Arkansas Code Title 6, Subtitle 2, Chapter 17, Subchapter 4 - Licensure Generally

• § 6-17-401 - Teacher's License Requirement.
  (a) Except as permitted under § 6-17-309 and § 6-17-2601 et seq., no teacher shall be employed in any public school of the state...
• § 6-17-402 - Rules and Regulations.
  (a) The State Board of Education shall issue the license of a classroom teacher, an administrator, a guidance counselor, or a library media specialist.(b)...
• § 6-17-403 - Provisional Licensure for Teachers Trained and Licensed in Other States.
  (a) The State Board of Education may issue a one-year nonrenewable provisional license to any teacher who seeks Arkansas licensure and is trained in...
• § 6-17-404 - Certain Teachers and Administrators Licensed in Adjoining State.
  (a) Any person who is licensed as a schoolteacher or administrator in an adjoining state, who serves as a teacher or administrator in any...
• § 6-17-405 - [Repealed.]
• § 6-17-406 - License Revocation Generally -- Superintendents and Supervisors.
  The State Board of Education may revoke the license of any superintendent or supervisor in any and every instance where the Director of the...
• § 6-17-407 - License Revocation -- Falsifying Attendance Records -- Investigating Allegations of Employee Criminal Misconduct.
  (a) (1) The State Board of Education is directed to revoke the license of any person in this state who knowingly falsifies any attendance...
• § 6-17-408 - [Repealed.]
• § 6-17-409 - Nontraditional Licensure.
  (a) The State Board of Education may offer and operate a nontraditional licensure program.(b) (1) The Department of Education may provide grants of financial...
• § 6-17-410 - Teacher Licensure -- Application, Renewal Application, Revocation, Suspension, and Probation.
  (a) (1) (A) (i) An applicant for a license issued by the State Board of Education, an applicant for license renewal, and a preservice...
• § 6-17-411 - Criminal Records Check As a Condition for Initial Employment of Licensed Personnel.
  (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section, the board of directors of an educational entity shall require as a...
• § 6-17-412 - National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification.
  (a) As used in this section and § 6-17-413: (1) "Classroom teacher" means an individual who is required to hold a teaching license from...
• § 6-17-413 - National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Funding -- Bonuses.
  (a) (1) (A) The Department of Education shall pay the full amount of the participation fee of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards...
• § 6-17-414 - Criminal Records Check As a Condition for Initial Employment of Nonlicensed Personnel.
  (a) (1) (A) (i) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(C) of this section, the board of directors of an educational entity shall require as...
• § 6-17-415 - Criminal Records Check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check for Existing Nonlicensed Employees.
  (a) It is the clear intent of the General Assembly to authorize each public school district at its discretion to require criminal background checks...
• § 6-17-416 - Criminal Records Check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check of Employees of More Than One School District.
  Employees, whether new or existing, who have a contract with or work for more than one (1) school district in one (1) year shall...
• § 6-17-417 - Fingerprint or Name Check.
  (a) An educational entity that is initiating a criminal records check under § 6-17-410, § 6-17-411, § 6-17-414, or § 6-17-421 shall subscribe to...
• § 6-17-418 - Teacher Licensure -- Arkansas History Requirement.
  (a) A person shall not be licensed as a social studies teacher or as an elementary school teacher unless the person has successfully completed:...
• § 6-17-419 - Expired License Renewal Requirements.
  (a) (1) A person who holds an Arkansas teaching license that is expired for more than one (1) year, who obtained the license before...
• § 6-17-420 - [Repealed.]
• § 6-17-421 - Criminal Records Check for Fraudulent Acts.
  (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Applicant" means an individual who is applying for initial employment as a fiscal officer of an educational...
• § 6-17-422 - Professional Licensure Standards Board.
  (a) There is established the Professional Licensure Standards Board.(b) (1) The Professional Licensure Standards Board shall consist of sixteen (16) members appointed by the...
• § 6-17-423 - Professional Development After Retirement.
  (a) In order to maintain a valid teacher's license under § 6-17-401, a person who retires while possessing a valid teacher's license under §...
• § 6-17-424 - Administrator Licensure for Counselors -- Eligibility.
  (a) A school counselor is an eligible candidate for an initial administrator license if the school counselor: (1) Holds a current standard teaching license;...
• § 6-17-425 - Subpoena Powers.
  (a) (1) The following boards shall have the power to issue subpoenas and bring before the board as a witness any person in this...
• § 6-17-426 - Repeat Audit Findings -- Review by the Professional Licensure Standards Board.
  (a) (1) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may refer an audit report of a school district to the Department of Education if: (A) The...
• § 6-17-427 - Superintendent License -- Superintendent Mentoring Program Required.
  (a) (1) The Department of Education shall develop and sponsor a superintendent mentoring program for first-year superintendents that includes without limitation: (A) Curriculum and...
• § 6-17-428 - Ethical Violations.
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Code of ethics" means the code of ethics for educators established by the Professional Licensure Standards Board...

Last modified: November 15, 2016