Ark. Code Ann. §§ 6-11-129, 6-17-201, 6-17-2301, and 6-13-620 require school districts and
public charter schools (unless there is a specific waiver) to post a copy of
the Board-approved classified and licensed personnel policies and salary
schedules for the current year and two previous school years by August 1, 2023.
Please note that there were changes made
during the 2023 legislative session that will affect requirements for personnel
policies and salary schedules (see Acts 237, 781, 782, 850).
All data required to be
published to a district's website must be easily accessible through the
homepage of the website under a direct link titled "State Required
Information".
Please follow these DESE
requirements when posting the schedules or updating policies or salary
schedules:
1. Post the lists
in a downloadable format (PDF, Microsoft Word or Excel).
2. Indicate the
school year the personnel policies and salary schedules are effective in the
website name and on the posted documents.
3. Place the
President of the Board's signature, as required by law, on the original
personnel policies and salary schedules and keep them on file in a central
location. The documents on the web do NOT require actual signatures. The
signature may be typed on the documents as follows: \s\John Doe,
President of the Board. The signature line must be typed exactly as it
appears on the original documents.
4. Re-post any
Board approved changes made to the personnel policies and salary schedules
throughout the year and resend an email to ADEFinna@ade.arkansas.gov , noting which documents have been changed on the
district website. DESE must be informed when there has been a personnel
policy or salary schedule change.
5. DESE will begin
review of these requirements August 1, 2023. Salary schedules and personnel policies must be in compliance with Act
237 of 2023 in order to meet the requirements for receiving funds under the
Teacher Minimum Salary and Raise Fund. Additional requirements for receiving those funds are listed in Commissioner’s Memo FIN-23-046.
A district that fails to meet the requirements by September 15
will not receive in any year any additional state foundation funding from the
Public School Fund until the personnel policies and salary schedules are posted
to the district’s website.
As a reminder, Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-915 requires the district to file by October 1 of each
year, a list of all classified and licensed personnel employed by the school
district for the current year, annual salary of each employee, and other
information required by the DESE. The information is collected in the
State Reporting Cycle 1 and EVERY employee must be tied to a salary schedule,
regardless of position.
Reference Rule Effective
May 2, 2022:
Website
Posting, Effective Date May 2, 2022