Title 6 — Education

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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1409 State Board of Education
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(a) The State Board of Education shall have the following duties regarding consolidations and annexations:(1) To form local school districts, change boundary lines of school districts, dissolve school districts and annex the territory of those school districts to another school d…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1410 Appeal and election
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the decision of the State Board of Education regarding a consolidation or annexation shall be final with no further right of appeal except that only an aggrieved district may appeal to Pulaski County Circuit Court pursuant to the Arkans…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1411 Use of fund balances
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(a) Unless otherwise approved by a unanimous vote of the board of directors of the resulting district, the fund balances of any school district that is consolidated, annexed, or otherwise reorganized shall be used by the resulting district solely for the construction of facilitie…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1414 Boundary change by State Board of Education
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(a) (1) The State Board of Education shall consider a petition from a local board of directors of any school district seeking an adjustment or change of boundary lines between its school district and an adjoining school district.(2) The local board of directors must file the peti…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1415 Involuntary consolidation or annexation — Effective date — Interim board of directors
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(a) This section applies to the involuntary consolidation or involuntary annexation of a school district made by a motion of the State Board of Education. (b) The effective date of an involuntary consolidation or involuntary annexation of a school district shall be the July 1 aft…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1416 Voluntary consolidation or annexation — Effective date — Interim board of directors
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(a) This section applies to any petition for consolidation or annexation of a school district submitted to the State Board of Education by a school district. (b) The effective date of a petition for consolidation or annexation of a school district shall be the July 1 after the st…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1417 Formation of permanent board of directors
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(a) (1) A permanent board of directors shall have either five (5) or seven (7) members unless the school district is allowed to have nine (9) members under § 6-13-634.(2) The length of the terms of the board of directors may be for the time period prescribed by law and:(A) Prescr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1418 Consolidation incentive
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An appropriation for consolidation incentive shall be allocated to a resulting district or a receiving district, respectively, according to rules promulgated by the State Board of Education.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1419 Establishment of public elementary school — Required following certain consolidations
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(a) An incorporated town or a city of the second class and the parents of, legal guardians of, and persons standing in loco parentis to students within an affected district may file a written appeal with a receiving district board of directors for the establishment of a local pub…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1501 Creation of school district by detaching territory from existing school district
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(a) (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly by this subchapter to provide opportunities for children of this state by allowing local community members the opportunity to establish and maintain public schools in a manner that optimizes educational resources within a community…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1502 Minimum area and attendance requirements
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(a) A new school district may not be created in an area with fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students in average daily membership. (b) An existing school district shall not be reduced by means of detachment to an area with fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1503 Initiation of detachment
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(1) Creation of a new school district by detachment shall be initiated by:(1) Resolution of the board of directors of each school district from which territory is to be detached; or(2) A petition that is presented to the State Board of Education pursuant to the provisions of this…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1504 Petition — Election
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(a) (1) Not later than the thirtieth day after the date the State Board of Education receives a petition or resolution under this subchapter, the state board shall hold a hearing on the validity of the petition or resolution.(2) To be valid, a petition or resolution shall:(A) Sta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1505 Creation of school district
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(a) If all the requirements of this subchapter are met and a majority of the votes are cast for the proposition, the State Board of Education shall order the creation of the new school district. (b) (1) At the time the order creating the district is made, the state board shall ap…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1601 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Administrative annexation” means the joining of an affected district or a part of the school district with a receiving district;(2) “Administrative consolidation” means the joining of two (2) or more school districts to create a new single scho…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1602 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1602Current 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. § 6-13-1603 Administrative reorganization
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(a) (1) A school district with fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students according to the school district average daily membership in the school year immediately preceding the current school year may voluntarily agree to administratively consolidate with or be annexed to anot…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1604 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1604Current 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. § 6-13-1605 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1605Current 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. § 6-13-1606 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-1606Current 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. § 6-13-1607 Retention of historical records and documents
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(1) Following the annexations or consolidations under §§ 6-13-1601 — 6-13-1603 effective before December 1, 2004, and before any consolidation, annexation, detachment, approval of a conversion charter, or any other type of reclassification or reorganization of a school district a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1608 Audit required
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(a) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall conduct a comprehensive financial review of all the school district's financial matters for any school that is involved in administrative consolidation or administrative annexation or is otherwise reorganized by the State Board of Education. (…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1609 Preservation of historical school artifacts
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Following the administrative consolidations or administrative annexations under §§ 6-13-1601 — 6-13-1603, 6-13-1604 [repealed], and 6-13-1605 [repealed] effective before December 1, 2004, and before any consolidation, annexation, detachment, approval of a conversion charter, or a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1610 Financial relief for debts acquired as a result of involuntary consolidations — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Accounts payable” means a debt owed by a school district on June 30 immediately before administrative consolidation, excluding bonded indebtedness or other long-term debt;(2) “Available funding” means funds that are available to a school district …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1611 Reports
