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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-13-1304

School council established — Members

Acts 1995, No. 1125, § 4; 2013, No. 1138, § 11.

The school district policy adopted by the board of directors and licensed faculty of a local school district shall require the following when any local school building site elects to implement site-based decision making under the provisions of this subchapter:

(1) A school council shall be established, composed of teachers, classified employees, and the building principal or administrator.

(2) A majority of the council shall be made up of teachers.

(3) The teacher representatives on the council shall be elected by a majority of the teachers in a secret ballot election conducted by the teachers in the building.

(4) The classified employee representatives shall be elected by a majority of the classified employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the classified employees;

(5) The school council may include parent representatives if two-thirds (2/3) of the parents present at a meeting called for that purpose vote to participate in site-based decision making.

(6) The parent representatives on the council shall be elected by the parents at a meeting called for that purpose and shall not be relatives of any employee of the school or any board member; and

(7) Members of the school council shall elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.