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21-3-303. Failure to hire veteran.
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21-3-303. Failure to hire veteran.
(a) If requested by the veteran applicant and in addition to the requirements under § 21-3-302(d), a hiring official or selection authority for a state agency or institution of higher education subject to the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., shall submit in writing to the veteran the reason the veteran was not:
(1) Included on a list of qualified candidates to be interviewed; and
(2) Selected for the position.
(b) The written reason provided under this section shall become a part of the employment application records of the state agency or institution of higher education subject to the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., or a school district as defined under § 6-20-1903, and be retained for the same period of time as all other employment applications as established by law or agency policy.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-3-303
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21-3-303. Failure to hire veteran.
(a) If requested by the veteran applicant and in addition to the requirements under § 21-3-302(d), a hiring official or selection authority for a state agency or institution of higher education subject to the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., shall submit in writing to the veteran the reason the veteran was not:
(1) Included on a list of qualified candidates to be interviewed; and
(2) Selected for the position.
(b) The written reason provided under this section shall become a part of the employment application records of the state agency or institution of higher education subject to the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., or a school district as defined under § 6-20-1903, and be retained for the same period of time as all other employment applications as established by law or agency policy.
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21-3-302. Veterans Preference Law — Definition.
(a) This section shall be entitled the “Veterans Preference Law”.
(b) For purposes of this section, “veteran” means:
(1) A person honorably discharged from a tour of active duty, other than active duty for training only, with the United States Armed Forces; or
(2) Any person who has served honorably in the National Guard or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces for a period of at least six (6) years, whether the person has retired or been discharged or not.
(c) A state agency or institution of higher education subject to the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., or a school district as defined under § 6-20-1903, shall provide a veterans preference in interviewing and hiring to an applicant if the applicant:
(1) Indicates on the employment application that he or she is:
(A) A veteran;
(B) A disabled veteran; or
(C) The surviving spouse of a deceased veteran who is unmarried at the time of application for employment and remains unmarried until the decision to hire is made;
(2) Is a citizen and resident of this state; and
(3) Meets substantially equal qualifications of other applicants.
(d)(1)(A) If an examination, evaluation, or similar instrument is given to establish a list of qualified candidates to be interviewed for a position at a state agency or institution of higher education subject to the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., and an applicant entitled to a veterans preference under this section attains a passing grade, the applicant shall have five (5) points added to his or her final earned rating if the examination, evaluation, or similar instrument is subject to numerical scoring.
(B) If a veteran is not selected for
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-3-302
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21-5-201. Title.
This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Uniform Classification and Compensation Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-5-201
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6-20-1903. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Annexation” means the joining of an affected school district or part of the school district with a receiving district pursuant to § 6-13-1401;
(2) “Consolidation” means the joining of two (2) or more school districts or parts of the districts to create a new single school district pursuant to § 6-13-1401;
(3) [Repealed.]
(4) “Fiscal distress status” means a public school district determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and classified by the State Board of Education as being placed in fiscal distress status pursuant to this subchapter;
(5) “Fiscal integrity” means to comply with financial management, accounting, auditing, and reporting procedures and facilities management procedures as required by state laws and rules and federal laws and regulations in a forthright and timely manner;
(6) “Reconstitution” means the reorganization of the administrative unit or the governing school district board of directors of a school district, including, but not limited to, the replacement or removal of a current superintendent or the removal or replacement of a current school district board of directors, or both;
(7) “School district” means a public school district created or established pursuant to this title; and
(8) “State board” means the State Board of Education.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-1903
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-20-1903. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.