Title 6, Education

(a) The board of directors of each school district shall prescribe the method of soliciting bids and may adopt other rules governing the procurement of commodities. (b) (1) (A) Each school district, according to its established reimbursement policy, shall provide to each prekinde…

(a) (1) (A) All purchases of commodities by any school district, except those specifically exempted by § 6-21-305, shall be made as follows:(i) (a) In each instance in which the estimated purchase price shall equal or exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), the commodity shall …

(a) The following commodities may be purchased without soliciting bids:(1) (A) Commodities in instances of an unforeseen and unavoidable emergency.(B) Provided, no emergency purchase shall be approved by the superintendent unless a statement in writing shall be attached to the pu…

(a) (1) For the purposes of this section, a school bus becomes a used school bus two (2) years after the date of issuance of the manufacturer's certificate of origin.(2) If the body of the school bus is installed by an entity other than the manufacturer of the chassis, the school…

A school district may purchase a new motor vehicle from a motor vehicle dealer licensed under the Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission Act, § 23-112-101 et seq., if the purchase price of the motor vehicle does not exceed the fleet price awarded by the Office of State Procurement and…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Free Textbook Act of 1975”.

(1) As used in this subchapter, “instructional materials” means:(1) Traditional books, textbooks, and trade books in printed and bound form;(2) Activity-oriented programs that may include:(A) Manipulatives;(B) Hand-held calculators; or(C) Other hands-on material; and(3) Technolog…

(a) Public school districts shall provide instructional materials, including the availability of any equipment needed to access the instructional materials, for all pupils attending the public schools of this state in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), inclusive, in all su…

(a) The State Board of Education may:(1) Make rules to implement this subchapter;(2) Require reports from school districts on the use and distribution of these items; and(3) Do whatever else may be necessary for the general welfare of the public school instructional materials sys…

All publishers doing business in Arkansas shall maintain one (1) or more book depositories at the publisher's expense in this state.

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to assess any publisher any amount of damages to the State of Arkansas for failure to comply with the terms of this subchapter or any published rule of the state board, provided that the publisher has been given a hearing before the …

(a) (1) It shall be illegal for the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education or any other employee connected with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, any member of any selecting committee, or any member of any school district board of directors to accept…

(a) Each school district shall select an instructional materials selection committee. (b) A majority of its members shall be licensed personnel, which shall include classroom teachers.

(a) Any school district or any board of directors thereof may:(1) Operate a program of public recreation and playgrounds;(2) Acquire, equip, and maintain land, buildings, or other recreational facilities; and(3) Expend funds for the operation of the program pursuant to the provis…

(a) Any school district or any board of directors thereof may:(1) Operate such a program independently or cooperate in its conduct with any other public corporation, board, or body in any manner in which they mutually agree; or(2) Delegate the operation of the program to a recrea…

(a) Any school district or board of directors thereof given charge of the recreation program is authorized to conduct its activities on:(1) Property under its custody and management;(2) Other public property under the custody of any other public organization, body, or board, with…

The facilities of any school district operating a recreation program pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be used primarily for the purpose of conducting the regular school curriculum and related activities, and the use of school facilities for recreational purpose…

(a) Any person who shall willfully destroy or injure any building used as a schoolhouse, or for educational purposes, or any furniture, fixtures, or apparatus thereto belonging, or who shall deface, mar, or disfigure any such building, furniture, or fixtures, by writing, cutting,…

(a) To cut, write upon, deface, disfigure, or damage any part or appurtenance or enclosure of any schoolhouse shall be a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any fine collected under this act for injury to any schoolhouse or other school pr…

Any persons who shall, by any boisterous or other conduct, disturb or annoy any public or private school in this state or any person not a student who after being notified to keep off the school grounds during the school hours by the board of directors, the superintendent, or pri…

(a) Any person who shall loiter upon or near the school grounds of any public or private school during school hours or at any school-sponsored activity such as ball games, dances, and other school-sponsored activities after regular school hours without any lawful business or purp…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “School official” means any public school employee receiving compensation for services from any public school system in the State of Arkansas;(2) “School-owned property” means any property located among premises owned in whole or in part by the sta…

(a) As used in this section, “e-cigarette” means an electronic oral device that provides a vapor of nicotine or another substance that, when used or inhaled simulates smoking, including without limitation a device that:(1) Is composed of a heating element, battery, or electronic …

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “School Motor Vehicle Insurance Act”.

