The State Board of Education is authorized to engage and pay professional, technical, and other help it shall determine to be necessary or desirable in assisting it to carry out effectively the authorities, functions, powers, and duties conferred and imposed upon it by this subchapter.
Authority to engage and pay for professional help
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1003 — under Finances.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1003