005.28.44-10.00. State Board Actions
AR ADC 005.28.44-10.00Arkansas Administrative CodeEffective: October 19, 2020
Effective: October 19, 2020
Ark. Admin. Code 005.28.44-10.00
Formerly cited as AR ADC 005.25.3-10.00
005.28.44-10.00. State Board Actions
10.01 After a public hearing, the State Board of Education shall consolidate, annex, or reconstitute the school district in fiscal distress to another school district or school districts upon a majority vote of a quorum of the members of the State Board as permitted or required by Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1901 et seq. and these rules.
10.01.1 After providing thirty (30) days written notice, via certified mail, return receipt requested, to the superintendent and the president of the school board of directors, the Division may petition the State Board for the consolidation, annexation, or reconstitution of a school district in fiscal distress pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1908 and subsection 7.09 of these rules.
10.01.2 After providing thirty (30) days written notice, via certified mail, return receipt requested, to the superintendent and the president of the school board of directors, the State board, on its own motion, may consolidate, annex, or reconstitute the school district in fiscal distress as set forth in Ark. Code Ann. 6-20-1910 and subsection 10.01 of these rules.
10.02.3 School districts and citizens' groups opposing the consolidation, annexation, or reconstitution shall have up to a combined thirty (30) minutes to present their cases to the State Board as to why the school district classified as a district in fiscal distress should not be consolidated, annexed or reconstituted. The Chairperson of the State Board may allow additional time if necessary.
10.02.8 If the State Board of Education orders the annexation or consolidation of a school district in fiscal distress, the order shall, as appropriate, dissolve existing school districts and establish receiving or resulting school districts. The order shall also establish the boundary lines of the receiving or resulting school district or school districts. The State Board shall file the order with:
10.05 If, by the end of the fifth school year following the school district's classification of fiscal distress status, the school district in fiscal distress has not corrected all issues that caused the classification of fiscal distress, the State Board, after a public hearing, shall consolidate, annex, or reconstitute the school district under Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1910 and these Rules.
10.05.1 The State Board may grant additional time for a public school or school district to remove itself from fiscal distress by issuing a written finding supported by a majority of the State Board explaining in detail that the public school or school district could not remove itself from fiscal distress during the relevant time period due to impossibility caused by external forces beyond the control of the public school or school district.
Credits
Amended April 8, 2010; Oct. 26, 2012; Sept. 6, 2014; June 25, 2018; Oct. 19, 2020.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 005.28.44-10.00, AR ADC 005.28.44-10.00
End of Document |