62 chapters · 2,849 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1308 Absence due to injury from assault
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(a) (1) Each school district shall grant a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum period of one (1) year to any school employee who is absent from duty in a public school as a result of personal injury from an assault or other violent criminal act committed against the scho…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1401 Coverage provided
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Workers' compensation coverage as provided in the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., shall be provided for personal injuries and death of officers and employees of public schools in this state.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1402 Workers' Compensation Commission — Authority and jurisdiction
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(a) The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to adopt rules and to prescribe forms it deems necessary or desirable to properly carry out the purpose and intent of this subchapter. (b) The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all claims filed by or in behalf o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1403 Financing coverage
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(a) The General Assembly shall appropriate funds as necessary to cover an award made to a school district employee under this subchapter for claims that arose before July 1, 1994. (b) All funds so appropriated by the General Assembly shall be deposited into the Workers' Compensat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1404 Filing reports of injury or death
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(a) The appropriate school district officials shall file with the Workers' Compensation Commission within ten (10) days after receiving notice of any personal injury or death of any employee of the school district, a report showing the date, time, and place of such injury or deat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1405 Notification of award — Transfer of available federal funds
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(a) Upon making any award to or in behalf of an employee of any school district, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall notify the appropriate officer of the school district and shall notify the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. (b) If the salary or compensation…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1411 School district employees
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(a) All school districts shall be required to provide workers' compensation coverage for their employees. (b) Coverages shall be provided for losses incurred while performing work for the school district.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1412 Effective date
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(a) Claims incurred before July 1, 1994, shall continue to be the responsibility of the state. (b) Claims incurred on and after July 1, 1994, shall be the responsibility of the school districts.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1413 Carriers
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(a) School districts may provide workers' compensation coverage either through private carriers, municipal self-funding groups, or one (1) or more self-funding groups. (b) Self-funding groups established for this purpose shall meet the following requirements:(1) Any such group es…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1601 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “High-need public school” means an Arkansas public school that, at the time a master principal first becomes entitled to a high-need school salary bonus, is identified as failing to meet certain established levels of academic achievement under r…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1602 Master School Principal Program
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(a) There is created the Master School Principal Program to provide training programs and opportunities to expand the knowledge base and leadership skills of public school principals. (b) The program shall be administered by the Arkansas Leadership Academy. (c) The program shall …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1603 Yearly incentive bonus
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(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules for the nine-thousand-dollar yearly incentive bonus provided under this section for principals receiving master school principal status. (b) The division shall pay a yearly incentive bonus of nine thous…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1604 High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus
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(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for an additional high-need school salary bonus, including a hold-back longevity bonus, for each principal receiving master school principal status and serving as a principal of a high-need public school. (b) (1) The Divisio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1901 Teacher and administrator recruitment and retention plan
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(a) By August 1, 2022, each public school district and open-enrollment public charter school in the state shall prepare a three-year teacher and administrator recruitment and retention plan. (b) The plan shall set forth goals for:(1) The recruitment and retention of teachers and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1902 Equity Assistance Center — Coordination and contents of plan
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(a) The Equity Assistance Center shall provide technical assistance, guidance, and support to public school districts and public open-enrollment charter schools in developing recruitment and retention plans and setting and meeting annual goals. (b) (1) Each public school district…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1903 Department of Education — Minority Teacher and Administrator Preparation and Recruitment Strategic Plan
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(a) (1) The Department of Education shall set goals for increasing the number of teachers and administrators of minority races and ethnicities in this state.(2) (A) The Division of Higher Education shall collaborate with the State Board of Education, local universities, colleges,…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-201 Personnel policies requirements — Definition
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(a) Each school district in the state shall have a set of written personnel policies, including the teacher salary schedule. (b) “Personnel policies” means all school district policies, guidelines, regulations, and procedures that pertain to the terms and conditions of a teacher'…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-202 Right to join professional organization
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(a) School district boards of directors or their representatives shall not take or threaten actions that interfere with, restrain, or coerce a teacher in the exercise of the teacher's right to join a professional organization. (b) However, nothing in this section shall be constru…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-203 Committee for each school district
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(a) Each school district shall have a committee on personnel policies, which shall consist of no fewer than five (5) classroom teachers and no more than three (3) administrators, one (1) of which may be the superintendent. (b) (1) The classroom teacher members of each school dist…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-204 Incorporation into teachers' contracts
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(a) The personnel policies of all school districts shall be:(1) Considered to be incorporated as terms of licensed personnel contracts; and(2) Binding on licensed personnel and the school district. (1) Considered to be incorporated as terms of licensed personnel contracts; and (2…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-205 Organization and duties of committee
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(a) (1) Each school district's committee on personnel policies shall organize itself in the first quarter of each school year and elect a chair and a secretary.(2) The committee shall develop a calendar of meetings throughout the year to review the school district's personnel pol…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-206 Copies furnished teachers and administrators
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(a) Each teacher or administrator employed by a school district for the first time shall be given a digital copy of the school district's personnel policies in effect at the time of his or her employment. (b) Each teacher or administrator shall be furnished a digital copy of any …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-207 Accreditation of school district
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No school district which does not have written personnel policies shall be accredited by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-208 Grievance procedure — Definitions