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(a) By October 1 of each year, the resulting district or receiving district of any school district that was administratively consolidated or administratively annexed under §§ 6-13-1601 — 6-13-1603 shall file a written report with the House Committee on Education, the Senate Commi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1612 Academic support centers
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(a) The purpose of this section is to:(1) Prevent students who attend administratively consolidated or administratively annexed schools from returning home to communities with little or no opportunities for supplemental academic support;(2) Increase opportunities for access to li…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1613 Minimum school district size waiver
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(a) (1) A school district with fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students according to the school district average daily membership in the school year immediately preceding the current school year may annually request a waiver from the average daily membership requirement of t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1701 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Executive head” means a superintendent of a public school district or the head of an open-enrollment public charter school;(2) “Institution” means property that is owned and operated by a public school district or an open-enrollment public char…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1702 Applicability
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(a) (1) This subchapter applies to all property that is owned or under the control of an institution.(2) However, this subchapter shall not interfere with the ownership or control that is vested in the board of directors of each institution regarding its property. (1) This subcha…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1703 Appointment and removal of institutional law enforcement officers
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(a) (1) An executive head of an institution may designate and appoint at least one (1) of the employees of the institution as an institutional law enforcement officer.(2) An employee appointed as an institutional law enforcement officer under subdivision (a)(1) of this section sh…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1704 Powers and duties of institutional law enforcement officer
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(a) An institutional law enforcement officer appointed under this subchapter, except to the extent limited by the executive head who appointed the institutional law enforcement officer, shall:(1) Protect property;(2) Preserve and maintain proper order and decorum;(3) Address and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1705 Institutional law enforcement officers — Personal liability
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An institutional law enforcement officer appointed under this subchapter is not personally liable for injuries to individuals or damages to property while the institutional law enforcement officer is acting within the scope of his or her authority as authorized by this subchapter…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1706 Prosecution and fines
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(a) A prosecuting attorney or city attorney with jurisdiction shall appear and prosecute all actions that arise in a court under this subchapter. (b) All fines collected by a court under this subchapter shall be paid into the same fund as are fines levied for the same or similar …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1707 Motor vehicles on institutional property — Rules
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(a) An institution may promulgate rules for the operation and parking of motor vehicles on the property of the institution, including without limitation rules regarding the:(1) (A) Rate of speed.(B) Speed limits shall be posted at reasonable intervals;(2) (A) Assignment and desig…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1801 Isolated school district — Formation
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(a) (1) An isolated school may detach from a resulting or receiving district if the isolated school submits a petition to the resulting or receiving school district board of directors that states the intent to reestablish the original isolated school and that contains the signatu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1802 Isolated school district board of directors
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(a) An isolated school district shall be governed by a board of directors that consists of five (5) members who live within the boundaries of the isolated school district. (b) The members of an isolated school district board of directors shall be elected by eligible voters residi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1803 Funding
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(a) An election within the boundaries of an isolated school district shall be held to establish the millage rate for the isolated school district as required under § 26-80-111. (b) For purposes of funding calculations that utilize prior-year average daily membership, state fundin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1804 Facilities and property
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(a) (1) A local public school district under which a proposed isolated school district currently operates shall agree to release ownership of the isolated school's facilities and any accompanying debt on the facilities to the isolated school district.(2) The written release form …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1805 Management
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(1) An isolated school district shall be managed by:(1) A director hired by the isolated school district;(2) A director appointed by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to oversee operations of all isolated school districts in the state; or(3) Any other director or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-218 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-218Current 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. § 6-13-223 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-223Current 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. § 6-13-503 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-503Current 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. § 6-13-604 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-604Current 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. § 6-13-605 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-605Current 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. § 6-13-606 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-606Current 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. § 6-13-607 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-13-607Current 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. § 6-13-608 Length of directors' terms
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(a) All members of a school district board of directors shall be elected to a term of office of four (4) years or six (6) years in length and with the expiration of such terms so arranged that, as nearly as possible, an equal number of positions are filled every school board elec…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-611 Vacancies generally
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(a) A vacancy shall occur on a school district board of directors if a board member:(1) Moves his or her bona fide permanent residence outside the boundaries of the school district;(2) Fails to physically attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the school district board …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-612 Vacancy — Conviction of felony
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(a) When a member of the board of directors of any school district in this state is convicted of a felony, a vacancy shall exist on that board of directors from the date of the final judgment of conviction. (b) The prosecuting attorney who successfully prosecutes a school distric…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-613 Temporary vacancies — Vacancies created by failure to participate
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(a) In cases where directors have entered the services of the United States Armed Forces or its allies, temporary vacancies on such boards are declared to exist until the end of the terms of the members or until their return to civilian life in the school district if their return…