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1 Table of Contents Tables of Sections Affected... xv Education Statutes Title 6. Education. Subtitle 1. General Provisions. Chapter 1. General Provisions. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Arkansas Leadership Institute for Teachers of the Delta, , Subchapter 3. Arkansas Commission for Coordination of Educational Efforts, to ??? Chapter 2. Corporate Charters, to Chapter 3. Arkansas Educational Television Commission, to Chapter 4. Interstate Compacts. Subchapter 1. Southern Regional Education Compact, to Subchapter 2. Compact for Education, to Chapter 5. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education. Subchapter 1. Early Childhood Development Projects, to Subchapter 2. Hazing, to Subchapter 3. Educational Excellence Trust Fund, to Subchapter 4. Higher Education Awareness Program, to Subchapter 5. Civil War Reenactments, , Subchapter 6. Intervention and Prevention Grant Program for Arkansas School Children [Repealed] Chapters 6-9. [Reserved] Subtitle 2. Elementary and Secondary Education Generally. Chapter 10. General Provisions, to Chapter 11. Education. Subchapter 1. State Board of Education, to Subchapter 2. State Board of Workforce Education and Career Opportunities, to Chapter 12. County Boards of Education. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. County School Supervisor [Repealed] Subchapter 3. Rights and Duties, to Chapter 13. School Districts. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Formation, Alteration, and Consolidation Generally [Repealed] 86 Subchapter 3. Alternative Consolidation Method for Two to Eight Districts [Repealed] Subchapter 4. Supplementary School District Reorganization Act [Repealed] Subchapter 5. Reorganization of Small Districts Generally [Repealed] Subchapter 6. District Boards of Directors Generally, to Subchapter 7. District Treasurer, to Subchapter 8. Educational Compacts Generally, to v

2 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Subchapter 9. Public School Educational Cooperative Act, to Subchapter 10. Education Service Cooperative Act, to Subchapter 11. Model Rural School Consortiums, to Subchapter 12. Clarification of Laws Concerning Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation, to Subchapter 13. Site-Based Decision Making, to Subchapter 14. Consolidation, Annexation, and Formation, to Subchapter 15. Creation of District by Detaching Territory from Existing District, to Subchapter 16. Public Education Reorganization Act, to ??? Chapter 14. School Elections, to Chapter 15. Educational Standards and Quality Generally. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, , Subchapter 2. Quality Education Act of 2003, to Subchapter 3. Effective School Project Act [Repealed] Subchapter 4. Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program, to Subchapter 5. Home Schools, to Subchapter 6. Recognition of Excellence [Repealed] Subchapter 7. Opportunity Partnership Program [Repealed] Subchapter 8. Accountability Section, to Subchapter 9. Uniform Grading Scale for Public Schools, to Subchapter 10. Arkansas Public Education Act, to Subchapter 11. Attaching Seals to High School Transcripts and Diplomas, Subchapter 12. Educational Standards Commission, Subchapter 13. Safe Schools Committee, , Subchapter 14. School Performance Report, , Subchapter 15. Comprehensive Plan for Consistency and Rigor in Course Work, to Subchapter 16. Committee on Closing the Achievement Gap in Arkansas, to Subchapter 17. Parental Involvement Plan, to Subchapter 18. Arkansas Pygmalion Commission on Nontraditional Education, to Subchapter 19. Delta Student Academic Success Plan, Subchapter 20. Public School Student Progression, to Subchapter 21. School Rating System, to Subchapter 22. School Improvement and Education Accountability, Subchapter 23. Best Financial Management Practices for School Districts, Subchapter 24. Postsecondary Feedback, Subchapter 25. Education Renewal Zones, to Chapter 16. Curriculum. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Kindergarten Generally, to Subchapter 3. Early Childhood and Adult Education Act, to Subchapter 4. Computer Technology, to Subchapter 5. Driver Education and Training, to Subchapter 6. Postsecondary Preparatory Program, to Subchapter 7. Optional Summer School Programs, to

