§ 6-13-1505 - Creation of school district. - Arkansas Statutes

6-13-1505. Creation of school district.

(a) If all the requirements of this subchapter are met and a majority of the votes are cast for the proposition, the State Board of Education shall order the creation of the new school district.

(b) (1) At the time the order creating the district is made, the state board shall appoint a board of directors of seven (7) members for the new school district to serve until the next regular election of members, when a board of directors shall be elected in compliance with Arkansas law.

(2) Following the entry of the order creating the new school district and the appointment of a board of directors for the new school district but prior to the transfer of any assets, territory, property, liabilities, duties, or responsibilities, any new school district created by detachment from an existing school district that is a party to any court-ordered desegregation plan shall petition the court having jurisdiction in the desegregation matter and obtain any and all court orders or other relief necessary to ensure that the detachment will not cause the state or any affected school district to be in violation of any orders of the court or any consent orders or decrees entered into by the parties with regard to the desegregation plan.

(c) Any new school district created under this subchapter shall take the property of the school district from which the territory was taken, as the state board shall deem proper, and shall be liable for that part of all indebtedness of the school district from which the territory was taken as shall be assigned to the new school district by the state board.

(d) The millage rate of the electors of the detached territory shall remain the same until an election may be held to change the rate of taxation for the detached area.

(e) The state board shall have the following duties regarding creation of a school district by detachment:

(1) To form local school districts, change boundary lines of school districts, create new school districts, and perform all other functions regarding changes in school districts in accordance with the law;

(2) To transfer funds and attach territory that is in one (1) school district to other school districts as may seem best for the educational welfare of the children; and

(3) To enact rules and regulations regarding the creation of school districts by detachment under this subchapter.