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6-61-520. Local boards — Establishment — Members.
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6-61-520. Local boards — Establishment — Members.
(a) The local control of each community college shall be vested in a local board composed of nine (9) members who are residents and qualified electors of the community college district.
(b)(1) All members shall be elected for terms of six (6) years by the qualified electors of the community college district at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the expiring terms, and the newly elected members shall take office on January 1 next following the date of their election.
(2)(A) However, the election shall be held at the annual school election if the community college district is composed solely of one (1) or two (2) entire school districts, other than any portion of the school district that is in another county, and whose boundary is contiguous with that portion of the school district that is located in the county in which the community college is located.
(B)(i) For those elections held at the annual school election under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section, if no more than one (1) person files as a candidate for membership on the local board and the question of the rate of millage to be levied for the support of the community college district is not on the ballot, the local board, by resolution, may request that the county board of election commissioners open no polling places on election day so that the election shall be conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only.
(ii) If an election held at the annual school election under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section is conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only:
(a) The election shall be conducted on a ballot separate from the ballot for the annual school election; and
(b) The local board of the community college shall r
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-520
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6-61-520. Local boards — Establishment — Members.
(a) The local control of each community college shall be vested in a local board composed of nine (9) members who are residents and qualified electors of the community college district.
(b)(1) All members shall be elected for terms of six (6) years by the qualified electors of the community college district at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the expiring terms, and the newly elected members shall take office on January 1 next following the date of their election.
(2)(A) However, the election shall be held at the annual school election if the community college district is composed solely of one (1) or two (2) entire school districts, other than any portion of the school district that is in another county, and whose boundary is contiguous with that portion of the school district that is located in the county in which the community college is located.
(B)(i) For those elections held at the annual school election under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section, if no more than one (1) person files as a candidate for membership on the local board and the question of the rate of millage to be levied for the support of the community college district is not on the ballot, the local board, by resolution, may request that the county board of election commissioners open no polling places on election day so that the election shall be conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only.
(ii) If an election held at the annual school election under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section is conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only:
(a) The election shall be conducted on a ballot separate from the ballot for the annual school election; and
(b) The local board of the community college shall reimburse the county for the cost of conducting the election by absentee ballot and early voting. The community college shall pay the expenses of the election out of its general operation funds under § 6-61-601.
(c)(1)(A) Candidates for membership on the local board shall run by position and shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis, and there shall be no mark or designation on the ballot indicating the party affiliation of the candidates.
(B) The order in which the names of the respective candidates are to appear on the ballot shall be determined by lot by the county board of election commissioners.
(2) Any person desiring to be a candidate for a position on the local board shall, during the respective filing period set forth in § 6-14-111(e)(1), file a notarized statement of such candidacy with the county clerk of each county of which any portion is in the community college district, in substantially the following form:
“State of Arkansas County of I, , being first duly sworn, state that I reside at ; that I am a resident and qualified elector of community college district; that I am a candidate for the office of position No. on the local board of such community college, and I hereby request that my name be placed on the ballot as a candidate for such position at the coming general or annual school election. (Signed) Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 20 (Signed) Notary Public”.
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(3)(A) At the time of filing the statement of candidacy, the candidate shall pay a ballot fee of three dollars ($3.00) and shall file a petition containing the signatures of at least twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the district, requesting that the name of the candidate be placed on the ballot as a candidate for the position on the local board.
(B) Candidates may begin circulating petitions not earlier than ninety (90) days before the filing deadline under subdivision (c)(2) of this section.
(4)(A) The county board of election commissioners of each county of which a portion is a part of the community college district shall certify the results of the election in that county to the local board of the community college.
(B) The local board of the community college shall officially canvass the returns, declare the candidate elected for each position, and make a record of the election upon its minutes.
(5) The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each position on the local board to be filled at the election shall be elected to fill the particular position, and it shall not be necessary that the person elected receive a majority of all votes cast for all candidates for such position.
(d)(1) Vacancies on any local board due to death, resignation, or other causes shall be filled by appointment of the Governor.
(2) When the term of office in which the vacancy occurs expires on December 31 of the year in which the next general or annual school election is to be held, the person appointed by the Governor shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
(3) When the term of office in which the vacancy occurs extends beyond December 31 of the year in which the next general or annual school election is to be held, the person appointed by the Governor shall serve only until the general or annual school election, at which election a person shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district to fill the remainder of the unexpired term.
