Arkansas § 6-17-2303 Committee for each school district

Arkansas Statutes

§ 6-17-2303 — Committee for each school district

Arkansas § 6-17-2303

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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-2303 (2026).

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(a)(1) Each school district shall have a committee on personnel policies for classified employees, which shall consist of at least one (1) nonmanagement classified representative from each of the following five (5) classifications:

(A)Maintenance, operation, and custodians;

(B)Transportation;

(C)Food service;

(D)Secretary and clerk; and (E) Aides and paraprofessionals.

(2)All other job classifications of classified employees not identified in the five (5) classifications under subdivision (a)(1) of this section may be grouped together and added as an at-large classification and shall have at least one (1) nonmanagement classified representative on the committee on classified personnel policies.

(3)However, a school district that outsources any one (1) of the five (5) classifications

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(a) (1) Each school district shall have a committee on personnel policies for classified employees, which shall consist of at least one (1) nonmanagement classified representative from each of the following five (5) classifications: (A) Maintenance, operation, and custodians; (B) Transportation; (C) Food service; (D) Secretary and clerk; and (E) Aides and paraprofessionals. (2) All other job classifications of classified employees not identified in the five (5) classifications under subdivision (a)(1) of this section may be grouped together and added as an at-large classification and shall have at least one (1) nonmanagement classified representative on the committee on classified personnel policies. (3) However, a school district that outsources any one (1) of the five (5) classifications under subdivision (a)(1) of this section may fill the position representing a job classification that is outsourced with a nonmanagement classified representative who is employed in a position not identified by one (1) of the five (5) classifications under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. (b) (1) There shall be no more than three (3) classified employee administrators on the committee, one (1) of whom may be the superintendent of schools. (2) The classified employee administrators on the committee shall be appointed by the school district board of directors or its designee. (c) A nonmanagement classified employee member of the committee shall be elected by a vote of nonmanagement classified employees according to rules and procedures established in a school district's written personnel policy. (d) (1) An election under this section shall be conducted annually no later than October 15. (2) If the nonmanagement classified employee members of a school district's committee on personnel policies for classified employees fail to conduct an election by October 15 as required under subdivision (d)(1) of this section, the school district board of directors may appoint a nonmanagement classified employee in order to fill any vacancy on the school district's committee on personnel policies for classified employees. (e) There shall be no additional monetary compensation for service on the committee. (f) All meetings of a committee on personnel policies for classified employees shall be audio recorded and made publicly available to ensure transparency.