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS vii Subchapter 8. Arkansas Advanced Placement Incentive Program, to Subchapter 9. Evaluation of Instructional Programs, Subchapter 10. Health Education, to Subchapter 11. Conservation Education, Subchapter 12. Advanced Placement and Concurrent Enrollment, to Subchapter 13. End-of-Course Success Incentive Program, ??? Chapter 17. Personnel. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Applicability, to Subchapter 3. Employment and Assignment, to Subchapter 4. Certification Generally, to Subchapter 5. Arkansas Teacher Education, Certification, and Evaluation Committee [Repealed] Subchapter 6. Certified Personnel Testing Program, to Subchapter 7. In-Service Training, to Subchapter 8. Teachers Salaries Generally, to Subchapter 9. The Arkansas Teachers Salary Law, to Subchapter 10. Minimum Salaries for Teachers [Repealed] Subchapter 11. Insurance, to Subchapter 12. Teachers Minimum Sick Leave Law, to Subchapter 13. School Employees Minimum Sick Leave Law, to Subchapter 14. Workers Compensation, to Subchapter 15. Teacher Fair Dismissal Act, to Subchapter 16. Master School Principal Program, to ??? Subchapter 17. Public School Employee Fair Hearing Act, to Subchapter 18. Minority Teacher Recruitment and Training Program [Repealed] 216 Subchapter 19. Minority Recruitment, to Subchapter 20. Arkansas Teachers Postgraduate Scholarship Program Act [Repealed] Subchapter 21. Educator Compensation Act [Repealed] Subchapter 22. Classified School Employee Minimum Salary Act, to Subchapter 23. Personnel Policy Law for Classified Employees, to Subchapter 24. Teacher Compensation Program of 2003, to Chapter 18. Students. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Attendance, to Subchapter 3. Assignment, to Subchapter 4. Arkansas American College Test Assessment Assistance Pilot Program, to Subchapter 5. Discipline, to Subchapter 6. Fraternities, Sororities, Etc., to Subchapter 7. Health, to Subchapter 8. School Safety Patrols, to Subchapter 9. Student Records, Subchapter 10. Public School Student Services Act, to Subchapter 11. Elementary School Fund-Raising, to Subchapter 12. Arkansas Student Publications Act, to

4 viii TABLE OF CONTENTS Subchapter 13. Parental Authorization of Questionnaires Act, to Subchapter 14. Family Resource Centers Act, to Subchapter 15. Mandated Eye and Vision Screening Procedures and Tests for Children, to ??? Chapter 19. Transportation, to Chapter 20. Finances. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Management and Apportionment of Funds Generally, to Subchapter 3. Equitable School Finance System Act [Repealed] Subchapter 4. District Finances, to Subchapter 5. Funds for Children with Disabilities and Foster Children, to Subchapter 6. Local School District Isolated Funding, to Subchapter 7. School Lunch Program, to Subchapter 8. Revolving Loan Program General Provisions, to Subchapter 9. Revolving Loan Program State Board of Education Certificates, to Subchapter 10. Revolving Loan Program Alternative State Financing, to Subchapter 11. Revolving Loan Fund Emergency Revolving Loan Fund Account [Repealed] Subchapter 12. District Bonds, to Subchapter 13. Annual Reports of Expenditures [Repealed] Subchapter 14. State Aid for Construction, to Subchapter 15. Insurance Act, to Subchapter 16. State Assistance to School Districts in Distress [Repealed] Subchapter 17. High Cost Transportation Funding Formula Act [Repealed] Subchapter 18. Audits, to Subchapter 19. Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program, to Subchapter 20. Tracking and Accounting of Interschool Athletic Program Funds, to Subchapter 21. Tracking and Accounting of Interschool Scholastic Activity Funds, to Subchapter 22. Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004, to Subchapter 23. Public School Funding Act of 2003, to Subchapter 24. Supplemental School District Funding Act of 2003 [Repealed] 146 Subchapter 25. Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act, to ??? Chapter 21. School Property and Supplies. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. The Equal Access Act, to Subchapter 3. Acquisition of Commodities Generally, to Subchapter 4. The Free Textbook Act, to Subchapter 5. Public Recreation and Playgrounds, to Subchapter 6. Miscellaneous Offenses, to Subchapter 7. School Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, to Subchapter 8. Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act, to ??? Chapter 22. Registered Volunteers Program, to