(a) This subchapter is to establish and maintain a system of motor vehicle insurance for all public elementary and secondary schools, education service cooperatives, and open-enrollment public charter schools of Arkansas electing to participate in the program from and after July …

(a) There is hereby established a Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program for all school motor vehicles of participating public school districts, education service cooperatives, and open-enrollment public charter schools in the State of Arkansas. (b) Participation in the pr…

(a) The State Insurance Department shall administer the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program. (b) The department is authorized to delegate to the Administrator of the Risk Management Division and staff such responsibilities as are deemed necessary in connection with the …

(1) It shall be the power and duty of the Insurance Commissioner to:(1) (A) Establish in the State Insurance Department a program of insurance to cover motor vehicles owned by public school districts, education service cooperatives, and open-enrollment public charter schools.(B) …

(a) The Insurance Commissioner shall require each entity participating in the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program to furnish to the Risk Management Division a complete list of each and every motor vehicle with full information in regard to the year, make, model, value, …

(a) The State Insurance Department is authorized to maintain an inspection and safety program designed to reduce the hazard of accidents involving motor vehicles insured under the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program. (b) The department may refuse to insure motor vehicle…

(a) Liability policies shall meet the minimum legal requirements of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 27-19-101 et seq., with reference to coverage on motor vehicles. (b) The State Insurance Department is authorized to include in the Public School Motor Vehicle Insur…

(a) (1) The Public School Insurance Trust Fund shall pay all losses and claims the insured is legally obligated to pay as specified in the contract.(2) It shall be the duty of the State Insurance Department to coordinate, facilitate, and expedite details in connection with respon…

(a) All funds received by the State Insurance Department as premiums, adjustments, earnings, and the like, as provided in this subchapter, shall be deposited into the Public School Insurance Trust Fund and used for the following purposes, listed in a descending order of priority:…

This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the “Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act”.

(a) The General Assembly recognizes that:(1) Intelligence and virtue are the safeguards of liberty and the bulwarks of a free and good government; and(2) Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 1, requires the state to ever maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Academic facility” means a building or space, including related areas such as the physical plant and grounds, where public school students receive instruction that is an integral part of an adequate education as described in § 6-20-2302.(B)…

(a) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes the following components:(1) An Academic Facilities Master Plan Program that establishes a process by which:(A) …

(1) The purposes of the Academic Facilities Master Plan Program and this subchapter are to:(1) Establish a mechanism for state supervision of school district activities impacting academic facilities and equipment;(2) Develop and continually update information critical to identify…

(a) The Academic Facilities Master Plan Program shall require each school district to:(1) Develop a six-year districtwide facilities master plan that shall be approved by the school district's board of directors for submission to and approval by the Division of Public School Acad…

(a) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall develop a comprehensive state academic facilities master plan for managing state financial participation in local academic facilities projects across the state. (b) The state academic facilities master…

(a) The purposes of the Public School Facilities Custodial, Maintenance, Repair, and Renovation Manual and this section are to:(1) Provide for the long-term conservation and protection of public school facilities;(2) Eliminate the deterioration of existing and future public schoo…

(a) The Arkansas Public School Academic Facility Manual shall contain uniform standards to guide the planning, design, and construction of new public school academic facilities and additions to existing public school academic facilities. (b) Design and construction standards shal…

(a) The Public School Academic Equipment Manual shall contain uniform standards for technology systems, instructional materials, and related academic equipment determined to be necessary for a public school to provide an adequate education as described in § 6-20-2302. (b) (1) The…

(a) The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall classify a public school or school district as being in academic facilities distress if the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation recommends and the commission co…

(a) (1) Any student attending a public school district classified as being in facilities distress shall automatically be eligible and entitled under the Public School Choice Act of 2015, § 6-18-1901 et seq., to transfer to another school district not in facilities distress during…

(a) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall conduct random unannounced on-site inspections of all academic facilities to ensure compliance with the school district's facilities master plan and, if applicable, the school district's facilities imp…