Title 6 — Education

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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1001 Title
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The title of this subchapter shall be “The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1002 Education service cooperatives established — Functions
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(a) (1) The State Board of Education is authorized to establish a statewide system of not more than fifteen (15) multicounty education service cooperatives of school districts.(2) Such education service cooperatives shall be intermediate service units in the state's elementary an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1003 Boundaries — Adjustments
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(a) The State Board of Education shall establish tentative boundaries for the system of education service cooperatives authorized by this subchapter. (b) These education service cooperatives shall be established so that:(1) They include at least three (3) but no more than nine (9…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1004 Requests for establishment of education service cooperative — Requirements
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(a) Education service cooperatives shall be established when seventy-five percent (75%) of the school districts in a proposed education service cooperative area request such action by formal resolutions filed by the school district boards of directors with the Commissioner of Ele…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1005 Alteration of boundaries
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1006 Board of directors
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1007 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1007Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1008 Teacher center — Teacher center committee
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1009 Cooperative committees generally
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Each education service cooperative may establish other committees of local school personnel needed to keep its programs responsive to the schools it serves.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-101 Only one kind of school district
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1010 Director
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1011 Personnel generally
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1012 Agency personnel
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1013 Policies and rules
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1014 Sharing and coordination of activities — Liaison
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1015 Liaison with postsecondary institutions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1016 Annual surveys and needs assessments
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1017 Programs and services
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1018 Participation of local school districts — Contracts
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1019 Funding of education service cooperatives
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-102 Body corporate — Name
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1020 Policies and procedures — Expenditures, reports, and audits
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1021 Evaluations — Performance rating
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1022 Dissolution of education service cooperative
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1023 Technology training center — Technology coordinator
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1024 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1024Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1025 Mathematics and science resource center — Mathematics and science coordinator
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1026 Cooperatives qualify as local education agencies
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1027 Fiscal distress — Definitions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1028 Fiscal distress plan
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1029 Fiscal distress actions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-103 Power of eminent domain — Repurchase by former owner
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1030 Removal from fiscal distress status
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1031 Appeal
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-104 Uncertain boundaries
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-105 School district sale of state-donated lands
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-106 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-106Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-107 Membership in state association of school board of directors officials
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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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-108 Sixteenth section school lands
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-109 School superintendent — Definition
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-110 Purchase of government property
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1101 Legislative intent
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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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1102 Authority
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1103 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1103Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1104 Powers and duties
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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 § …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1105 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1105Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1106 Criteria — Contingency
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-111 Consolidated school districts
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-112 Responsibilities of State Board of Education and Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education regarding school districts under state authority
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-113 School district desegregation orders — Orders
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(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 …