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6-15-2917. Public school district under authority of State Board of Education.
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6-15-2917. Public school district under authority of State Board of Education.
(a) For a public school district under the authority of the State Board of Education, the state board shall review quarterly the progress of the public school district toward improving the issues that caused the classification of the public school district as in need of Level 5 — Intensive support.
(b) At any time during the second full school year following the assumption of authority or any time thereafter:
(1) The state board may direct the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to update the analysis of all school district systems to determine if the public school district has demonstrated substantial improvement of the issues that caused the classification of the public school district as in need of Level 5 — Intensive support;
(2) The commissioner may recommend to the state board that the state board:
(A) Take additional action concerning the public school district under § 6-15-2916; or
(B) Return the public school district to local control through the appointment or election of a board of directors; and
(3)(A) The state board may return the public school district to local control through the appointment or election of a newly elected board of directors upon the recommendation of the commissioner.
(B) The state board may limit the powers and duties of the public school district board of directors under § 6-13-620 or any other law but allow the public school district board of directors to operate under the direction and approval of the commissioner.
(C) The state board shall define the powers and duties of the public school district board of directors if the state board limits the powers and duties under subdivision (b)(3)(B) of this section.
(D) The publi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2917
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6-15-2917. Public school district under authority of State Board of Education.
(a) For a public school district under the authority of the State Board of Education, the state board shall review quarterly the progress of the public school district toward improving the issues that caused the classification of the public school district as in need of Level 5 — Intensive support.
(b) At any time during the second full school year following the assumption of authority or any time thereafter:
(1) The state board may direct the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to update the analysis of all school district systems to determine if the public school district has demonstrated substantial improvement of the issues that caused the classification of the public school district as in need of Level 5 — Intensive support;
(2) The commissioner may recommend to the state board that the state board:
(A) Take additional action concerning the public school district under § 6-15-2916; or
(B) Return the public school district to local control through the appointment or election of a board of directors; and
(3)(A) The state board may return the public school district to local control through the appointment or election of a newly elected board of directors upon the recommendation of the commissioner.
(B) The state board may limit the powers and duties of the public school district board of directors under § 6-13-620 or any other law but allow the public school district board of directors to operate under the direction and approval of the commissioner.
(C) The state board shall define the powers and duties of the public school district board of directors if the state board limits the powers and duties under subdivision (b)(3)(B) of this section.
(D) The public school district board of directors shall act in an advisory capacity to the commissioner in regards to all other powers and duties maintained by the commissioner.
(E) The state board may grant additional powers and duties to the public school district board of directors if the public school district demonstrates progress toward improving the issues that caused the classification of the public school district as in need of Level 5 — Intensive support.
(c)(1) If the public school district has not demonstrated to the state board and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education that the public school district meets the criteria to exit Level 5 — Intensive support within five (5) years of the assumption of authority, the state board shall annex, consolidate, or reconstitute the public school district under § 6-13-1401 et seq. and this subchapter.
(2) The state board shall promulgate rules to establish the criteria by which a public school district may exit Level 5 — Intensive support.
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6-13-1401. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Affected district” means a school district that:
(A) Loses territory or students as a result of annexation; or
(B) Is involved in a consolidation;
(2) “Aggrieved district” means the lawfully constituted and existing board of directors of a school district that gains or loses territory or students as a result of an annexation or consolidation;
(3) “Annexation” means the joining of an affected school district or part thereof with a receiving district;
(4) “Consolidation” means the joining of two (2) or more affected school districts or parts thereof to create a new single school district;
(5) “Receiving district” means a school district or districts that receive territory or students, or both, from an affected district as a result of annexation; and
(6) “Resulting district” means the new school district created from an affected district or districts as a result of consolidation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-1401
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6-13-620. Powers and duties.
The board of directors of each school district in the state is charged with the following powers and required to perform the following duties in order to provide no less than a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools:
(1) Attend meetings of the school district board of directors;
(2) Determine the mission and direction of the school district;
(3) Adhere to state and federal laws governing public schools;
(4) Enact, enforce, and obey school district policies;
(5)(A) Employ staff, including:
(i)(a) A superintendent of schools to oversee the day-to-day operations of the school district.
(b) A superintendent shall be evaluated annually or no less often than before any extension of his or her employment contract.
(c) Superintendents and assistant superintendents may be employed under contract terms and conditions that incorporate all elements prescribed by the State Board of Education; and
(ii)(a) School district employees under initial written employment contracts in the form prescribed by the State Board of Education, not including day-to-day substitutes.
(b) The employment contract shall:
(1) State the duration of employment, specific duties of the employee and the annual salary or hourly wage of the employee and projected annual earnings in the case of nonexempt employees under applicable state and federal law; and
(2) Incorporate all personnel policies adopted by June 30 to be in effect on July 1 of the following employee contract year, subject to the requirements and exceptions contained in §§ 6-17-204 and 6-17-205.
(B) Copies of initial written employment contracts and renewed written employment contracts issued in accordance with §§ 6-17-1506 and 6-17-1703 shall be distributed as follows:
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-620
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 6-13-620. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-15-2916. State Board of Education authority over public school district classified as in need of Level 5 — Intensive support.
If a public school district is classified as in need of Level 5 — Intensive support, the State Board of Education may:
(1) Direct the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to conduct an analysis of all school district systems and make recommendations for action by the state board; and
(2) Assume authority of the public school district and take one (1) or more of the following actions at any time after classification:
(A) Remove permanently, reassign, or suspend on a temporary basis the superintendent of the school district and:
(i) Appoint an individual in place of the superintendent of the public school district to administratively operate the public school district under the supervision and approval of the commissioner;
(ii) Authorize the individual to remove, replace, reassign, or suspend public school district personnel in accordance with state law; and
(iii) Compensate from public school district funds the individual appointed to operate the public school district and other individuals authorized by the commissioner;
(B) Remove permanently or suspend on a temporary basis some or all of the current public school district board of directors and either:
(i) Call for the election of a new public school district board of directors, in which case the public school district shall reimburse the county board of election commissioners for election costs as otherwise required by law;
(ii) Require the public school district to operate without a board of directors under the supervision of the superintendent of the public school district or an individual or panel appointed by the commissioner; or
(iii) Direct the commis
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2916
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 6-15-2916. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.