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6-17-1117. Health insurance — Definition.
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6-17-1117. Health insurance — Definition.
(a)(1) Beginning on January 1, 2014, a school district shall pay the health insurance contribution rate of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month for each eligible employee electing to participate in the public school employees' health insurance program.
(2) The minimum contribution rate under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall increase annually by the same percentage that the legislature increases the per-student foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305.
(3)(A) Unless exempt under subdivision (a)(5) of this section, the local contribution rate of a school district shall also increase by the same percentage that a school district increases the base salary for licensed personnel under the licensed salary schedule adopted by the school district.
(B) As used in this section, “local contribution rate” means the minimum rate required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section in addition to the contribution amount a school district provides for health insurance above that minimum contribution rate.
(4) A change to the local contribution rate under subdivision (a)(3) of this section is effective for the plan year after the change to the licensed salary schedule is adopted by a school district.
(5) A school district is not required to increase the local contribution rate as directed under subdivision (a)(3) of this section if the school district:
(A) Is required to raise the base salary of licensed personnel due to an increase in the minimum teacher compensation schedule under § 6-17-2403;
(B) Has a participation rate of seventy-five percent (75%) or more of all eligible personnel participating in the public school employees' health insurance program; or
(C) Has a local contribution rate of one hundred twen
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-1117
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6-17-1117. Health insurance — Definition.
(a)(1) Beginning on January 1, 2014, a school district shall pay the health insurance contribution rate of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month for each eligible employee electing to participate in the public school employees' health insurance program.
(2) The minimum contribution rate under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall increase annually by the same percentage that the legislature increases the per-student foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305.
(3)(A) Unless exempt under subdivision (a)(5) of this section, the local contribution rate of a school district shall also increase by the same percentage that a school district increases the base salary for licensed personnel under the licensed salary schedule adopted by the school district.
(B) As used in this section, “local contribution rate” means the minimum rate required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section in addition to the contribution amount a school district provides for health insurance above that minimum contribution rate.
(4) A change to the local contribution rate under subdivision (a)(3) of this section is effective for the plan year after the change to the licensed salary schedule is adopted by a school district.
(5) A school district is not required to increase the local contribution rate as directed under subdivision (a)(3) of this section if the school district:
(A) Is required to raise the base salary of licensed personnel due to an increase in the minimum teacher compensation schedule under § 6-17-2403;
(B) Has a participation rate of seventy-five percent (75%) or more of all eligible personnel participating in the public school employees' health insurance program; or
(C) Has a local contribution rate of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) or more of the minimum contribution rate required under this subsection.
(b)(1)(A) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay the Employee Benefits Division a minimum of sixty-one dollars ($61.00) per month for each eligible employee electing to participate in the public school employees' health insurance program administered by the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board.
(B) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall make the total contributions under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section by transferring fifty-five million dollars ($55,000,000) to the Employee Benefits Division in twelve (12) equal monthly installments.
(2) The funds provided to the Employee Benefits Division under this subsection shall be administered by the board for the benefit of the employee participants of the public school employees' health insurance program.
(3)(A) In the event that appropriation or funding is not provided, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall not be responsible for the increased payments for the public school employees' health insurance program as established by this section.
(B) If funding and appropriation are provided but are inadequate for the total number of employees electing to participate in the public school employees' health insurance program, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a proportional share on behalf of each participant.
(C) If funding and appropriation are provided and exceed the amount needed to make the minimum contribution under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a proportional share of the excess on behalf of each participant.
(c)(1) A school district shall:
(A) Provide the same employer-provided health insurance benefits for all full-time school district employees; and
(B) Pay the same employer contribution rate for each eligible employee electing to participate in the public school employees' health insurance program.
(2) If a school district entered into a contract with a superintendent, teacher, or other employee before April 11, 2006, and the contract provides for a higher employer contribution rate than is paid for a majority of the licensed personnel in the school district, then the school district may continue to pay the higher contribution rate as provided under the existing contract but not under extensions, addendums, or new contracts created after April 11, 2006, without increasing all other employees to the same rate.
(3) Any school district that entered into contracts with classified personnel before July 31, 2007, and the contracts provided for a higher employer contribution funding amount than is paid for licensed personnel in the school district shall freeze the employer contribution funding amount for classified employees until such time as the funding amount contributed for licensed personnel equals or exceeds the funding amount provided for classified employees.
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6-17-2403. Minimum teacher compensation schedule — Definition.
(a)(1) The board of directors in each school district in the state shall pay classroom teachers upon a minimum salary schedule that provides:
(A) Annual increments for education and experience;
(B) A base salary; and
(C) A minimum salary for a teacher with a master's degree and at least fifteen (15) years' experience.
(2)(A) A school district may differentiate in the salary levels of the minimum teacher compensation schedule to provide increased salaries based on a tiered licensure system established by the State Board of Education under § 6-17-402.
(B) The differentiated salary schedule shall not provide for a salary that is below the minimum set out in this section.
(b) Each school district in the state shall have in place a salary schedule with at least the following minimum levels of compensation for a basic contract:
(1) For the 2019-2020 school year:
Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary 0 $32,800 $37,450 1 33,250 37,950 2 33,700 38,450 3 34,150 38,950 4 34,600 39,450 5 35,050 39,950 6 35,500 40,450 7 35,950 40,950 8 36,400 41,450 9 36,850 41,950 10 37,300 42,450 11 37,750 42,950 12 38,200 43,450 13 38,650 43,950 14 39,100 44,450 15 39,550 44,950;
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(2) For the 2020-2021 school year:
Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary 0 $33,800 $38,450 1 34,250 38,950 2 34,700 39,450 3 35,150 39,950 4 35,600 40,450 5 36,050 40,950 6 36,500 41,450 7 36,950 41,950 8 37,400 42,450 9 37,850 42,950 10 38,300 43,450 11 38,750 43,950 12 39,200 44,450 13 39,650 44,950 14 40,100 45,450 15 40,550 45,950;
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(3) For the 2021-2022 school year:
Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary 0 $34,900 $39,550 1 35,350 40,050 2 35,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-2403
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 6-17-2403. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-20-2305. School funding.
(a)(1)(A) For each school year, each school district shall receive state foundation funding aid computed as the foundation funding amount under subdivision (a)(2) of this section less the sum of:
(i) Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax multiplied by the property assessment of the school district; and
(ii) An amount of miscellaneous funds of the school district calculated under § 6-20-2308.
(B) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall distribute state foundation funding aid to each school district in twelve (12) monthly payments.
(2)(A) For the 2019-2020 school year, the foundation funding amount is equal to six thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars ($6,899) multiplied by the school district's average daily membership for the previous school year.
(B) For the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, the foundation funding amount is equal to seven thousand eighteen dollars ($7,018) multiplied by the school district's average daily membership for the previous school year.
(3)(A) A school district that has experienced a decline in average daily membership over the two (2) immediately preceding school years shall receive:
(i) Declining enrollment funding equal to the difference between the average of the two (2) immediately preceding years' average daily memberships and the average daily membership for the previous school year multiplied by the amount of foundation funding set forth in subdivision (a)(2) of this section; or
(ii) Special needs isolated funding under § 6-20-604.
(B) Any funding appropriated and available for declining enrollment funding under subdivision (a)(3)(A)(i) of this section or special needs isolated funding under § 6-20-604 that is not distributed under
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-2305
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 6-20-2305. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.