2010 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary And Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 13 - School Districts
Subchapter 16 - Public Education Reorganization Act
§ 6-13-1601 - Definitions.

6-13-1601. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Administrative annexation" means the joining of an affected school district or a part of the school district with a receiving district;

(2) "Administrative consolidation" means the joining of two (2) or more school districts to create a new single school district with one (1) administrative unit and one (1) board of directors that is not required to close school facilities;

(3) "Affected district" means a school district that loses territory or students as a result of administrative annexation or administrative consolidation;

(4) (A) "Average daily membership" means the total number of days attended plus the total number of days absent by students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) during the first three (3) quarters of each school year divided by the number of school days actually taught in the school district during that period of time rounded up to the nearest hundredth.

(B) Students who may be counted for average daily membership are:

(i) Students who reside within the boundaries of the school district and who are enrolled in a public school operated by the school district or a private school for special education students, with their attendance resulting from a written tuition agreement approved by the Department of Education;

(ii) Legally transferred students living outside the school district but attending a public school in the school district; and

(iii) Students who reside within the boundaries of the school district and who are enrolled in the Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge Program, so long as the students are participants in the program;

(5) "Receiving district" means a school district or districts that receive territory or students, or both, from an affected district as a result of administrative annexation; and

(6) "Resulting district" means the new school district created from an affected district or districts as a result of administrative consolidation.