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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1022 3
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By: Representative A. Collins 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO REPEAL PERFORMANCE -BASED INCENTIVE AWARDS 9
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER 10
SCHOOLS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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Subtitle 14
TO REPEAL PERFORMANCE -BASED INCENTIVE 15
AWARDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN -16
ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. 17
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -15-2107 is amended to read as follows: 21
6-15-2107. Arkansas School Recognition Program. 22
(a) The General Assembly finds that there is a need for an incentive 23
program for outstanding schools. The General Assembly further finds that 24
performance-based incentives are commonplace in the private sector and should 25
be infused into the public sector as a reward for productivity. 26
(b)(a) The Arkansas School Recognition Program is created to provide 27
financial awards to public schools and open-enrollment public charter schools 28
that experience high student performance and those with high student academic 29
growth, which includes high school graduation rate comparisons for secondary 30
schools. 31
(c)(1)(A)(b)(1)(A) If funds are available, a public school or open-32
enrollment public charter school shall receive performance-based funding of: 33
(i) One hundred dollars ($100) per student who 34
attends the public school or open-enrollment public charter school if : 35
(a) The public school or public charter school 36 HB1022
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is in the top five percent (5%) of all public schools in Arkansas in student 1
performance under the criteria set forth by rule of the State Board of 2
Education; 3
(b) The the public school or open-enrollment 4
public charter school is in the top five percent (5%) of all public schools 5
in Arkansas in student academic growth under the criteria set forth by rule 6
of the state board State Board of Education ; or 7
(c) The public school or public charter school 8
meets the criteria established by the state board to be used in lieu of the 9
criteria set forth in subdivisions (c)(1)(A)(i)(a) and (b) of this section 10
to reward top-performing public schools; or 11
(ii) Fifty dollars ($50) ($50.00) per student who 12
attends the public school or open-enrollment public charter school if : 13
(a) The public school or public charter school 14
is in the top ten percent (10%) but below the top five percent (5%) of all 15
public schools in Arkansas in student performance under the criteria set 16
forth by rule of the state board; 17
(b) The the public school or open-enrollment 18
public charter school is in the top ten percent (10%) but below the top five 19
percent (5%) of all public schools and open-enrollment public charter schools 20
in Arkansas in student academic growth under the criteria set forth by rule 21
of the state board; or 22
(c) The public school or public charter school 23
meets the criteria established by the state board to be used in lieu of the 24
criteria set forth in subdivisions (c)(1)(A)(ii)(a) and (b) of this section 25
to reward high-performing public schools that do not meet the eligibility 26
criteria set forth in subdivision (c)(1)(A)(i) of this section . 27
(B) The rewards financial awards listed in subdivision 28
(c)(1)(A)(b)(1)(A) of this section: 29
(i) Shall begin after the 2012 -2013 state-mandated 30
assessments; and 31
(ii) Shall shall be based upon the results of state -32
mandated assessments. 33
(2) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may 34
disburse available performance-based funding appropriated for this section by 35
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(d)(1) All eligible schools shall receive performance -based funding. 1
(2)(A)(c)(1) Funds shall be distributed under this section to 2
the public school's or open-enrollment public charter school's fiscal agent 3
and placed in the public school's or open-enrollment public charter school's 4
account and shall be used for purposes listed in subsection (e)(d) of this 5
section as determined by a committee , which shall include: 6
(i)(A) The principal; 7
(ii)(B) A teacher elected by the faculty; and 8
(iii)(C) A parent representative selected by the 9
local parent-teacher association or some other local parental involvement 10
group. 11
(B)(2) The committee shall make its determination under 12
subdivision (c)(1) of this section by December 15 of each applicable year. 13
(e)(d) School recognition awards under subdivision (c)(1) of this 14
section shall be used for the following: 15
(1) Nonrecurring bonuses to the faculty and staff; 16
(2) Nonrecurring expenditures for educational equipment or 17
materials to assist in maintaining and improving student performance; or 18
(3) Temporary personnel for the public school or open-enrollment 19
public charter school to assist in maintaining and improving student 20
performance. 21
(f)(e) School recognition awards under subdivision (c)(1) of this 22
section are exempt from §§ 6-17-119 and 6-20-412. 23
(g)(f) The General Assembly shall appropriate and fund provide 24
sufficient funds to implement this section. 25
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