Arkansas Administrative Code

6 CAR § 231-605. Implementation of a boundary change. (a) When the State Board of Education issues an order altering the boundary of two (2) or more school districts under 6 CAR § 231-603(l), the order shall be submitted to the petitioner and each district which was subject to th…

6 CAR § 231-701. Forms required under this part. (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop forms required under this part for nonadministrative consolidation or annexations including but not limited to the following: (1) Petition for Annexation; (2) Pet…

6 CAR § 232-101. General requirements. (a) No school district shall be created with fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students. (b) A school district created under Arkansas Code § 6-13-1501 et seq. and this part shall have all the rights, privileges, and responsibiliti…

6 CAR § 232-102. Minimum area and attendance requirements. (a) A new school district may not be created in an area with fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students in average daily membership. (b) An existing school district shall not be reduced by means of detachment t…

6 CAR § 232-103. Initiation of detachment. Creation of a new school district by detachment shall be initiated by: (1) Resolution of the board of directors of each school district from which territory is to be detached; or (2) A petition that is presented to the State Board of Edu…

6 CAR § 232-104. Petition and election. (a) Not later than the thirtieth day after the date the State Board of Education receives a petition or resolution for detachment under Arkansas Code § 6-13-1501 et seq. and this part, the state board shall hold a hearing on the validity of…

6 CAR § 232-105. Creation of a school district. (a) If all the requirements of Arkansas Code § 6-13-1501 et seq. and this part are met and a majority of the votes are cast for the proposition, the State Board of Education shall order the creation of the new school district. (b)(1…

6 CAR § 232-106. Transition period. (a) If the new school district created by detachment was formed from an existing school district that is a party to any court-ordered desegregation plan, the State Board of Education shall, prior to the transfer of any assets, territory, proper…

23 CAR § 232-107. First year of disbursement of state funding to the new school district created by detachment. (a) Unless otherwise specified by law, rule, court order, or agreement between the parties approved by the State Board of Education, the provisions in this section appl…

6 CAR § 233-101. Purpose. This part shall be known as the Department of Education’s “Rules Governing the Closure of Isolated Schools”.

6 CAR § 233-102. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Affected district” means a school district that: (A) Loses territory or students as a result of an administrative annexation; or (B) Is involved in an administrative consolidation; (2) “Closure” means the cessation of use o…

6 CAR § 233-103. Closing of isolated schools. (a) Any isolated school within a resulting or receiving district shall remain open unless the school board of directors of the resulting or receiving district adopts a motion to close the isolated school or parts thereof by: (1) Unani…

6 CAR § 233-104. State Board of Education hearing procedures — Closure of isolated schools. (a) All persons wishing to testify before the State Board of Education shall first be placed under oath by the Chair of the State Board of Education. (b)(1) The spokesperson or spokesperso…

6 CAR § 234-101. Title. This part shall be known as the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Student Discipline.

6 CAR § 234-102. Purpose. This part is designed to assist local school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools with the development, review, and revision of student discipline and school safety policies.

6 CAR § 234-103. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Attribute” means an actual or perceived personal characteristic including without limitation: (A) Race; (B) Color; (C) Religion; (D) Ancestry; (E) National origin; (F) Socioeconomic status; (G) Academic status; (H) Disabili…

6 CAR § 234-104. Student discipline policies. (a) Each school district or open-enrollment public charter school in this state shall develop written student discipline policies in compliance with this part and shall file the policies with the Division of Elementary and Secondary E…

6 CAR § 234-105. Suspension and expulsion. (a) The board of a school district or an open-enrollment public charter school’s management organization may suspend or expel any student from school for violation of the school district or an open-enrollment public charter school’s writ…

6 CAR § 234-106. Corporal punishment. (a) A school district or open-enrollment public charter school that authorizes the use of corporal punishment in its discipline policy shall include provisions for administration of the punishment, including that it: (1) Be administered only …

6 CAR § 234-107. Anti-bullying. (a) Bullying of a public school or open-enrollment public charter school student or an employee is prohibited. (b)(1) Each public school district board of directors or open-enrollment public charter school’s management organization shall adopt poli…

6 CAR § 235-101. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to apprise school districts, open-enrollment public charter schools, and education service cooperatives of the requirements for publishing documents mandated to be posted to the: (1) District’s website; or (2) Education servic…

6 CAR § 235-102. Accessibility of required information on website. (a) All information required to be posted on the website shall be easily accessible through the homepage of the district’s website under an easily identifiable direct link titled “State-Required Information” to a …

6 CAR § 235-103. Policy, data, and informational documents to be accessible on website. (a) By the specified date each year, the following data and information are required to be posted to the school district’s website: (1) The school-level improvement plans, including the litera…

