Arkansas Code Title 6, Subtitle 2, Chapter 13, Subchapter 10 - The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985
- § 6-13-1001 - Title.
The title of this subchapter shall be "The Education Service Cooperative Act of 1985".
- § 6-13-1002 - Education Service Cooperatives Established -- Functions.
(a) (1) The State Board of Education is authorized to establish a statewide system of not more than fifteen (15) multicounty education service cooperatives...
- § 6-13-1003 - Boundaries -- Adjustments.
(a) The State Board of Education shall establish tentative boundaries for the system of education service cooperatives authorized by this subchapter.(b) These education service...
- § 6-13-1004 - Requests for Establishment of Education Service Cooperative -- Requirements.
(a) Education service cooperatives shall be established when seventy-five percent (75%) of the school districts in a proposed education service cooperative area request such...
- § 6-13-1005 - Alteration of Boundaries.
(a) The State Board of Education, upon the request of one (1) or more school district boards of directors, and consistent with the provisions...
- § 6-13-1006 - Board of Directors.
(a) Each education service cooperative shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of one (1) representative appointed by each school district board...
- § 6-13-1007 - Executive Committee.
(a) (1) In a meeting, with a majority of its members present and voting, the board of directors of an education service cooperative may...
- § 6-13-1008 - Teacher Center -- Teacher Center Committee.
(a) Each education service cooperative shall establish a teacher center which will provide, consistent with funds available, curriculum development assistance, educational materials, and staff...
- § 6-13-1009 - Cooperative Committees Generally.
Each education service cooperative may establish other committees of local school personnel needed to keep its programs responsive to the schools it serves.
- § 6-13-1010 - Director.
(a) Each education service cooperative shall be administered by a director who shall perform the following duties: (1) Administer the programs and services of...
- § 6-13-1011 - Personnel Generally.
(a) (1) Personnel of education service cooperatives shall be employed in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, and procedures applicable to the school districts of...
- § 6-13-1012 - Agency Personnel.
With the approval of an education service cooperative's governing body, the directors in the Department of Education may assign state educational agency personnel to...
- § 6-13-1013 - Policies, Rules, and Regulations.
(a) The State Board of Education shall develop such policies, rules, and regulations as may be needed for the proper administration of this subchapter...
- § 6-13-1014 - Sharing and Coordination of Activities -- Liaison.
(a) The Department of Education shall encourage sharing and coordination of activities among the education service cooperatives.(b) The Commissioner of Education shall name a...
- § 6-13-1015 - Liaison With Postsecondary Institutions.
(a) Each education service cooperative, in carrying out its programs and services, shall cooperate with the various state-supported postsecondary educational institutions located within its...
- § 6-13-1016 - Annual Surveys and Needs Assessments.
(a) Each education service cooperative shall conduct annual surveys and needs assessments to assist the education service cooperative in its first priority of helping...
- § 6-13-1017 - Programs and Services.
(a) The programs and services of each education service cooperative shall be based upon the needs of the school districts included in its service...
- § 6-13-1018 - Participation of Local School Districts -- Contracts.
(a) Each school district within the service area of the education service cooperative shall be entitled to participate in those programs and services which...
- § 6-13-1019 - Funding of Education Service Cooperatives.
(a) The state shall provide funds to support the basic structure of the education service cooperatives established under the provisions of this subchapter.(b) This...
- § 6-13-1020 - Policies and Procedures -- Expenditures, Reports, and Audits.
(a) On or before August 31 of each year, each education service cooperative shall file with the State Board of Education for the state...
- § 6-13-1021 - Evaluations -- Performance Rating.
(a) Each education service cooperative shall be evaluated during the 2012-2013 school year, and at least once within each five-year period, on a schedule...
- § 6-13-1022 - Dissolution of Education Service Cooperative.
(a) After 1990, the State Board of Education shall be authorized to dissolve any education service cooperative upon the request of a majority of...
- § 6-13-1023 - Technology Training Center -- Technology Coordinator.
(a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote of the members present and voting, the board of directors of each education service...
- § 6-13-1024 - [Repealed.]
- § 6-13-1025 - Mathematics and Science Center -- Mathematics and Science Coordinator.
(a) Consistent with funds available and upon a majority vote of the members present and voting, the board of directors of each education service...
- § 6-13-1026 - Cooperatives Qualify As Local Education Agencies.
(a) The General Assembly designates that the education service cooperatives created by this subchapter meet the definition of "local education agencies" by virtue of...
- § 6-13-1027 - Fiscal Distress.
(a) As used in this section: (1) "Fiscal integrity" means the education service cooperative's ability to comply completely, accurately, and timely with financial management,...
- § 6-13-1028 - Fiscal Distress Plan.
(a) An education service cooperative that is classified by the State Board of Education as being in fiscal distress shall file with the Department...
- § 6-13-1029 - Fiscal Distress Actions.
(a) To address the identified areas of fiscal distress of an education service cooperative, the Department of Education shall: (1) (A) Conduct an on-site...
- § 6-13-1030 - Removal From Fiscal Distress Status.
(a) The Department of Education shall certify in writing to the education service cooperative that the education service cooperative may be removed from fiscal...
- § 6-13-1031 - Appeal.
(a) An education service cooperative may appeal to the State Board of Education the identification of fiscal distress under ยง 6-13-1027.(b) The education service...
Last modified: November 15, 2016