Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 1 State of Arkansas Call Item 13 2 85th General Assembly A Bill 3 First Extraordinary Session, 2006 SENATE BILL 5 4 5 By: Senators Argue, Broadway 6 By: Representatives Elliott, Cook, Mahony 7 8 9 For An Act To Be Entitled 10 AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY 11 ACT OF 2006; TO ENSURE A GENERAL, SUITABLE AND 12 EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS 13 BY ADRESSING ISSUES RAISED BY THE ARKANSAS 14 SUPREME COURT; TO AMEND THE MINIMUM TEACHER 15 COMPENSATION SCHEDULE; TO INCREASE THE FOUNDATION 16 FUNDING PROVIDED UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING 17 ACT OF 2003; TO CLARIFY THAT THE NINE PERCENT 18 (9%) OF FOUNDATION FUNDING DEDICATED TO PAYMENT 19 OF UTILITIES AND COSTS OF MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, 20 AND RENOVATION ACTIVITIES APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC 21 SCHOOL FACILITIES; TO LIMIT THE EMPLOYER 22 CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR TEACHER RETIREMENT; AND FOR 23 OTHER PURPOSES. 24 25 Subtitle 26 THE EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY ACT OF 2006. 27 28 29 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 30 31 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 10, Subchapter 1 is amended 32 to add an additional section to read as follows: 33 6-10-120. Adequate and equitable public education system. 34 (a) The General Assembly finds: 35 (1) It is the duty of the state of Arkansas to provide a 36 general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools to the *JSE607* 03-31-2006 16:12 JSE607 SB5 1 children of the state, under Ark. Const. Art 14 § 1; 2 (2) The General Assembly is obligated to ensure the provision of 3 an adequate and equitable system of education; 4 (3) The House Interim Committee on Education and Senate Interim 5 Committee on Education conducted hearings in 2006 after the 2005 Arkansas 6 Supreme Court decision in Lake View School District v. Huckabee, 01-836 (Ark. 7 12-15-2005); 8 (4) The Eighty-Fifth General Assembly, in the First 9 Extraordinary Session of 2006, implemented revisions to Arkansas law 10 recommended by the House Interim Committee on Education and the Senate 11 Interim Committee on Education based on the committees' findings following 12 the 2006 hearings; and 13 (5) The acts passed upon the recommendation of the House Interim 14 Committee on Education and the Senate Interim Committee on Education result 15 in a system of public education that is adequate and equitable. 16 (b) The General Assembly further finds that the state's system of 17 public education as revised in the First Extraordinary Session of 2006, 18 including, but not limited to, educational standards and accountability, 19 curriculum requirements, and the mechanism for funding public schools, 20 provides an adequate and equitable education to the children of the state. 21 22 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 6-17-2403(b) and (c), concerning the 23 minimum teacher compensation schedule, is amended to read as follows: 24 (b)(1) In school years year 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, each school 25 district in the state shall have in place a salary schedule with at least the 26 following minimum levels of compensation for a basic contract: 27 28 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary 29 0 $27,500 $31,625 30 1 27,950 32,125 31 2 28,400 32,625 32 3 28,850 33,125 33 4 29,300 33,625 34 5 29,750 34,125 35 6 30,200 34,625 36 7 30,650 35,125 2 03-31-2006 16:12 JSE607 SB5 1 8 31,100 35,625 2 9 31,550 36,125 3 10 32,000 36,625 4 11 32,450 37,125 5 12 32,900 37,625 6 13 33,350 38,125 7 14 33,800 38,625 8 15 34,250 39,125 9 10 (2) In school year 2005-2006, each school district in the state 11 shall have in place a salary schedule with at least the following minimum 12 levels of compensation for a basic contract: 13 14 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary 15 0 $28,408 $32,669 16 1 28,858 33,169 17 2 29,308 33,669 18 3 29,758 34,169 19 4 30,208 34,669 20 5 30,658 35,169 21 6 31,108 35,669 22 7 31,558 36,169 23 8 32,008 36,669 24 9 32,458 37,169 25 10 32,908 37,669 26 11 33,358 38,169 27 12 33,808 38,669 28 13 34,258 39,169 29 14 34,708 39,669 30 15 35,158 40,169 31 32 (c) In school year 2006-2007 and each school year thereafter, each 33 school district in the state shall have in place a salary schedule with at 34 least the following minimum levels of compensation for a basic contract: 35 36 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary 3 