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6-17-114. Daily planning period — Definition.
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6-17-114. Daily planning period — Definition.
(a)(1) Effective beginning the 2003-2004 school year, each school district in this state shall provide a minimum of two hundred (200) minutes each week for each teacher to schedule time for conferences, instructional planning, and preparation for all classroom teachers employed by the school district.
(2)(A) The planning time shall be in increments of no less than forty (40) minutes during the student instructional day unless a teacher submits a written request to be allowed to have his or her planning time scheduled at some time other than during the student instructional day.
(B) A teacher who does not receive the planning time required under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section during the student instructional day shall be compensated at his or her hourly rate of pay for each missed planning period except for planning periods missed because of occasional, not-regularly-scheduled field trips, fire drills, or bomb scares.
(C) [Repealed.]
(b)(1) No school district shall provide planning time as required by this section by lengthening the school day unless the school district compensates teachers for the additional time at an hourly per diem rate.
(2) Any teacher not receiving individual planning time as provided for in this section shall be compensated for the planning time lost at his or her hourly rate of pay.
(c) Each school district shall implement the requirements of this section in accordance with § 6-17-201 et seq.
(d) As used in this section, “student instructional day” means the time that students are required to be present at school.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-114
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6-17-114. Daily planning period — Definition.
(a)(1) Effective beginning the 2003-2004 school year, each school district in this state shall provide a minimum of two hundred (200) minutes each week for each teacher to schedule time for conferences, instructional planning, and preparation for all classroom teachers employed by the school district.
(2)(A) The planning time shall be in increments of no less than forty (40) minutes during the student instructional day unless a teacher submits a written request to be allowed to have his or her planning time scheduled at some time other than during the student instructional day.
(B) A teacher who does not receive the planning time required under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section during the student instructional day shall be compensated at his or her hourly rate of pay for each missed planning period except for planning periods missed because of occasional, not-regularly-scheduled field trips, fire drills, or bomb scares.
(C) [Repealed.]
(b)(1) No school district shall provide planning time as required by this section by lengthening the school day unless the school district compensates teachers for the additional time at an hourly per diem rate.
(2) Any teacher not receiving individual planning time as provided for in this section shall be compensated for the planning time lost at his or her hourly rate of pay.
(c) Each school district shall implement the requirements of this section in accordance with § 6-17-201 et seq.
(d) As used in this section, “student instructional day” means the time that students are required to be present at school.
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6-17-201. Personnel policies requirements — Definition.
(a) Each school district in the state shall have a set of written personnel policies, including the teacher salary schedule.
(b) “Personnel policies” means all school district policies, guidelines, regulations, and procedures that pertain to the terms and conditions of a teacher's employment.
(c) The personnel policies shall include, but are not limited to, the following terms and conditions of employment:
(1) Benefits;
(2) Compensation;
(3) Designation of workdays;
(4) Holidays and noninstructional days;
(5) The annual calendar;
(6) Methods of evaluations;
(7) Extra duties;
(8) Leave;
(9) Grievances;
(10) Dismissal or nonrenewal;
(11) Reduction in force; and
(12) Assignment of teacher aides.
(d)(1)(A) A school district shall not receive in any year any additional funding from the Public School Fund unless the school district posts by September 15 its current personnel policies on the school district's website, including the salary schedule as required by this subchapter.
(B) A written copy of the policies signed by the president of the local school district board of directors shall be retained by the school district in a central records location.
(2)(A) By September 15 of each year, a school district shall provide the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education with the website address at which its current personnel policies, including the salary schedule, may be found.
(B) The division shall notify any school district that has not posted its policies on the school district website or provided the division with the website address in accordance with this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-201
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