Title 6, Education

(a) The State Board of Education, upon the request of one (1) or more school district boards of directors, and consistent with the provisions of § 6-13-1003, may alter the boundaries of a proposed or operational education service cooperative when it determines such alteration to …

(a) (1) (A) Each education service cooperative shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of one (1) representative appointed by a voted resolution of each school district board of directors within the boundary of the education service cooperative that is a member of th…

(a) Each education service cooperative shall establish a teacher center which will provide, consistent with funds available, curriculum development assistance, educational materials, and staff development services to teachers within the school districts in the service area. (b) A…

Each education service cooperative may establish other committees of local school personnel needed to keep its programs responsive to the schools it serves.

(a) There shall be only one (1) kind of school district in this state, and each shall have the same prerogatives, powers, duties, and privileges as herein set forth. (b) All school districts which may be hereafter created shall be the same kind, with the same prerogatives, powers…

(a) Each education service cooperative shall be administered by a director who shall perform the following duties:(1) Administer the programs and services of the education service cooperative;(2) Recommend the employment of professional and nonprofessional personnel authorized by…

(a) (1) Personnel of education service cooperatives shall be employed in accordance with laws, rules, and procedures applicable to the school districts of this state.(2) In lieu of a salary schedule, an education service cooperative annually may submit to the Division of Elementa…

With the approval of an education service cooperative's governing body, the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education may assign state educational agency personnel to that education service cooperative.

(a) The State Board of Education shall develop such policies and rules as may be needed for the proper administration of this subchapter consistent with the need to support and assist education service cooperatives in the delivery of services to school districts and with prudent …

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall encourage sharing and coordination of activities among the education service cooperatives. (b) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall name a person to serve as liaison between the division and the …

(a) Each education service cooperative, in carrying out its programs and services, shall cooperate with the various state-supported postsecondary educational institutions located within its area. (b) Each such postsecondary institution, within the availability of funds and person…

(a) Each education service cooperative shall conduct annual surveys and needs assessments to assist the education service cooperative in its first priority of helping school districts improve their educational programs and practices. (b) Such activities may include written survey…

(a) The programs and services of each education service cooperative shall be based upon the needs of the school districts included in its service area and upon the educational priorities of the state. (b) Each education service cooperative shall provide a teacher center as its ba…

(a) Each school district within the service area of the education service cooperative shall be entitled to participate in those programs and services which are fully supported by state funds. (b) No school district shall be required to participate in any service. (c) School distr…

(a) The state shall provide funds to support the basic structure of the education service cooperatives established under the provisions of this subchapter. (b) This structure shall include:(1) Salaries and fringe benefits for a director, a teacher center coordinator, and support …

(a) Each school district in the state shall be a body corporate, may contract and be contracted with, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name, which shall be the name it currently has unless changed by the State Board of Education. (b) A school district may acquire and hold…

(a) On or before August 31 of each year, each education service cooperative shall file with the State Board of Education for the state board's approval:(1) The policies and procedures of the education service cooperative, including without limitation the board of directors' polic…

(a) Each education service cooperative shall be evaluated during the 2012-2013 school year, and at least once within each five-year period, on a schedule established by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. All active education service cooperatives must be visit…

(a) After 1990, the State Board of Education shall be authorized to dissolve any education service cooperative upon the request of a majority of its school district boards of directors or upon the recommendation of the evaluation committee provided for in § 6-13-1021. (b) A disso…

(a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote of the members present and voting, the board of directors of each education service cooperative established under this subchapter is authorized to establish a technology training center and employ a technology coordinat…

(a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote of the members present and voting, the board of directors of each education service cooperative established under this subchapter is authorized to establish a mathematics and science resource center and to employ a math…

(a) The General Assembly designates that the education service cooperatives created by this subchapter meet the definition of “local education agencies” by virtue of the fact that each is a public authority, legally constituted within this state to perform a service function for …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Fiscal integrity” means the education service cooperative's ability to comply completely, accurately, and timely with financial management, accounting, auditing, and reporting procedures required by state law and rule or federal law and regulation…

(a) An education service cooperative that is classified by the State Board of Education as being in fiscal distress shall file with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education a fiscal distress plan that:(1) Addresses each area of fiscal distress identified by the division…

