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6-17-301. Employment of licensed personnel.
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6-17-301. Employment of licensed personnel.
(a)(1) A school district board of directors may employ superintendents, deputy superintendents, assistant superintendents, and high school principals, as well as department heads, coaches, teachers, and other licensed personnel by written contract for a period of time not more than three (3) years.
(2) A contract may be renewed annually.
(b) A superintendent's contract of employment with a school district may be terminated for cause and without the school district's having any further financial obligation to the superintendent if:
(1) The school district has:
(A) Been placed on fiscal distress by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education because of:
(i) Commitments made by the superintendent of which the school district board of directors had no notice or knowledge; or
(ii) A material misrepresentation made by the superintendent concerning the school district's finances that the school district board of directors relied upon to the detriment of the school district;
(B) Exhausted all appeals of the division's decision regarding the fiscal distress determination;
(2) The superintendent was provided:
(A) Notice of the reason for termination;
(B) A hearing to allow the superintendent to explain or rebut the reasons stated in the notice; and
(C) A record of the hearing provided at the expense of the school district; and
(3) The superintendent's contract was terminated by a majority vote of the full school district board of directors after the hearing described in subdivision (b)(2) of this section.
(c)(1) An individual whose license is suspended or revoked by the State Board of Education for a disqualifying offense under § 6-17-410 or an ethical violation under § 6-17-428 is not eligible to be e
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-301
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6-17-301. Employment of licensed personnel.
(a)(1) A school district board of directors may employ superintendents, deputy superintendents, assistant superintendents, and high school principals, as well as department heads, coaches, teachers, and other licensed personnel by written contract for a period of time not more than three (3) years.
(2) A contract may be renewed annually.
(b) A superintendent's contract of employment with a school district may be terminated for cause and without the school district's having any further financial obligation to the superintendent if:
(1) The school district has:
(A) Been placed on fiscal distress by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education because of:
(i) Commitments made by the superintendent of which the school district board of directors had no notice or knowledge; or
(ii) A material misrepresentation made by the superintendent concerning the school district's finances that the school district board of directors relied upon to the detriment of the school district;
(B) Exhausted all appeals of the division's decision regarding the fiscal distress determination;
(2) The superintendent was provided:
(A) Notice of the reason for termination;
(B) A hearing to allow the superintendent to explain or rebut the reasons stated in the notice; and
(C) A record of the hearing provided at the expense of the school district; and
(3) The superintendent's contract was terminated by a majority vote of the full school district board of directors after the hearing described in subdivision (b)(2) of this section.
(c)(1) An individual whose license is suspended or revoked by the State Board of Education for a disqualifying offense under § 6-17-410 or an ethical violation under § 6-17-428 is not eligible to be employed at a school district, public school, or public charter school, including as a substitute teacher whether directly employed by the school district or public charter school or providing substitute teaching services under contract with an outside entity.
(2) The restriction in this subsection shall expire upon the expiration of the term of a suspension of the license.
(3) The employment of a person in violation of this subsection is a violation of the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts.
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6-17-410. Teacher licensure — Application, renewal application, revocation, suspension, and probation — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A)(i) An applicant for a license issued by the State Board of Education, an applicant for license renewal, and a preservice teacher shall apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a statewide and nationwide criminal records check, to be conducted by the Division of Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(ii) The check shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints as required under § 6-17-417.
(iii) The Identification Bureau may maintain these fingerprints in the automated fingerprint identification system.
(iv) An institution of higher education is not required to bar a student from enrollment in an educator preparation program due to a disqualifying offense.
(B) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall be responsible for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal records check.
(2) Upon completion of the criminal records check, the Identification Bureau shall forward all releasable information obtained concerning the applicant to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(3)(A) An applicant for a license issued by the state board, an applicant for license renewal, and a preservice teacher are required to request through the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education a Child Maltreatment Central Registry check to be conducted by the Department of Human Services.
(B) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and is responsible for the payment of any fee associated with
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-410
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6-17-428. Ethical violations — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Code of ethics” means the code of ethics for educators established by the Professional Licensure Standards Board under § 6-17-422;
(2) “Educator” means, at the time of the alleged violation:
(A) A person holding a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, ancillary license, provisional license, technical permit, or administrator's license issued by the State Board of Education, even if the license expires during the pendency of the ethics complaint process;
(B) A preservice teacher;
(C) An individual employed under a waiver from licensure as a teacher of record or as an administrator; or
(D) A person employed under an emergency teaching permit;
(3)(A) “Ethical violation” means an act or omission on the part of an educator when the educator knew or reasonably should have known that the act or omission was in violation of the code of ethics.
(B) “Ethical violation” does not include:
(i) A reasonable mistake made in good faith;
(ii) An act or omission undertaken in accordance with the reasonable instructions of a supervisor; or
(iii) An act or omission under circumstances in which the educator had a reasonable belief that failure to follow the instructions of a supervisor would result in an adverse job action against the educator;
(4) “Ethics complaint” means a document that:
(A) States facts constituting an alleged ethical violation of the code of ethics; and
(B) Is signed under penalty of perjury by the person filing the ethics complaint; and
(5) “Preservice teacher” means an unlicensed person who is enrolled as a student in an educator preparation program.
(b)(1) The Professional Licensure Standards Board shall:
(A) Establish procedures for:
(i) Receiving
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-428
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 6-17-428. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.