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6-20-603. Continued support of isolated school districts.
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6-20-603. Continued support of isolated school districts.
(a) Upon the effective date of consolidation, annexation, or reorganization, the following school districts that received isolated funding in the 2003-2004 school year shall become isolated school areas for the sole purpose of receiving isolated funding and shall have a per student isolated funding amount as follows:
Per Student Isolated County School District Funding Amount Column A Column B Column C Van Buren Alread 2,219 Desha Arkansas City 2,040 Randolph Biggers-Reyno 763 Miller Bright Star 916 Marion Bruno-Pyatt 329 Dallas Carthage 1,938 Independence Cord-Charlotte 235 Woodruff Cotton Plant 733 Crittenden Crawfordsville 642 Newton Deer 853 Greene Delaplaine 215 Desha Delta Special 952 Nevada Emmet 307 Sharp Evening Shade 115 Ashley Fountain Hill 339 Yell Fourche Valley 1,603 Arkansas Gillett 1,000 Lincoln Gould 765 Lincoln Grady 560 Polk Hatfield 42 Monroe Holly Grove 868 Arkansas Humphrey 328 Union Huttig 668 Cleveland Kingsland 394 Madison Kingston 661 Phillips Lake View 1,054 Searcy Leslie 628 Lawrence Lynn 782 Columbia McNeil 329 Union Mount Holly 898 Newton Mount Judea 622 Izard Mount Pleasant 225 Johnson Oark 1,576 Montgomery Oden 671 Saline Paron 733 Yell Plainview-Rover 297 Franklin Pleasant View 679 Randolph Randolph County 444 Lawrence River Valley 106 Stone Rural Special 788 Searcy Saint Joe 727 Madison Saint Paul 123 Hempstead Saratoga 1,407 Van Buren Scotland 1,841 Dallas Sparkman 487 Ouachita Stephens 1 Stone Stone County 367 Jackson Swifton 458 Columbia Taylor 353 Howard Umpire 2,152 Union Union 45 Columbia Walker 819 Newton Western Grove 375 Cleburne Wilburn 978 Sharp Williford 475 Washington Winslow 494
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(b) Each school year, state financial aid in the form of isola
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6-20-603. Continued support of isolated school districts.
(a) Upon the effective date of consolidation, annexation, or reorganization, the following school districts that received isolated funding in the 2003-2004 school year shall become isolated school areas for the sole purpose of receiving isolated funding and shall have a per student isolated funding amount as follows:
Per Student Isolated County School District Funding Amount Column A Column B Column C Van Buren Alread 2,219 Desha Arkansas City 2,040 Randolph Biggers-Reyno 763 Miller Bright Star 916 Marion Bruno-Pyatt 329 Dallas Carthage 1,938 Independence Cord-Charlotte 235 Woodruff Cotton Plant 733 Crittenden Crawfordsville 642 Newton Deer 853 Greene Delaplaine 215 Desha Delta Special 952 Nevada Emmet 307 Sharp Evening Shade 115 Ashley Fountain Hill 339 Yell Fourche Valley 1,603 Arkansas Gillett 1,000 Lincoln Gould 765 Lincoln Grady 560 Polk Hatfield 42 Monroe Holly Grove 868 Arkansas Humphrey 328 Union Huttig 668 Cleveland Kingsland 394 Madison Kingston 661 Phillips Lake View 1,054 Searcy Leslie 628 Lawrence Lynn 782 Columbia McNeil 329 Union Mount Holly 898 Newton Mount Judea 622 Izard Mount Pleasant 225 Johnson Oark 1,576 Montgomery Oden 671 Saline Paron 733 Yell Plainview-Rover 297 Franklin Pleasant View 679 Randolph Randolph County 444 Lawrence River Valley 106 Stone Rural Special 788 Searcy Saint Joe 727 Madison Saint Paul 123 Hempstead Saratoga 1,407 Van Buren Scotland 1,841 Dallas Sparkman 487 Ouachita Stephens 1 Stone Stone County 367 Jackson Swifton 458 Columbia Taylor 353 Howard Umpire 2,152 Union Union 45 Columbia Walker 819 Newton Western Grove 375 Cleburne Wilburn 978 Sharp Williford 475 Washington Winslow 494
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(b) Each school year, state financial aid in the form of isolated funding shall be provided to school districts containing an isolated school area in an amount equal to the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of the isolated school area multiplied by the per student isolated funding amount for the isolated school areas as set forth under column “C” of subsection (a) of this section.
(c)(1) Except as provided under subdivision (c)(2) of this section, a school district may not receive isolated funding under this section for an isolated school area if the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of the isolated school area exceeds three hundred fifty (350).
(2) A school district is entitled to receive the funding under this section for an isolated school area received by the school district in:
(A) A consolidation under § 6-13-1401 et seq. or the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq.; or
(B) An annexation under § 6-13-1401 et seq. or the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq.
(d) A school district receiving isolated funding for an isolated school area shall expend the funds solely for the operation, maintenance, and support of the isolated school area.
(e)(1) Except as provided under subdivision (e)(2) of this section, a school district that qualifies under § 6-20-601 to receive additional state aid because its prior-year three-quarter average daily membership is less than three hundred fifty (350) is not eligible to receive funding under this section.
