Arkansas Code Title 6, Subtitle 2, Chapter 22 - Arkansas Registered Volunteers Program Act

  • § 6-22-101 - Legislative Findings and Intent.
    (a) The General Assembly recognizes that the effective use of volunteers in the public schools can provide greater opportunities for students to participate in...
  • § 6-22-102 - Title.
    This chapter may be cited as the "Arkansas Registered Volunteers Program Act".
  • § 6-22-103 - Definitions.
    As used in this chapter: (1) "Extracurricular activity" means any intraschool activity that is outside the regular curriculum, including, but not limited to, sports...
  • § 6-22-104 - Optional Program -- Requirements.
    (a) Each local school district may develop a registered volunteers program and may accept the services of volunteers who qualify under the program to...
  • § 6-22-105 - Registered Volunteers -- Requirements.
    (a) The superintendent of any school district that develops a registered volunteers program under this chapter shall require all potential registered volunteers to meet...
  • § 6-22-106 - Sovereign Immunity.
    Qualified volunteers in a registered volunteers program shall enjoy the protection of the state's sovereign immunity to the same extent as the local school...
  • § 6-22-107 - Applicability.
    (a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to those schools and institutions that voluntarily join the Arkansas Activities Association.(b) A volunteer or registered...
  • § 6-22-108 - Construction.
    Except as provided specifically under this subchapter, none of the provisions of this chapter prohibits a school district from utilizing the services of the...

Last modified: November 15, 2016