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(a) (1) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas that:(A) Each school district shall have a written grievance procedure that provides for an orderly method of resolving concerns raised by an employee at the lowest possible administrative level and in a clear and timely ma…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-209 Interim personnel policy committees — Definitions
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Consolidation” means any reorganization, merger, collapse, or annexation of any school districts or portions of any school districts either voluntarily or involuntarily;(2) “Interim policy review board” …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-210 Right to witness or representative
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An employee shall be entitled to and shall be offered the opportunity to have a witness or representative of the employee's choice present during any disciplinary or grievance matter with any administrator.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-211 Use of personal leave when administrator or school employee is absent from campus — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Personal leave” means absence for illness, annual leave, or other personal leave as defined by the personnel policies of a school district or an education service cooperative; and(2) “School functions” means:(A) Athletic or academic events related…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2201 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2202 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) (A) “Classified employee” means any employee of a public school district in Arkansas who performs work for the school district and who is not required to hold a valid teaching license issued by the State Bo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2203 Minimum salary
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(a) A full-time classified employee shall not receive an hourly rate of compensation less than six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per hour. (b) No classified employee's hourly rate of compensation shall be reduced as a result of this subchapter. (c) Beginning July 1, 2003,…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2204 Rules
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The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules to establish a method of determining whether a classified employee shall be considered to work twenty (20) or more hours per week.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2205 Paid breaks for certain classified employees
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(1) For those classified employees working more than twenty (20) hours per week:(1) (A) Each school district in the state shall provide no fewer than two (2) paid fifteen-minute breaks during each regular workday for each classified school employee.(B) The contract day shall not …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2206 Highly qualified paraprofessional bonuses
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(a) (1) The purpose of this section is to provide a bonus from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in recognition of the efforts made by paraprofessional employees who attain highly qualified status.(2) A person who is eligible for a bonus under this section may re…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2207 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-17-2207Current 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. § 6-17-2301 Requirement
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(a) Each school district in the State of Arkansas shall have a set of written personnel policies, including the salary schedule for classified employees. (b) Personnel policies of concern to the classified personnel policies committee shall include without limitation the followin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2302 Applicability — Definitions
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(a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply if the school district chooses to officially recognize in its policies an organization representing the majority of the nonmanagement classified employees of the school district for the purpose of negotiating personnel policie…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2303 Committee for each school district
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(a) (1) Each school district shall have a committee on personnel policies for classified employees, which shall consist of at least one (1) nonmanagement classified representative from each of the following five (5) classifications:(A) Maintenance, operation, and custodians;(B) T…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2304 Incorporation into employee contracts
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(a) The personnel policies of each school district shall be considered to be incorporated as terms of the classified employees' contracts and shall be binding upon the classified employees and the school district. (b) (1) Any change or addition to the classified personnel policie…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2305 Organization and duties of committee
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(a) The school district's committee on personnel policies for classified employees shall organize itself in the first quarter of each school year, elect a chair and secretary, and develop a calendar of meetings throughout the year to review the school district's personnel policie…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2306 Copies furnished classified employees
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(a) (1) Each classified employee being employed by a school district for the first time shall be given a copy of the school district's personnel policies in effect at the time of his or her employment.(2) A digital copy provided to an employee or an online copy that is accessible…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2401 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Teacher Compensation Program of 2003”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2402 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) (i) “Basic contract” means a teacher employment contract for one hundred ninety (190) days that includes no less than six (6) days of professional development, except as provided under subdivision (1)(B) of this section for teachers employed…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2403 Minimum teacher compensation schedule — Definition
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(a) (1) The board of directors in each public school district and open-enrollment public charter school in the state shall pay classroom teachers a minimum base salary of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).(2) To be eligible for funds to implement the minimum base salary under this…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2404 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-17-2404Current 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. § 6-17-2405 Future adjustments of compensation system
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Each biennium, the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall analyze the compensation levels provided in this subchapter, review relevant data, and make recommendations to the General Assembly for any adjustments to the compensation levels as needed…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2406 Applicability of teacher salary schedule — Low-income school status — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “teacher” means a full-time employee of the C-Step Program or the Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge Program, or both:(1) Who is compelled by law to secure a license from the State Board of Education as a condition precedent to employment in a po…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2407 Reduction in force procedure — Definition
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(a) (1) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas that each school district shall have a written policy on reduction in force based upon criteria for a layoff and recall of employees, which shall include without limitation an employee's:(A) Merit;(B) Ability;(C) Attendance…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2501 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Teacher of the Year Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2502 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “In residence” means working exclusively with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education at a location agreed upon between the division and the Arkansas Teacher of the Year;(2) “School district board of directors” means the local board o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2503 Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program
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(a) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop a process for selecting the Arkansas Teacher of the Year.(2) This process shall work in conjunction with and in support of the process for selecting a National Teacher of the Year. (1) The Division of Elemen…