6 CAR § 235-104. Financial documents required to be posted to the district website. (a) By October 1, the district must post to its website the following information: (1) Written policies for the fiscal operation of the district; (2) Current comprehensive financial data reports i…

6 CAR § 235-105. Personnel documents required to be posted to the district website. (a)(1) By September 15, each district is required to post district licensed and classified personnel policies and salary schedules required under: (A) Arkansas Code § 6-17-201 et seq.; and (B) Ark…

6 CAR § 235-106. Dyslexia information required to be posted to the district website. (a) The superintendent of a district shall annually report the results of the district screening required under Arkansas Code § 6-41-603. (b) Before July 15 of each year, a district shall report …

6 CAR § 235-107. Probationary status required to be posted to the district website. (a) When any school in a district, or the district, is determined by the State Board of Education to be in Probation or Corrective Action status for failure to meet the Rules Governing Standards f…

6 CAR § 235-108. School board information required to be posted on the district website. (a) At least ten (10) days before the date of a regular meeting of its board of directors, a district shall publish on the district’s website a notice of the date, time, and place of the meet…

6 CAR § 235-109. Documents required to be posted on the education service cooperative. Each education service cooperative shall post the final evaluation, including any self-evaluation, required by Arkansas Code § 6-13-1021, on the website of the education service cooperative.…

6 CAR § 236-101. Title. This part shall be known as the Department of Education’s “Rules Governing Four-day School Weeks”.

6 CAR § 236-102. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to set guidelines for local school districts to initiate and maintain four-day school weeks.

6 CAR § 236-103. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Average daily membership (ADM)” means the total number of days attended plus the total number of days absent by students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) during the first three quarters of the previous school, di…

6 CAR § 236-104. Distribution of state aid. When the distribution of state aid is based on the average daily membership, that average daily membership is to be calculated using the official reporting period.

6 CAR § 236-105. Educational standards. (a)(1) Each local district must average: (A) Six (6) hours of instruction per day; and (B) Thirty (30) hours per week. (2) This can be met with four (4) seven-and-one-half-hour instructional days. (3) Classes in grades nine through twelve (…

6 CAR § 237-101. Title. This part shall be known as the Department of Education’s “Rules Governing Student Permanent Records”.

6 CAR § 237-102. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to apprise districts of the requirements for maintaining and producing student permanent records.

6 CAR § 237-103. Information maintained in student records. (a)(1) Every school and school district must maintain a student permanent record for each student enrolled in the district. (2) Student permanent records may be: (A) Kept electronically; (B) Kept on paper; or (C) A combi…

6 CAR § 237-104. Providing copies of the student record. (a)(1) A copy of the permanent student record must be provided to the receiving school district upon the transfer of a student to another district. (2) The school district must provide the copy of the student’s permanent re…

6 CAR § 238-101. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to set forth certain ethical guidelines and prohibitions for educational administrators, employees, board members, and other parties that involve contracts, transactions, or agreements with Arkansas public school districts, ch…

6 CAR § 238-102. Definitions. Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, the term: (1)(A) “Administrator” means any: (i) Superintendent; (ii) Assistant superintendent or his or her equivalent; (iii) Open-enrollment public charter school director; (iv) School district treasurer;…

6 CAR § 238-103. Compliance with other laws and rules. (a) Nothing in this part alters or diminishes other statutory or regulatory requirements regarding purchasing, contracting, bidding, disposition of property, or other transactions with public educational entities. (b) Nothing…

6 CAR § 238-104. General prohibition. (a) No board member, administrator, or employee shall knowingly use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions for: (1) Himself; (2) Herself; or (3) Others. (b) While serving as a board membe…

6 CAR § 238-105. General ethical standards for nonemployees. Any effort by a nonemployee to influence a public educational entity board member, administrator, or employee to breach the standards of ethical conduct stated in this part and Arkansas Code § 6-24-101 et seq. is a brea…

6 CAR § 238-106. Restrictions on employment of present and former administrators. (a)(1) Unless written approval is granted by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, it is a breach of ethical standards for an administrator to be or become the employee, agent, or …

6 CAR § 238-107. Gratuities and kickbacks. (a) It is a breach of the ethical standards for any person to offer, give, or agree to give any board member, administrator, or employee a gratuity or an offer of employment in connection with any contract or transaction of a public educ…

6 CAR § 238-108. Emergency purchases. (a) Any emergency purchases or contracts with a public educational entity shall be exempt from the prohibitions of this part. (b) Emergency purchases shall: (1) Only be used for the preservation of life, health, or public property; and (2) No…

6 CAR § 238-109. School boards. (a) General prohibition. Except as otherwise provided, it is a breach of the ethical standards for a board member to contract with the public educational entity the board member serves if the board member has knowledge that he or she is directly or…