of teacher salary schedule — Low-income school status — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “teacher” means a full-time...

§ 6-17-2407. Reduction in force procedure - (a) It is the public policy of the State of...

Subchapter 25 - Arkansas Teacher of the Year Act

§ 6-17-2501. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 6-17-2502. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Teacher” means a person...

§ 6-17-2503. Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program - (a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall...

§ 6-17-2504. School district responsibility - (a) Each school district whose applicant is selected as Arkansas...

§ 6-17-2505. Division of Elementary and Secondary Education responsibility - (a) During the school year in which a school district's...

§ 6-17-2506. Nonvoting member of State Board of Education - (a) While serving as Arkansas Teacher of the Year, the...

Subchapter 26 - Lifetime Teaching License

§ 6-17-2601. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a lifetime...

§ 6-17-2602. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Educational setting” means the...

§ 6-17-2603. Eligibility - To be eligible for a lifetime teaching license, the licensed...

§ 6-17-2604. Lifetime teaching license - (a) A person who meets the eligibility requirements of §...

§ 6-17-2605. Employment by public school district - (a) A lifetime teaching license holder is eligible to serve...

§ 6-17-2606. Rules — Reports - The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall: (1) Develop...

Subchapter 27 - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Fund

§ 6-17-2701. Legislative intent - The General Assembly finds: (1) Achievement and enthusiasm of Arkansas...

§ 6-17-2702. Determination of eligibility - (a) The Arkansas Economic Development Commission, in coordination with the...

§ 6-17-2703. Application process - (a) Licensed math and science teachers who are currently teaching...

§ 6-17-2704. Disbursement of supplemental grant - Upon the determination of eligibility for a supplemental grant from...

Subchapter 28 - Teacher Excellence and Support System

§ 6-17-2801. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 6-17-2802. Legislative intent - It is the intent of the General Assembly to: (1)...

§ 6-17-2803. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Artifact or artifacts” means...

§ 6-17-2804. Administrative agency responsibilities - (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for...

§ 6-17-2805. Summative evaluations - (a) At least one (1) time every four (4) school...

§ 6-17-2806. Teacher support system - (a) In formative years, the Teacher Excellence and Support System...

§ 6-17-2807. Intensive support status - (a) An evaluator may place a teacher in intensive support...

§ 6-17-2808. Implementation — Applicability - (a) (1) A public school shall implement the Teacher Excellence...

§ 6-17-2809. System of administrator leadership support and evaluations - (a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall...

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Arkansas Code Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally Chapter 17 - Personnel

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Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 17 - Personnel