Arkansas § 6-17-122 Paid maternity leave - Definitions

Arkansas Statutes

§ 6-17-122 — Paid maternity leave - Definitions

Arkansas § 6-17-122

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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-122 (2026).

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(a)Education personnel employed by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that elect to participate under this section shall be eligible for up to twelve (12) weeks of paid maternity leave.

(b)As used in this section:

(1)"Cost-sharing" means joint, equal responsibility for the cost shared between the State of Arkansas and a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that employs an individual considered education personnel under this section;

(2)"Education personnel" means an individual employed full-time by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school in Arkansas for more than one (1) year; and (3) "Maternity leave" means partially or fully compensated time away from work within the first twelve (12) weeks following

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(a) Education personnel employed by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that elect to participate under this section shall be eligible for up to twelve (12) weeks of paid maternity leave. (b) As used in this section: (1) "Cost-sharing" means joint, equal responsibility for the cost shared between the State of Arkansas and a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that employs an individual considered education personnel under this section; (2) "Education personnel" means an individual employed full-time by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school in Arkansas for more than one (1) year; and (3) "Maternity leave" means partially or fully compensated time away from work within the first twelve (12) weeks following the: (A) Birth of a biological child to an individual considered education personnel under this section; or (B) Placement of an adoptive child in the home of an individual considered education personnel under this section. (c) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall create and sign a standard cost-sharing agreement for paid maternity leave expenses between the division and a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that elects to participate under this section. (2) At a minimum, the cost-sharing agreement required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall obligate the state and the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school to each pay fifty percent (50%) of incurred costs for approved paid maternity leave. (3) The division shall promulgate rules outlining: (A) Management of a cost-sharing agreement required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section; (B) Reimbursement processes; and (C) Other related procedures required to implement this section.