(4) When a vacancy occurs, the local board shall officially recognize that the vacancy exists, enter the recognition of the vacancy upon its minutes, and notify the Governor, requesting that he or she make an appointment to fill the vacancy as provided by law.
(5) The Governor shall officially notify the local board of his or her appointment of the new member, which the local board shall enter upon its minutes.
(e)(1) After a merger between a community college and a four-year institution of higher education or a university system, control of the community college may be vested in the board of trustees of the four-year institution of higher education or the board of trustees of the university system.
(2) If the control of the community college is vested in the board of trustees of a four-year institution of higher education or the board of trustees of a university system, the board of trustees shall perform the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the former governing body of the community college and the provision of subsections (a)-(d) of this section and § 6-61-529 do not apply.
(f)(1) After a merger under subsection (e) of this section, the former governing body of the community college may become a board of visitors performing such functions as determined by the board of visitors and the board of trustees of the four-year institution of higher education or the board of trustees of the university system.
(2) The membership of the board of visitors, including the number of members, term of membership, and method of appointment of members shall be decided by the board of trustees of the four-year institution of higher education or the board of trustees of the university system.
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6-14-111. Candidate filing procedures.
(a)(1) All candidate filings under this subchapter shall be with the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes.
(2)(A)(i) In a special school election or an annual school election not held with the preferential primary or general election, all actions required of county boards of election commissioners shall be performed by the county board of election commissioners of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes.
(ii) However, if one of that school district's nondomicile counties is holding a special election on the same date as a school election and at least one (1) qualified elector in the county is eligible to vote in both the special election and the school election, each county in which the school district has territory shall conduct the school district's school election as if it were held with the preferential primary or general election.
(B) When a county clerk of a school district's nondomicile county becomes aware that a special election will be held on the same date as a school district's annual or special school election and at least one (1) qualified elector in the county is eligible to vote in both the special election and the school election, the county clerk of the nondomicile county shall immediately notify the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes in writing that the school district's school election shall be conducted under subdivision (a)(3) of this section.
(C) The county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall then immediately notify the county clerks of any other nondomicile counties that the scho
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-14-111
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6-61-529. Local boards — Appointment or election of members.
(a)(1) Within sixty (60) days after April 19, 1995, the local board of each community college shall, by resolution, choose:
(A) To continue as a board whose members are elected; or
(B) To become a newly constituted board whose members are appointed by the Governor under the provisions of this section.
(2) The board of the local community college shall immediately thereafter notify the Governor of its decision.
(b)(1)(A) If the local community college board chooses to become an appointed board, positions on the board shall become vacant as current terms expire, and persons who are residents and qualified electors of the community college district shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of six (6) years.
(B) To the extent possible, the Governor shall assure equitable representation on the board with regard to race and geographic distribution from throughout the district.
(2)(A) Vacancies on the appointed board due to death, resignation, or other causes shall be filled by appointment of the Governor to serve the remainder of an unexpired term.
(B) A person so appointed is eligible for appointment to a subsequent full term on the board.
(c)(1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, if the local community college board chooses to remain an elected board, beginning with the 1996 general election, the qualified electors of a community college district having a ten percent (10%) or greater population in any one (1) racial minority, as reported by the most recent federal decennial census information, shall elect the members of the local board as follows, utilizing selection procedures in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. 1971 et seq.:
(A) At least n
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-529
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6-61-601. General operations — State funds.
(a) Funds for the general operation of an adequate comprehensive educational program shall be provided by the state.
(b)(1) Prior to the beginning of each biennium, the local board of each community college shall develop an estimate of budget requirements for the operation of the community college for each year of the biennium and shall submit it to the State Community College Board for review.
(2) The estimate of budget requirements shall include both expected expenditures and incomes.
(c)(1) Based on the estimates submitted by the community colleges and estimates of funds required for additional institutions that may be created during the ensuing biennium, the board shall recommend to the General Assembly and the Governor its estimate of funds necessary to support existing community colleges and ones that may be established.
(2) The amount of state revenues to be recommended for the general operation of each community college shall be the difference between the recommended budget and the total of income for general operation, including student fees and any other income except local taxes. The recommended budget for general operation shall be sufficient to provide an adequate comprehensive educational program which serves the needs of the state and the community college's service area as determined by the board.
(d) Replacement of initial equipment shall be considered as an operating cost.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-601
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 6-61-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.