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6-18-504. Compliance with §§ 6-18-502 and 6-18-503.
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6-18-504. Compliance with §§ 6-18-502 and 6-18-503.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall monitor compliance with the requirements of §§ 6-18-502 and 6-18-503, and the State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the administration of the requirements thereof.
(b) Any school district failing to file with the division disciplinary policies that meet the requirements of this subchapter shall have all state aid funds withheld until such disciplinary policies are filed with the division.
(c) Nothing in § 6-18-502, § 6-18-503, or this section, or any student discipline policies promulgated under § 6-18-502, shall limit or restrict the bringing of criminal charges against any person for violating the criminal laws of this state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-504
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6-18-504. Compliance with §§ 6-18-502 and 6-18-503.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall monitor compliance with the requirements of §§ 6-18-502 and 6-18-503, and the State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the administration of the requirements thereof.
(b) Any school district failing to file with the division disciplinary policies that meet the requirements of this subchapter shall have all state aid funds withheld until such disciplinary policies are filed with the division.
(c) Nothing in § 6-18-502, § 6-18-503, or this section, or any student discipline policies promulgated under § 6-18-502, shall limit or restrict the bringing of criminal charges against any person for violating the criminal laws of this state.
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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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6-18-503. Written student discipline policies required — Definition.
(a)(1)(A) Each school district in this state shall develop written student discipline policies in compliance with the rules established by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall file the policies with the division.
(B) The rules required under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section may include minimum standards of quality, experimentation with innovative programs, and a system to judge the effectiveness of the program.
(C) The discipline policy required under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section shall include provisions for:
(i) Placement of a student with disciplinary, socially dysfunctional, or behavioral problems not associated with a physical or mental impairment or disability in an alternative learning environment provided by the district; and
(ii) Procedures for responding to reports received through the school safety and crisis line under § 6-18-111.
(2) Behavioral problems include being at risk of not satisfactorily completing a high school education.
(b)(1) A school district that authorizes use of corporal punishment in its discipline policy shall include provisions for administration of the punishment, including that it be administered only for cause, be reasonable, follow warnings that the misbehavior will not be tolerated, and be administered by a teacher or school administrator and only in the presence of a school administrator or his or her designee, who shall be a teacher or school administrator employed by the school district.
(2) As used in this subchapter, “teacher or school administrator” means:
(A) A person employed by a school district and required to hold a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, an ancillary license, a provisional license
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-503
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 6-18-503. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.