| 6 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1236 3 |
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| 8 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 7 | | By: Representative Joey Carr 5 |
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| 10 | 8 | | By: Senator B. Davis 6 |
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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TO BE 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | RELEASED FROM HIS OR HER CONTRACT BY A CERTAIN DATE 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | UPON HIS OR HER WRITTEN REQUEST; TO DECLARE AN 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 18 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 19 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TO BE 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | RELEASED FROM HIS OR HER CONTRACT BY A 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | CERTAIN DATE UPON HIS OR HER WRITTEN 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | REQUEST; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. 19 |
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| 25 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 27 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 17, Subchapter 3, is amended 23 |
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| 28 | 26 | | to add an additional section to read as follows: 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | 6-17-311. Public school employee contract — Release. 25 |
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| 30 | 28 | | (a) An individual employed by a public school district or an open -26 |
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| 31 | 29 | | enrollment public charter school may unilaterally rescind his or her signed 27 |
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| 32 | 30 | | contract for the subsequent school year if: 28 |
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| 33 | 31 | | (1) He or she submits a signed, written document to the public 29 |
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| 34 | 32 | | school district superintendent or his or her designee or the director of the 30 |
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| 35 | 33 | | open-enrollment public charter school or his or her designee that provides 31 |
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| 36 | 34 | | notification that he or she is rescinding his or her signed contract for the 32 |
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| 37 | 35 | | subsequent school year; and 33 |
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| 45 | | - | request under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be submitted before 1 |
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| 46 | | - | the end of the business day on the Friday before May 15. 2 |
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| 47 | | - | (b) The rights conferred under this section do not conflict with 3 |
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| 48 | | - | requirements and restrictions under § 6 -17-2403. 4 |
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| 50 | | - | SECTION 2. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 6 |
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| 51 | | - | General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that public school districts and 7 |
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| 52 | | - | open-enrollment public charter schools will begin drafting employee contracts 8 |
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| 53 | | - | as early as March 2025 for 2025 -2026 school year; and that this act is 9 |
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| 54 | | - | immediately necessary to ensure public school districts and open -enrollment 10 |
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| 55 | | - | public charter schools correctly draft and issue employee contracts in time 11 |
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| 56 | | - | for the 2025-2026 school year. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, 12 |
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| 57 | | - | and this act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public 13 |
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| 58 | | - | peace, health, and safety shall become effective on: 14 |
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| 59 | | - | (1) The date of its approval by the Governor; 15 |
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| 60 | | - | (2) If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, 16 |
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| 61 | | - | the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the 17 |
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| 62 | | - | bill; or 18 |
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| 63 | | - | (3) If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is 19 |
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| 64 | | - | overridden, the date the last house overrides the veto. 20 |
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| 41 | + | (b) The rights conferred under this section do not conflict with 1 |
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| 42 | + | requirements and restrictions under § 6 -17-2403. 2 |
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| 44 | + | SECTION 2. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 4 |
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| 45 | + | General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that public school districts and 5 |
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| 46 | + | open-enrollment public charter schools will begin drafting employee contracts 6 |
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| 47 | + | as early as March 2025 for 2025 -2026 school year; and that this act is 7 |
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| 48 | + | immediately necessary to ensure public school districts and open -enrollment 8 |
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| 49 | + | public charter schools correctly draft and issue employee contracts in time 9 |
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| 50 | + | for the 2025-2026 school year. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, 10 |
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| 51 | + | and this act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public 11 |
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| 52 | + | peace, health, and safety shall become effective on: 12 |
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| 53 | + | (1) The date of its approval by the Governor; 13 |
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| 54 | + | (2) If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, 14 |
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| 55 | + | the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the 15 |
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| 56 | + | bill; or 16 |
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| 57 | + | (3) If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is 17 |
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| 58 | + | overridden, the date the last house overrides the veto. 18 |
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