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6-17-407. License revocation — Falsifying attendance records — Investigating allegations of employee criminal misconduct.
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6-17-407. License revocation — Falsifying attendance records — Investigating allegations of employee criminal misconduct.
(a)(1) The State Board of Education is directed to revoke the license of any person in this state who knowingly falsifies any attendance records kept by him or her that are used in computing the average daily attendance or average daily membership of the school district in which the person is employed, and the state board is directed to revoke the license of any superintendent of schools who knowingly permits or requires any person to falsify the attendance records.
(2) Any person or superintendent of schools whose license is revoked as provided in this subsection shall not thereafter be eligible to receive a license to teach in this state.
(b)(1)(A) The superintendent of schools shall be responsible for investigating and documenting allegations of criminal misconduct as delineated in §§ 6-17-410 and 6-17-414 by a school district employee and involving a student or students.
(B) The investigation may be conducted by the superintendent's designee.
(2) If the superintendent finds no basis for allegations of criminal misconduct, he or she shall not be required to place any documents relative to such allegations or the subsequent investigation in the employee's personnel file.
(3) Results of any such investigation shall not be available for examination except by the employee or his or her duly authorized representative or the office of the prosecuting attorney.
(4) Failure to comply with the requirements of this subsection shall be a Class C misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-407
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6-17-407. License revocation — Falsifying attendance records — Investigating allegations of employee criminal misconduct.
(a)(1) The State Board of Education is directed to revoke the license of any person in this state who knowingly falsifies any attendance records kept by him or her that are used in computing the average daily attendance or average daily membership of the school district in which the person is employed, and the state board is directed to revoke the license of any superintendent of schools who knowingly permits or requires any person to falsify the attendance records.
(2) Any person or superintendent of schools whose license is revoked as provided in this subsection shall not thereafter be eligible to receive a license to teach in this state.
(b)(1)(A) The superintendent of schools shall be responsible for investigating and documenting allegations of criminal misconduct as delineated in §§ 6-17-410 and 6-17-414 by a school district employee and involving a student or students.
(B) The investigation may be conducted by the superintendent's designee.
(2) If the superintendent finds no basis for allegations of criminal misconduct, he or she shall not be required to place any documents relative to such allegations or the subsequent investigation in the employee's personnel file.
(3) Results of any such investigation shall not be available for examination except by the employee or his or her duly authorized representative or the office of the prosecuting attorney.
(4) Failure to comply with the requirements of this subsection shall be a Class C misdemeanor.
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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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6-17-414. Criminal records check as a condition for initial employment of nonlicensed personnel — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(C) of this section, the board of directors of an educational entity shall require as a condition for initial employment or noncontinuous reemployment in a nonlicensed staff position any person making application to apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for statewide and nationwide criminal records checks, the latter to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(ii) The checks shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints as required under § 6-17-417.
(iii) The Identification Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may maintain these fingerprints in the automated fingerprint identification system.
(B)(i) The person shall sign a release of information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(ii) Unless the employing educational entity's board of directors has taken action to pay for the cost of criminal background checks required by this section, the employment applicant shall be responsible for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal records checks.
(C)(i) The board of directors of a school district created by consolidation, annexation, or detachment may waive the requirements under subdivisions (a)(1)(A) and (B) of this section for personnel who were employed by an affected district immediately before the annexation, consolidation, or detachment and who had complete criminal background checks conducted as a condition of the person's most recent employment with the affected district as required under this section.
(ii) As used in subdivision (a)(1)(C)(i) of this sec
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-414
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 6-17-414. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.