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS ix Chapter 23. Charter Schools. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Conversion Charter Schools, to Subchapter 3. Open-Enrollment Charter Schools, to Subchapter 4. Open-Enrollment Charter Schools Operation, to Subchapter 5. Open-Enrollment Charter Schools Funding, to Subchapter 6. Limited Charter Schools, Chapter 24. Ethical Guidelines and Prohibitions, to Chapter 25. Public School Library Media and Technology Act, to ??? Chapter 26. Arkansas Teacher Housing Development Act. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Housing Development Foundation, , Subchapter 3. Teacher Housing Development Requirements, to Chapters [Reserved] Subtitle 3. Special Educational Programs. Chapter 40. General Provisions [Reserved] Chapter 41. Children with Disabilities. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Children with Disabilities Act, to Subchapter 3. Special Education Programs Generally, to Subchapter 4. Improvement of Educational Services for Visually Impaired Students, to Subchapter 5. Task Force on Medically Fragile, Chronically Ill, or Technology- Dependent Students, to Chapter 42. Gifted and Talented Children. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences [Repealed] Subchapter 3. Arkansas School for Mathematics, Science, and the Arts, to ??? Chapter 43. Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Arkansas School for the Blind, to Subchapter 3. Arkansas School for the Deaf, to Chapter 44. Adult Literacy. Subchapter 1. [Reserved] Subchapter 2. State Commission on Adult Literacy [Repealed] Chapter 45. Arkansas Better Chance Program, to Chapter 46. Arkansas High Technology Training Center. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, , Subchapter 2. Site and Funding, to Subchapter 3. Administration, to Subchapter 4. Personnel, , Subchapter 5. Operations, , Chapter 47. Distance Learning. Subchapter 1. Distance Learning Demonstration Project [Repealed] Subchapter 2. Distance Learning Coordination, to Subchapter 3. Distance Learning Implementation, to Subchapter 4. Arkansas Distance Learning Development Project, to

6 x TABLE OF CONTENTS Subchapter 5. Distance Learning Grants, to Chapters 48, 49. [Reserved] Subtitle 4. Vocational and Technical Education. Chapter 50. General Provisions. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Technical Careers Student Loan Forgiveness Program, to Subchapter 3. Advisory Council for Vocational-Technical Education [Repealed] 405 Subchapter 4. Vocational-Technical High School Districts [Repealed] Subchapter 5. Youth Apprenticeship/Work-Based Learning Act, to Subchapter 6. Arkansas Advisory Council for Vocational-Technical Education [Repealed] Subchapter 7. Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Act of 1995, to Chapter 51. Vocational and Technical Schools. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Establishment and Administration Generally, to Subchapter 3. Multidistrict Vocational Centers, to Subchapter 4. Plumbing Program, to Subchapter 5. Housing Construction Program, to Subchapter 6. Private Resident and Correspondence Schools, to Subchapter 7. Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing Program, to Subchapter 8. Community-Based Education Centers, to Subchapter 9. Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Education, to Subchapter 10. Model Vocational-Technical Education Resource Center Act of 1993 [Repealed] Chapter 52. Vocational and Technical Training. Subchapter 1. Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, to Subchapter 2. Apprenticeship Training Programs, to Chapter 53. Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Arkansas Technical and Community College System, to Subchapter 3. Administration, to Subchapter 4. Conversions and Consolidations, to Subchapter 5. Grants for Tech-Prep Education, to Subchapter 6. Technical College Districts, to Chapter 54. Ouachita Technical College, to Chapter 55. Construction Industry Craft Training, to Chapter 56. Arkansas State University-Beebe, to Chapter 57. Arkansas Valley Technical Institute, to Chapter 58. National Park Community College, to Chapter 59. Arkansas Northeastern College, to Subtitle 5. Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally. Chapter 60. General Provisions. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, , Subchapter 2. Enrollment and Tuition, to Subchapter 3. Tuition in Neighboring States, to Subchapter 4. Extension Courses, to

