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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-117

Noninstructional duties — Definitions

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Van Buren School District v. Jones (2006)

Most recently applied in Pulaski County Special School District v. Lewis (April 2017)

Acts 2003, No. 1398, § 1; 2003 (2nd Ex

(1) The purpose of this section is to provide additional time for instructional purposes and to reduce the amount of time for noninstructional duties.

(2) Any teacher assigned more than sixty (60) minutes of noninstructional duties per week shall be contracted in accordance with § 6-17-807(g).

(3) As used in this section: “Noninstructional duties” means the supervision of students before or after the instructional day begins or ends for students or for the supervision of students during breakfasts, lunches, or scheduled breaks; and

(4) “Instructional purposes” means activities initiated by the teacher related to teaching duties, including without limitation contacting parents, assessing student performance, documenting student performance, organizing the classroom, preparing instructional materials, supervising students during recess, and other teaching responsibilities related to instructional planning and the direct instruction of students.

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.