Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-908 (2020)
Teachers' salary fund
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Only warrants or checks in payment of the following shall be paid from the teachers' salary fund:
- Salaries of teachers;
- Dues of teachers to professional organizations;
- Teachers' contributions to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System; and
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- Insurance or other fringe benefits for teachers.
- However, insurance or other fringe benefits must be approved by a majority of the teachers in the school district voting in a secret election.
- The county treasurer and his or her surety or the school district treasurer, if the school district has its own treasurer, and his or her surety shall be liable for any warrants or checks paid from the teachers' salary fund which are not herein authorized.
- No officer, agent, or other person shall charge or collect any commission for handling any part of the teachers' salary fund.
History. Acts 1941, No. 319, §§ 3, 15; 1943, No. 136, § 2; 1945, No. 301, § 2; 1979, No. 602, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1303, 80-1315; Acts 1993, No. 294, § 11; 2009, No. 376, § 29.
Amendments. The 2009 amendment subdivided (a); deleted “as defined in § 6-17-902” following “teachers” in (a)(1); and made related and minor stylistic changes.
Case Notes
Surplus Funds.
Teacher was not entitled to recover surplus in Teachers' Salary Fund where balance was carried over to following year under approved procedure and paid out to teacher in following school year. Vanlandingham v. School Dist., 221 Ark. 463, 253 S.W.2d 965 (1953).
6-17-909, 6-17-910. [Repealed.]
Publisher's Notes. These sections, concerning limitations on the use of the Public School Fund, certification of revenue amounts, and reports thereon, were repealed by Acts 1993, No. 294, § 11. The sections were derived from the following sources:
6-17-909. Acts 1941, No. 319, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1313.
6-17-910. Acts 1941, No. 319, § 4; 1943, No. 136, § 3; 1947, No. 138, § 2; 1949, No. 451, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1304.