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6-13-1022. Dissolution of education service cooperative.
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6-13-1022. Dissolution of education service cooperative.
(a) After 1990, the State Board of Education shall be authorized to dissolve any education service cooperative upon the request of a majority of its school district boards of directors or upon the recommendation of the evaluation committee provided for in § 6-13-1021.
(b) A dissolved education service cooperative's area shall be assigned to one (1) or more adjacent education service cooperatives, the provisions of § 6-13-1003 notwithstanding, with the dissolved education service cooperative's base funding apportioned to all remaining education service cooperatives in the state.
(c) After payment of debts, the assets of a dissolved education service cooperative shall be distributed to the school districts in its service area based on each school district's three-quarter average daily membership for the immediately preceding school year.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-1022
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6-13-1022. Dissolution of education service cooperative.
(a) After 1990, the State Board of Education shall be authorized to dissolve any education service cooperative upon the request of a majority of its school district boards of directors or upon the recommendation of the evaluation committee provided for in § 6-13-1021.
(b) A dissolved education service cooperative's area shall be assigned to one (1) or more adjacent education service cooperatives, the provisions of § 6-13-1003 notwithstanding, with the dissolved education service cooperative's base funding apportioned to all remaining education service cooperatives in the state.
(c) After payment of debts, the assets of a dissolved education service cooperative shall be distributed to the school districts in its service area based on each school district's three-quarter average daily membership for the immediately preceding school year.
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6-13-1003. Boundaries — Adjustments.
(a) The State Board of Education shall establish tentative boundaries for the system of education service cooperatives authorized by this subchapter.
(b) These education service cooperatives shall be established so that:
(1) They include at least three (3) but no more than nine (9) counties;
(2) They include at least ten (10) but no more than thirty-five (35) school districts;
(3) They include at least twenty thousand (20,000) pupils in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) average daily membership;
(4) They include at least one (1) postsecondary education institution; and
(5) There is no more than fifty (50) miles distance or approximately one (1) hour driving time to the area's main offices for ninety percent (90%) of the school districts.
(c)(1) The state board may make adjustments in the boundaries when criteria such as minimum average daily membership and maximum driving distances conflict.
(2) However, no more than four (4) of the areas formed may contain fewer than twenty thousand (20,000) students.
(3) In no case shall any education service cooperative be established with fewer than twelve thousand (12,000) pupils.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-1003
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 6-13-1003. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-13-1021. Evaluations — Performance rating.
(a) Each education service cooperative shall be evaluated during the 2012-2013 school year, and at least once within each five-year period, on a schedule established by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, all active education service cooperatives must be visited by an evaluation committee of not more than nine (9) persons.
(b)(1)(A) Each evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, an investigation of user satisfaction, service adequacy, extent of local financial support, staff qualifications, and performance and administration effectiveness.
(B) The final evaluation, including any self-evaluation, shall be included in the annual report to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, § 6-13-1020, and made available on the website of the education service cooperative.
(2)(A) The evaluation criteria shall be developed collaboratively between the division and the director of each education service cooperative.
(B) The evaluation criteria shall be fully implemented by September 1, 2012.
(c)(1) The report of this committee shall be filed with the education service cooperative visited, with its constituent school districts, and with the State Board of Education.
(2) The state board shall acknowledge receipt of the report and comment on any deficiencies identified in the report that should be corrected for the education service cooperative to remain eligible for base funding.
(3) The report shall identify each education service cooperative as being in one (1) of the following category levels, based on the evaluation:
(A) “Level 5”, education service cooperative of excellence;
(B) “Level 4”, education service cooperative exceeding standards;
(C) “Level 3”, education service coopera
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-1021
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 6-13-1021. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.