(2) A school district may elect to receive funding under this section in lieu of funding under § 6-20-601 if the school district qualifies for funding under § 6-20-601 and for funding under this section.
(f) For the purposes of this section, school districts with isolated school areas shall account for the average daily membership of all schools located in the isolated school areas as required by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall submit reports as required by the division.
(g) The division shall distribute isolated funding under this section in two (2) payments per school year.
(h) This section does not determine a school district's qualification as an isolated school district under § 6-20-601 as required to prohibit the closing of an isolated school in § 6-20-602.
(i)(1)(A) If all of an isolated school area in a school district is closed, the school district shall receive funding based on the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of the isolated school area.
(B) If part of an isolated school area in a school district is closed, the school district funding is based on the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of the part of the isolated school area that remains open.
(C) Funding received by a school district under this subsection is restricted for use at the closed isolated school area or for transporting students of the closed isolated school area to another school in the district.
(2) If a closed isolated school area is subsequently used by the school district for an alternative learning environment program or other regular classroom teaching, the school district using the now closed isolated school area may submit prior-year three-quarter average daily membership to the state to request funding under this section.
(j) The State Board of Education may promulgate rules as necessary for the proper implementation of this section.
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6-13-1401. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Affected district” means a school district that:
(A) Loses territory or students as a result of annexation; or
(B) Is involved in a consolidation;
(2) “Aggrieved district” means the lawfully constituted and existing board of directors of a school district that gains or loses territory or students as a result of an annexation or consolidation;
(3) “Annexation” means the joining of an affected school district or part thereof with a receiving district;
(4) “Consolidation” means the joining of two (2) or more affected school districts or parts thereof to create a new single school district;
(5) “Receiving district” means a school district or districts that receive territory or students, or both, from an affected district as a result of annexation; and
(6) “Resulting district” means the new school district created from an affected district or districts as a result of consolidation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-1401
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6-13-1601. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Administrative annexation” means the joining of an affected district or a part of the school district with a receiving district;
(2) “Administrative consolidation” means the joining of two (2) or more school districts to create a new single school district with one (1) administrative unit and one (1) board of directors that is not required to close school facilities;
(3) “Affected district” means a school district that loses territory or students as a result of administrative annexation or administrative consolidation;
(4) “Average daily membership” has the same meaning as defined in § 6-20-2303;
(5) “Receiving district” means a school district or districts that receive territory or students, or both, from an affected district as a result of administrative annexation; and
(6) “Resulting district” means the new school district created from an affected district or affected districts as a result of administrative consolidation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-1601
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6-20-601. Qualifications for receiving isolated funding — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “isolated school district” means a school district that meets any four (4) of the following five (5) criteria:
(1) There is a distance of twelve (12) miles or more by hard-surfaced highway from the high school of the district to the nearest adjacent high school in an adjoining district;
(2) The density ratio of transported students is less than three (3) students per square mile of area;
(3) The total area of the district is ninety-five square miles (95 sq. mi.) or greater;
(4) Less than fifty percent (50%) of bus route miles is on hard-surfaced roads; and
(5) There are geographic barriers such as lakes, rivers, and mountain ranges that would impede travel to schools that otherwise would be appropriate for consolidation, cooperative programs, and shared services.
(b) An isolated school district shall be eligible to receive isolated funding under this section if:
(1) The school district's budget is prepared by the school district with Division of Elementary and Secondary Education approval;
(2) The school district has a prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of fewer than three hundred fifty (350); and
(3) The school district and each school within the school district meets the minimum standards for accreditation of public schools prescribed by law and rule.
(c) Any school district designated as an isolated school district for the 1996-1997 fiscal year that used geographic barriers as one (1) of the four (4) criteria necessary to receive isolated funding shall be allowed to continue to use geographic barriers as a criterion for future allocations of isolated funding.
(d)(1) State financial aid in the form of isolated funding shall be provi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-601
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6-20-602. Isolated schools — Definition.
(a) “Isolated school” means a school within a school district that:
(1) Before administrative consolidation or annexation under this section, the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., and § 6-13-1405(a)(5) [repealed] qualified as an isolated school district under § 6-20-601; and
(2) Is subject to administrative consolidation or annexation under this section, the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., and § 6-13-1405(a)(5) [repealed].
(b) Any isolated school within a resulting or receiving district shall remain open unless the school district board of directors of the resulting or receiving district adopts a motion to close the isolated school or parts thereof by:
(1) Unanimous vote of the full board of directors; or
(2)(A) A majority vote of the full board of directors, but less than a unanimous vote, and the motion is considered by and approved by a majority vote of members of the State Board of Education.
(B)(i) Any school district board of directors seeking the state board's approval to close isolated schools or parts thereof under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall no less than thirty (30) days before a regularly scheduled state board meeting, request a hearing on the matter before the state board and file a petition to have the motion reviewed and approved by the state board.
(ii) The petition shall:
(a) Identify the specific isolated schools or part thereof that the local board of directors has moved to close;
(b) State all reasons that the isolated schools or part thereof should be closed;
(c) State how the closure will serve the best interests of the students in the district as a whole;
(d) State if the closure will have any negative impact on desegre
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-602
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 6-20-602. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.