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6-17-2503. Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program.
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6-17-2503. Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program.
(a)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop a process for selecting the Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
(2) This process shall work in conjunction with and in support of the process for selecting a National Teacher of the Year.
(b) The process shall allow that each Arkansas school district board of directors may submit a single applicant for the Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
(c) The applicants shall be reduced to sixteen (16) finalists representing one (1) applicant for each of the fifteen (15) education service areas and one (1) applicant for school districts in Pulaski County.
(d) In submitting an application for Arkansas Teacher of the Year, a school district agrees that if its applicant is selected, the school district shall place that teacher on paid administrative leave for the school year immediately following his or her selection, as provided in § 6-17-2504.
(e) While on paid administrative leave, the teacher shall:
(1) Work in residence with the division to:
(A) Create professional development programs for other teachers;
(B) Provide educational technical assistance to students and teachers statewide;
(C) Enhance the Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program; and
(D) Enhance the quality of elementary and secondary education in Arkansas; and
(2) Represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
(f) During the school year in which a school district's Arkansas Teacher of the Year is on paid administrative leave, the division shall reimburse the school district as provided in § 6-17-2505.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-2503
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6-17-2503. Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program.
(a)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop a process for selecting the Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
(2) This process shall work in conjunction with and in support of the process for selecting a National Teacher of the Year.
(b) The process shall allow that each Arkansas school district board of directors may submit a single applicant for the Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
(c) The applicants shall be reduced to sixteen (16) finalists representing one (1) applicant for each of the fifteen (15) education service areas and one (1) applicant for school districts in Pulaski County.
(d) In submitting an application for Arkansas Teacher of the Year, a school district agrees that if its applicant is selected, the school district shall place that teacher on paid administrative leave for the school year immediately following his or her selection, as provided in § 6-17-2504.
(e) While on paid administrative leave, the teacher shall:
(1) Work in residence with the division to:
(A) Create professional development programs for other teachers;
(B) Provide educational technical assistance to students and teachers statewide;
(C) Enhance the Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program; and
(D) Enhance the quality of elementary and secondary education in Arkansas; and
(2) Represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
(f) During the school year in which a school district's Arkansas Teacher of the Year is on paid administrative leave, the division shall reimburse the school district as provided in § 6-17-2505.
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6-17-2504. School district responsibility.
(a) Each school district whose applicant is selected as Arkansas Teacher of the Year shall place that teacher on paid administrative leave for the school year immediately following the teacher's selection as Arkansas Teacher of the Year for the time period that the teacher actually serves as the Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
(b) The teacher shall be entitled to return to his or her former employment with the school district for the school year following the paid administrative leave provisions of this section.
(c) The school district shall be responsible for providing a replacement teacher or restructuring class loads during the school year in which the teacher selected as Arkansas Teacher of the Year is on administrative leave.
(d) A school district that employs a substitute teacher to replace the Arkansas Teacher of the Year shall not be subject to any earning limitations set in place by law or the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.
(e) Each school district classroom teacher contract shall reflect the administrative leave provisions of this section for any teacher selected as Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-2504
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6-17-2505. Division of Elementary and Secondary Education responsibility.
(a) During the school year in which a school district's Arkansas Teacher of the Year is on paid administrative leave, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall reimburse the school district for:
(1) The teacher's salary and benefits; and
(2)(A) Incidental expenses incurred by the teacher as a result of his or her participation in the Arkansas Teacher of the Year Program.
(B) All incidental expenses shall be approved by the division.
(b) The division shall be responsible for the reimbursement of any incidental expenses incurred by the teacher during the implementation of the program for the current year.
(c) The division may receive private donations, grants, or other forms of assistance to help fund any aspect of the program.
(d) The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to administer this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-2505
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 6-17-2505. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.