(a) To address the identified areas of fiscal distress of an education service cooperative, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall:(1) (A) Conduct an on-site evaluation and make recommendations regarding the staffing and fiscal practices of the education service…

(a) All school districts in the state are granted the power of eminent domain and may take and use private property for the use of the school district for school purposes, and school purposes shall include a site for a schoolhouse, necessary playground and athletic fields, stadiu…

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall certify in writing to the education service cooperative that the education service cooperative may be removed from fiscal distress status when the division determines that the education service cooperative has:(1) Corre…

(a) An education service cooperative may appeal to the State Board of Education the identification of fiscal distress under § 6-13-1027. (b) The education service cooperative may lodge an appeal by filing a written appeal with the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Educatio…

(a) When there is a doubt as to the boundaries of a school district because of lost records or other uncertainty, the State Board of Education shall:(1) Issue an order fixing the boundaries; and(2) File the order with the:(A) County clerk of each county where the school district …

(a) Any school district in the State of Arkansas having lands donated and given to it by the State of Arkansas through action of the General Assembly, to be used for sites of schoolhouses, shall:(1) Have the power of sale of the lands; and(2) Be enabled to give good and lawful ti…

School districts in this state may voluntarily, at the discretion of the majority vote of the members of the school district board of directors, belong to and pay dues to a nonprofit state association of school board officials established for the purpose of compiling and dissemin…

(a) All lands in this state which are known as sixteenth section school lands and which are the property of the State of Arkansas shall belong to and the title thereto shall vest in the local school districts where the lands are located. (b) (1) Upon presentation of proof to the …

(a) The public school districts in the state shall each employ a superintendent of schools, whose qualifications and duties shall be prescribed by the General Assembly and the State Board of Education. (b) “Superintendent of schools” is defined as the executive officer of a schoo…

(a) (1) Each local school district board of directors is authorized to make purchases of surplus real and personal property of the government.(2) Such action may be taken by the local school district board of directors after publication of the intent to make such purchase at leas…

It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter to provide a procedure by which one (1) or more school districts located within this state may, by agreement, reflected by a majority vote of the respective boards of directors of the participating school districts, form a model rur…

Pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, one (1) or more school districts may by a majority vote of their respective boards of directors agree to create a model rural early childhood consortium for the purposes set forth in § 6-13-1101.

Any model rural early childhood consortium created pursuant to this subchapter shall have the authority to petition the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or the State Board of Education for waivers from present school standards to fulfill the purposes set forth in § …

(a) (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and publish criteria setting forth the application process to be followed by any model rural early childhood consortium.(2) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall determine which applications are accepted in accor…

(a) A school district in the State of Arkansas that is consolidated with one (1) or more school districts may:(1) Sell a building or real property owned by the school district that is no longer used by the school district at a fair market value;(2) Preserve a building or real pro…

(a) Within ten (10) days of the meeting of the State Board of Education at which the state board assumes authority of a school district or within ten (10) days of the date upon which the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education assumes authority of a school district, th…

(a) By January 1, 2016, a school district that is subject to a desegregation order or desegregation-related order shall notify the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in writing. (b) A school district that is subject to a desegregation order or a desegregation-related …

(1) A public school district and an educational service cooperative shall not:(1) Require or coerce an individual employed by the public school district or educational service cooperative to meet, communicate, listen to, or otherwise interact with an employee organization or a pr…

(1) It is the intention of the General Assembly through this subchapter to:(1) Stimulate local innovation and creativity in restructuring Arkansas public schools;(2) Facilitate the empowerment of educators and other persons at the local building site level to identify the needs o…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Classified employee” means any person for whom licensure is not required as the basis of employment in the public schools of the state;(2) “Licensed employee” means any person for whom licensure is required as the basis of employment in the pub…

(a) Following a secret ballot vote by two-thirds (⅔) of the licensed employees in a local building site to implement site-based decision making, the local school district board of directors may adopt a policy for implementing site-based decision making in the school district, to …

(1) The school district policy adopted by the board of directors and licensed faculty of a local school district shall require the following when any local school building site elects to implement site-based decision making under the provisions of this subchapter:(1) (A) (i) A sc…