7 TABLE OF CONTENTS xi Subchapter 5. Immunization, to Chapter 61. Postsecondary Institutions Generally. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to Subchapter 3. Establishment and Expansion, to Subchapter 4. Grant Programs, , Subchapter 5. Community Colleges Generally, to Subchapter 6. Community Colleges Finances, to Subchapter 7. Rich Mountain Community College, to Subchapter 8. Arkansas Research Development Act, to Subchapter 9. Office of Accountability, to Subchapter 10. Technical College and Community College Capital Improvement Act, to Subchapter 11. University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, to Subchapter 12. Southwest Arkansas Higher Education Consortium, Chapter 62. Property and Finances of State Institutions. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Eminent Domain, Subchapter 3. Facilities Construction or Purchase, to Subchapter 4. Facilities Use, Subchapter 5. Trust Conveyances, to Subchapter 6. Transfer or Lease of Property, to Subchapter 7. Arkansas College Savings Bond Act, to Subchapter 8. Athletic Programs, to Subchapter 9. Arkansas Tuition Trust Authority [Repealed] Subchapter 10. Workers Compensation Insurance, to Subchapter 11. Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement, to ??? Chapter 63. Employees of State Institutions. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Higher Education Employee Classification and Compensation Act [Repealed] Subchapter 3. Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act, to Subchapter 4. Faculty/Administrator Development Fellows, to Subchapter 5. Requirement of Faculty Instruction in Public Schools, , Subchapter 6. Catastrophic Leave Bank Program, , Chapter 64. University of Arkansas. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Board of Trustees, to Subchapter 3. Campuses Established, to Subchapter 4. Medical Department Generally, to Subchapter 5. State Medical Center Admission of Patients, to Subchapter 6. School of Law, to Subchapter 7. Agricultural Experiment Stations, to Subchapter 8. Graduate Institute of Technology, to Subchapter 9. Center for Research, Education and Technical Extension, and Graduate Education, to Subchapter 10. Finances, to

8 xii TABLE OF CONTENTS Subchapter 11. College of Information Science and Systems Engineering, to Chapter 65. Agricultural Colleges. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Arkansas State University, to Subchapter 3. Arkansas Tech University, to Subchapter 4. Southern Arkansas University, to Chapter 66. Henderson State University, to Chapter 67. University of Central Arkansas, to Chapter 68. Electronic Instructional Material, to Chapters 69, 70. [Reserved] Chapter 71. Improvement Districts for Colleges and Universities, to Chapters [Reserved] Subtitle 6. Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Programs. Chapter 80. General Provisions, to Chapter 81. Student Loans. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas, to Subchapter 3. Nursing Student Loans [Repealed] Subchapter 4. University of Arkansas Revolving Loan Fund, to Subchapter 5. Emergency Secondary Education Loan Program [Repealed] Subchapter 6. Teacher and Administrator Enhancement and Retraining Grant Program, to Subchapter 7. Rural Medical Practice Student Loans and Scholarships, to Subchapter 8. Minority Teacher Education Loan Program [Repealed] Subchapter 9. Freshman/Sophomore Minority Prospective Teacher Loan Program [Repealed] Subchapter 10. Grant Program for Nurse Midwife Students [Repealed] Subchapter 11. Financing Postsecondary Out-of-State Education, to Subchapter 12. Graduate Nursing Practice and Nurse Educator Student Loans and Scholarships, to Subchapter 13. University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program, Subchapter 14. Nursing Student Loan Program, to Subchapter 15. State Teacher Assistance Resource Program, to Chapter 82. Scholarships. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Student Assistance Grant Program [Repealed] Subchapter 3. Arkansas Governor s Scholars Program, to Subchapter 4. Arkansas High Technology Scholarship Program, to Subchapter 5. Children of Law Enforcement Officers, Etc., to Subchapter 6. Children of Veterans, Prisoners of War, Etc., , Subchapter 7. Arkansas Literacy Corps [Repealed] Subchapter 8. Arkansas National Guard Scholarship Program [Repealed] Subchapter 9. Arkansas Opportunity Scholarship Act [Repealed]

