Title 6 — Education
62 chapters · 2,849 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-101 Legislative findings and intent
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(a) The General Assembly recognizes that the effective use of volunteers in the public schools can provide greater opportunities for students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular and interscholastic activities, which many local school districts otherwise could not p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-102 Title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Registered Volunteers Program Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-103 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Extracurricular activity” means any intraschool activity that is outside the regular curriculum, including, but not limited to, sports and special interest clubs or groups;(2) “Interscholastic activity” means any interschool activity that is outsi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-104 Optional program — Requirements
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(a) Each local school district may develop a registered volunteers program and may accept the services of volunteers who qualify under the program to assist in extracurricular and interscholastic activities that are sponsored by the district. (b) A school district that develops a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-105 Registered volunteers — Requirements
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(a) The superintendent of any school district that develops a registered volunteers program under this chapter shall require all potential registered volunteers to meet the following qualifications before the volunteers have any significant unsupervised contact with students:(1) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-106 Sovereign immunity
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Qualified volunteers in a registered volunteers program shall enjoy the protection of the state's sovereign immunity to the same extent as the local school district's employees.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-107 Applicability
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(a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to those schools and institutions that voluntarily join the Arkansas Activities Association. (b) A volunteer or registered volunteer may act as a head coach in all varsity junior high sports and senior high sports administered by the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-22-108 Construction
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Except as provided specifically under this chapter, none of the provisions of this chapter prohibits a school district from utilizing the services of the volunteers who operate under the supervision of licensed school personnel.