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6-20-604. Additional funding.
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6-20-604. Additional funding.
(a) The General Assembly finds that school districts that contain isolated schools need additional funding to provide an adequate education for students attending schools in those school districts.
(b) A school district shall receive special needs funding under subsections (c), (d), or (e) of this section if the school district meets the requirements of subsections (c), (d), or (e), respectively, of this section and if:
(1) The school district was consolidated or annexed or received an annexed school under the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq.;
(2) The local school district board of directors by majority vote determines that the isolated school is so isolated that to combine its operation to one (1) school district campus would be impractical or unwise; and
(3) The isolated school or school district:
(A) Meets the requirements of § 6-20-601 and filed an affidavit of isolated school status with the State Board of Education during the consolidation or annexation process, and the facts of the affidavit are verified by the state board or its designee;
(B) Meets the requirements of § 6-20-601 and filed an affidavit of isolated school status with the state board after the consolidation or annexation process or with regard to the 2006-2007 school year no later than June 1, 2006, and the facts of the affidavit are verified by the state board or its designee; or
(C) Meets the requirements of § 6-20-601 but for the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership requirement of fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students and filed an affidavit of isolated school status with the state board after the consolidation or annexation process and the facts of the affidavit are verified by the state board or its desig
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-604
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6-20-604. Additional funding.
(a) The General Assembly finds that school districts that contain isolated schools need additional funding to provide an adequate education for students attending schools in those school districts.
(b) A school district shall receive special needs funding under subsections (c), (d), or (e) of this section if the school district meets the requirements of subsections (c), (d), or (e), respectively, of this section and if:
(1) The school district was consolidated or annexed or received an annexed school under the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq.;
(2) The local school district board of directors by majority vote determines that the isolated school is so isolated that to combine its operation to one (1) school district campus would be impractical or unwise; and
(3) The isolated school or school district:
(A) Meets the requirements of § 6-20-601 and filed an affidavit of isolated school status with the State Board of Education during the consolidation or annexation process, and the facts of the affidavit are verified by the state board or its designee;
(B) Meets the requirements of § 6-20-601 and filed an affidavit of isolated school status with the state board after the consolidation or annexation process or with regard to the 2006-2007 school year no later than June 1, 2006, and the facts of the affidavit are verified by the state board or its designee; or
(C) Meets the requirements of § 6-20-601 but for the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership requirement of fewer than three hundred fifty (350) students and filed an affidavit of isolated school status with the state board after the consolidation or annexation process and the facts of the affidavit are verified by the state board or its designee.
(c) A school district meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section shall receive an additional amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the per-student foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) multiplied by the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership for the school district to be used for the operation of the isolated school areas if the school district has:
(1) School facilities serving students in any grade in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), in one (1) or more isolated schools meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section;
(2) A prior-year three-quarter average daily membership for the school district of five hundred (500) or less; and
(3) A density ratio of one and five-tenths (1.5) students or less per square mile.
(d)(1) A school district meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section shall receive an additional amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the per-student foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) multiplied by the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership for the school district to be used for the operation of the isolated school areas if the school district has:
(A) School facilities open for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) in two (2) or more isolated schools meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section and meeting the requirements of § 6-20-601 and if both isolated schools were annexed under the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq.;
(B) A prior-year three-quarter average daily membership for the school district of five hundred one (501) to one thousand (1,000); and
(C) A density ratio of one and five-tenths (1.5) students or less per square mile.
(2) A school district meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section with a three-quarter average daily membership of one thousand one (1,001) or greater 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.
(e)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (e)(2) of this section, a school district meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section shall receive an additional amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the per-student foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) multiplied by the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of the isolated school area to be used for the operation of the isolated school area if the school district has school facilities open for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) in one (1) or more isolated school areas meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
(2)(A) A school district shall receive an additional amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the per-student foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) multiplied by the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of the isolated school area to be used for the operation of the isolated school area if:
(i) The school district has school facilities serving students in any grade in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) in one (1) or more isolated school areas meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section; and
(ii) The school district closed an isolated facility serving students in grades seven through twelve (7-12).
(B) A school district that is eligible to receive funding under this subdivision (e)(2) must also meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
(f) A school district shall receive an additional amount equal to five percent (5%) of the per-student foundation funding amount under § 6-20-2305(a)(2) multiplied by the prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of the school district if the school district has a:
(1) Prior-year three-quarter average daily membership of less than five hundred (500) students; and
(2) Density ratio of two (2) students or less per square mile.
(g) A school district eligible for special needs funding under this section shall continue to be eligible to receive isolated school funding provided under § 6-20-603 but shall only receive funding under one (1) of the categories established under subsections (c)-(f) of this section.
(h)(1) This section is contingent on the appropriation and availability of funding for its purposes.
(2)(A) Undistributed funds under this section and §§ 6-20-601 and 6-20-603 shall be distributed on an equal basis per school district to each school district that is eligible to receive funds under subsection (c), subsection (d), or subsection (e) of this section.
(B) Funds distributed under subdivision (h)(2)(A) of this section shall be used by the school district only for transportation costs of the isolated school areas in the school district.
(3) Funding provided under this section is in addition to and in excess of the amount of funds necessary to provide an adequate education as required by the Arkansas Constitution and cannot be relied upon beyond the expiration date of an appropriation made for the purposes 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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6-20-2305. School funding.
(a)(1)(A) For each school year, each school district shall receive state foundation funding aid computed as the foundation funding amount under subdivision (a)(2) of this section less the sum of:
(i) Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax multiplied by the property assessment of the school district; and
(ii) An amount of miscellaneous funds of the school district calculated under § 6-20-2308.
(B) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall distribute state foundation funding aid to each school district in twelve (12) monthly payments.
(2)(A) For the 2019-2020 school year, the foundation funding amount is equal to six thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars ($6,899) multiplied by the school district's average daily membership for the previous school year.
(B) For the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, the foundation funding amount is equal to seven thousand eighteen dollars ($7,018) multiplied by the school district's average daily membership for the previous school year.
(3)(A) A school district that has experienced a decline in average daily membership over the two (2) immediately preceding school years shall receive:
(i) Declining enrollment funding equal to the difference between the average of the two (2) immediately preceding years' average daily memberships and the average daily membership for the previous school year multiplied by the amount of foundation funding set forth in subdivision (a)(2) of this section; or
(ii) Special needs isolated funding under § 6-20-604.
(B) Any funding appropriated and available for declining enrollment funding under subdivision (a)(3)(A)(i) of this section or special needs isolated funding under § 6-20-604 that is not distributed under
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-20-2305
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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
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 6-20-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.