9 TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii Subchapter 10. Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, to Subchapter 11. Second Effort Scholarship Program, to Subchapter 12. Law Enforcement Officers, to Subchapter 13. Delta Region Scholarship Program [Repealed] Subchapter 14. Honors College Scholarship Program [Repealed] Subchapter 15. Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program, to Subchapter 16. Arkansas Workforce Improvement Grant Program, to ??? Chapter 83. Tax-Deferred Tuition Savings Program [Repealed] Chapter 84. Tax-Deferred Tuition Savings Program, to Related Statutes Title 5. Criminal Offenses. Subtitle 1. General Provisions. Chapter 2. Principles of Criminal Liability. Subchapter 6. Justification, Chapter 4. Disposition of Offenders. Subchapter 2. Fines, Costs, and Restitution, Subchapter 4. Imprisonment, Subtitle 2. Offenses Against the Person. Chapter 13. Assault and Battery. Subchapter 2. Offenses Generally, to Subchapter 3. Terrorism, Chapter 14. Sexual Offenses. Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to Subchapter 2. Medical Records of Persons Charged with Sex Crimes, , Chapter 17. Death Threats, Chapter 39. Burglary, Trespass, and Other Intrusions. Subchapter 2. Offenses Generally, ??? Subtitle 6. Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare. Chapter 60. General Provisions, Chapter 60. Controlled Substances Subchapter 4. Uniform Controlled Substances Act Prohibitions and Penalties, , ??? Chapter 71. Riots, Disorderly Conduct, Etc. Subchapter 2. Offenses Generally, , , Chapter 73. Weapons. Subchapter 1. Possession and Use Generally, , , , , Chapter 74. Gangs. Subchapter 1. Arkansas Criminal Gang, Organization, or Enterprise Act, to Subchapter 2. Recruiting Gang Members, to Chapter 78. Tobacco, ??? Title 7. Elections. Chapter 4. Boards of Election Commissioners and Other Election Officers. Subchapter 1. General Provisions,

10 xiv TABLE OF CONTENTS Title 9. Family Law. Subtitle 3. Minors. Chapter 25. General Provisions, Title 10. General Assembly. Chapter 3. Committees. Subchapter 15. Desegregation Litigation Legislative Oversight, ??? Subchapter 21. Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act of 2004, to Chapter 4. Legislative Audit. Subchapter 4. Division of Legislative Audit, to , ??? Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs. Subtitle 2. Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs. Chapter 12. Crime Reporting and Investigations. Subchapter 5. Child Abuse Reporting, , , Title 19. Public Finance. Chapter 5. Revenue Stabilization Law. Subchapter 12. Miscellaneous Funds Continued, , Chapter 6. Revenue Classification Law. Subchapter 4. Special Revenue Funds, Title 21. Public Officers and Employees. Chapter 5. Compensation and Benefits. Subchapter 12. Active Duty After September 11, 2001, ??? Title 21. Public Officers and Employees. Chapter 8. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest. Subchapter 3. Code of Ethics [Repealed] Chapter 9. Liability of State and Local Governments. Subchapter 3. Liability of Political Subdivisions, to Chapter 15. Criminal Background Checks, ??? Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries. Subtitle 3. Insurance. Chapter 79. Insurance Policies Generally. Subchapter 2. Suits Against Insurers, Title 24. Retirement and Pensions Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to ??? Subchapter 2. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System General Provisions, to ??? Subchapter 3. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Board of Trustees, to ??? Subchapter 4. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Funds and Management of Assets, to ??? Subchapter 5. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Membership, to ??? Subchapter 6. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Credited Service, to ??? Subchapter 7. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Benefits, to ??? Subchapter 8. Alternate Plan for State Colleges, to ??? Subchapter 9. Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools, to ??? Subchapter 10. Employees of Particular Institutions, to ??? Subchapter 11. Nonteaching Employees of Public Schools, ??? Subchapter 12. Tax-Deferred Savings Programs for the Members of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, to ???

11 TABLE OF CONTENTS xv Subchapter 13. Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan, to ??? Subchapter 14. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Affordable Housing Investment Act, to ??? Title 25. State Government. Chapter 6. Department of Education Subchapter 1. General Provisions, to ??? Chapter 19. Freedom of Information Act, to Title 26. Taxation. Chapter 52. Gross Receipts Tax. Subchapter 4. Exemptions, ??? Index