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6-20-1905. Notification and appeal.
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6-20-1905. Notification and appeal.
(a)(1)(A) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall provide written notice, via certified mail, return receipt requested, to the president of the board of directors and the superintendent of each public school district identified as being in fiscal distress.
(B) The division shall provide the notice required under this subdivision (a)(1) on or before June 30 of each year.
(2)(A) At any time after June 30, the division may identify a public school district as being in fiscal distress if the division discovers that a fiscal condition of a public school district negatively impacts the continuation of educational services by the public school district.
(B) The division immediately shall provide the same notice required under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section to the public school district identified under this subdivision (a)(2).
(b) Any school district identified in fiscal distress status may appeal to the State Board of Education by filing a written appeal with the office of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education by certified mail, return receipt requested, within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of identified fiscal distress status from the division.
(c) The state board shall hear the appeal within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written notice of appeal from the school district.
(d) The written appeal shall state in clear terms the reason why the school district should not be classified as in fiscal distress.
(e) Notwithstanding any appeal rights in this subchapter, no appeal shall stay the division's authority to take action to protect the fiscal integrity of any school district identified as in fiscal distress.
(f) The decision of the state board shall be a final order, and
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-1905
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6-20-1905. Notification and appeal.
(a)(1)(A) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall provide written notice, via certified mail, return receipt requested, to the president of the board of directors and the superintendent of each public school district identified as being in fiscal distress.
(B) The division shall provide the notice required under this subdivision (a)(1) on or before June 30 of each year.
(2)(A) At any time after June 30, the division may identify a public school district as being in fiscal distress if the division discovers that a fiscal condition of a public school district negatively impacts the continuation of educational services by the public school district.
(B) The division immediately shall provide the same notice required under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section to the public school district identified under this subdivision (a)(2).
(b) Any school district identified in fiscal distress status may appeal to the State Board of Education by filing a written appeal with the office of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education by certified mail, return receipt requested, within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of identified fiscal distress status from the division.
(c) The state board shall hear the appeal within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written notice of appeal from the school district.
(d) The written appeal shall state in clear terms the reason why the school district should not be classified as in fiscal distress.
(e) Notwithstanding any appeal rights in this subchapter, no appeal shall stay the division's authority to take action to protect the fiscal integrity of any school district identified as in fiscal distress.
(f) The decision of the state board shall be a final order, and there is no further right of appeal except that the school district may appeal to Pulaski County Circuit Court pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
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25-15-201. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-15-201
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