Ark. Code Ann. § 16-60-109

A civil action, other than a civil action described in § 16-60-104 or a civil action for personal injury or death, against a public school district, a public school district board of directors, or a public school district's officer, agent, servant, or employee acting within the course and scope of his or her agency or employment shall be brought in the county or in the judicial district of the county in which the public school district is situated or has its principal office.