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6-18-502. Rules for development of school district student discipline policies.
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6-18-502. Rules for development of school district student discipline policies.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish rules for the development of school district student discipline policies.
(b) Such rules shall include without limitation the following requirements:
(1) Parents, students, and school district personnel, including teachers, shall be involved in the development of school district student discipline policies;
(2)(A) The school district's committee on personnel policies shall review annually:
(i) The school district's student discipline policies; and
(ii) State and district discipline data.
(B) The committee may recommend changes in the policies to the board of directors of the local school district based on the committee's review under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section; and
(3) Student discipline policies shall include without limitation the following offenses:
(A) Willfully and intentionally assaulting or threatening to assault or abuse any student or teacher, principal, superintendent, or other employee of a school system;
(B) Possession by students of any firearm or other weapon prohibited upon the school campus by law or by policies adopted by the school district board of directors;
(C) Using, offering for sale, or selling beer, alcoholic beverages, or other illicit drugs by students on school property; and
(D) Willfully or intentionally damaging, destroying, or stealing school property by students.
(c) The school discipline policies shall:
(1)(A) Prescribe minimum and maximum penalties, including without limitation students' suspension or expulsion from school, for violations of any of the offenses described in subdivision (b)(3) of this section and for violations of other practices pro
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-502
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6-18-502. Rules for development of school district student discipline policies.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish rules for the development of school district student discipline policies.
(b) Such rules shall include without limitation the following requirements:
(1) Parents, students, and school district personnel, including teachers, shall be involved in the development of school district student discipline policies;
(2)(A) The school district's committee on personnel policies shall review annually:
(i) The school district's student discipline policies; and
(ii) State and district discipline data.
(B) The committee may recommend changes in the policies to the board of directors of the local school district based on the committee's review under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section; and
(3) Student discipline policies shall include without limitation the following offenses:
(A) Willfully and intentionally assaulting or threatening to assault or abuse any student or teacher, principal, superintendent, or other employee of a school system;
(B) Possession by students of any firearm or other weapon prohibited upon the school campus by law or by policies adopted by the school district board of directors;
(C) Using, offering for sale, or selling beer, alcoholic beverages, or other illicit drugs by students on school property; and
(D) Willfully or intentionally damaging, destroying, or stealing school property by students.
(c) The school discipline policies shall:
(1)(A) Prescribe minimum and maximum penalties, including without limitation students' suspension or expulsion from school, for violations of any of the offenses described in subdivision (b)(3) of this section and for violations of other practices prohibited by school discipline policies.
(B) However, the superintendent shall have discretion to modify the prescribed penalties for a student on a case-by-case basis;
(2)(A) Prescribe expulsion from school for a period of one (1) year for possession of any firearm or other weapon prohibited upon the school campus by law.
(B) Provided, however, that the superintendent shall have discretion to modify such expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case basis;
(3) Establish procedures for notice to students and parents of charges, hearings, and other due process proceedings to be applicable in the enforcement and administration of such policies by the school administrator and by the school district board of directors;
(4) Include prevention, intervention, and conflict resolution provisions;
(5) Set forth the role and authority of public school employees and volunteers as provided in this subchapter;
(6) Include programs, measures, or alternative means and methods to continue student engagement and access to education during periods of suspension or expulsion; and
(7) Establish procedures for responding to reports received through the school safety and crisis line under § 6-18-111.
(d) Student discipline policies shall provide that parents and students will be advised of the rules and regulations by which the school is governed and will be made aware of the behavior that will call for disciplinary action and the types of corrective actions that may be imposed.
(e) Each school district shall develop a procedure for written notification to all parents and students of the district's student discipline policies and for documentation of the receipt of the policies by all parents and students.
(f) Teachers and administrators, classified school employees, and volunteers shall be provided with appropriate student discipline, behavioral intervention, and classroom management training and support.
(g) If a school employee believes that any action taken by the school district to discipline a student referred by that employee does not follow school district discipline policies, the school employee may appeal under the district's grievance procedure as provided under § 6-17-208.
(h) In developing the state rules for school district discipline policies, the division shall involve parents, students, teachers, and administrators.
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6-17-208. Grievance procedure — Definitions.
(a)(1) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas that:
(A) Each school district shall have a written grievance procedure that provides for an orderly method of resolving concerns raised by an employee at the lowest possible administrative level and in a clear and timely manner for both parties; and
(B)(i) All school employees shall have the right to file grievances and have those grievances heard.
(ii) A group of employees who have the same grievance may file a group grievance.
(2)(A) “Grievance” means any concern related to personnel policy, salary, federal laws and regulations, state laws and rules, or terms or conditions of employment raised by an employee.
(B) “Employee” means a person employed by a school district under a written contract.
(b)(1) The grievance policy shall include at least the following provisions:
(A) A procedure for resolving the matter informally with the employee's immediate supervisor;
(B) A procedure to appeal in writing an unsatisfactorily resolved grievance from the immediate supervisor to the superintendent of schools or his or her designee;
(C)(i) A procedure to appeal in writing an unsatisfactorily resolved grievance from the superintendent or his or her designee to the school district board of directors at the next regularly scheduled school district board of directors meeting unless both parties have agreed to a different date.
(ii) The hearing shall be open or closed at the discretion of the employee.
(iii) If the hearing is open, the parent or guardian of any student under eighteen (18) years of age who gives testimony may elect to have the student's testimony given in a closed session; and
(D) The right of a party to be represented by a person of his or he
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-208
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6-18-111. School safety and crisis line.
(a)(1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatric Research Institute shall establish and operate a pilot program that creates a school safety and crisis line to be known as “ARSafeSchools” that can be accessed by the following means, including without limitation:
(A) Telephone;
(B) Text message; and
(C) Smartphone application.
(2) Participation in the pilot program established under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be voluntary for public schools in this state.
(b) The school safety and crisis line under this section shall:
(1) Provide a means for a student to anonymously report:
(A) Unsafe, violent, or criminal activities or the threat of unsafe, violent, or criminal activities at, near, or concerning a public school;
(B) Incidents of bullying, harassment, or hazing, including without limitation conduct described in § 6-18-514;
(C) Incidents of physical or sexual abuse committed against a student by:
(i) Another student;
(ii) A school employee;
(iii) A school volunteer; or
(iv) Any other person if the physical or sexual abuse occurred at a public school or a school-sponsored event;
(D) Thoughts of suicide experienced by the student or by another individual whom the student knows;
(E) Feelings experienced by the student of:
(i) Stress;
(ii) Depression; or
(iii) Anxiety;
(F) Issues involving drug abuse or alcohol abuse, or both, regarding the student or another individual whom the student knows;
(G) Issues with addiction faced by the student or another individual whom the student knows;
(H) Domestic violence experienced by the student or by another individual whom the student knows;
(I) Infliction of self-harm by the student or by another individual whom the st
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-111
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 6-18-111. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.