03-31-2006 16:12 JSE607 SB5 1 0 $27,994 $32,193 2 1 28,452 32,702 3 2 28,910 33,211 4 3 29,368 33,720 5 4 29,826 34,229 6 5 30,284 34,738 7 6 30,742 35,247 8 7 31,200 35,756 9 8 31,658 36,265 10 9 32,116 36,774 11 10 32,574 37,283 12 11 33,032 37,792 13 12 33,490 38,301 14 13 33,948 38,810 15 14 34,406 39,319 16 15 34,864 39,828 17 18 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary 19 0 $29,416 $33,828 20 1 29,866 34,328 21 2 30,316 34,828 22 3 30,766 35,328 23 4 31,216 35,828 24 5 31,666 36,328 25 6 32,116 36,828 26 7 32,566 37,328 27 8 33,016 37,828 28 9 33,466 38,328 29 10 33,916 38,828 30 11 34,366 39,328 31 12 34,816 39,828 32 13 35,266 40,328 33 14 35,716 40,828 34 15 36,166 41,328 35 36 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 6-20-2305(a), concerning foundation funding 4 03-31-2006 16:12 JSE607 SB5 1 for a public school district, is amended to read as follows: 2 (a)(1)(A) For each school year, a each school district 3 shall receive state foundation funding aid computed as the difference between 4 the foundation funding amount pursuant to subdivision (a)(2) of this section 5 and the sum of ninety-eight percent (98%) of the uniform rate of tax 6 multiplied by the property assessment of the school district plus seventy- 7 five percent (75%) of miscellaneous funds of the school district. 8 (B) The school districts referenced under subdivision 9 (A)(1)(A) include, without limitation, Alma School District, Alpena School 10 District, Altheimer Unified School Distrist, Arkansas School For The Blind, 11 Arkansas School For The Deaf, Arkadelphia School District, Armorel School 12 District, Ashdown School District, Atkins School District, Augusta School 13 District, Bald Knob School District, Barton-Lexa School District, Batesville 14 School District, Bauxite School District, Bay School District, Bearden School 15 District, Beebe School District, Benton School District, Bentonville School 16 District, Bergman School District, Berryville School District, Bismarck 17 School District, Black Rock School District, Blevins School District, 18 Blytheville School District, Booneville School District, Bradford School 19 District, Bradley School District, Brinkley School District, Brookland School 20 District, Bryant School District, Buffalo Island Central School District, 21 Cabot School District, Caddo Hills School District, Calico Rock School 22 District, Camden Fairview School District, Carlisle School District, Cave 23 City School District, Cedar Ridge School District, Cedarville School 24 District, Centerpoint School District, Charleston School District, Clarendon 25 School District, Clarksville School District, Cleveland County School 26 District, Clinton School District, Concord School District, Conway School 27 District, Corning School District, Cotter School District, County Line School 28 District, Cross County School District, Crossett School District, Cushman 29 School District, Cutter-Morning Star School District, Danville School 30 District, Dardanelle School District, Decatur School District, Deer/Mt. Judea 31 School District, Delight School District, Dequeen School District, Dermott 32 School District, Des Arc School District, Devalls Bluff School District, 33 Dewitt School District, Dierks School District, Dollarway School District, 34 Dover School District, Drew Central School District, Dumas School District, 35 Earle School District, East End School District, East Poinsett County School 36 District, El Dorado School District, Elaine School District, Elkins School 5 03-31-2006 16:12 JSE607 SB5 1 District, Emerson-taylor School District, England School District, Eudora 2 School District, Eureka Springs School District, Farmington School District, 3 Fayetteville School District, Flippin School District, Fordyce School 4 District, Foreman School District, Forrest City School District, Fort Smith 5 School District, Fouke School District, Fountain Lake School District, Genoa 6 Central School District, Gentry School District, Glen Rose School District, 7 Gosnell School District, Gravette School District, Green Forest School 8 District, Greenbrier School District, Greene County Tech School District, 9 Greenland School District, Greenwood School District, Gurdon School District, 10 Guy-Perkins School District, Hackett School District, Hamburg School 11 District, Hampton School District, Harmony Grove School District, Harrisburg 12 School District, Harrison School District, Hartford School District, Hazen 13 School District, Heber Springs School District, Hector School District, 14 Helena/ West Helena School District, Hermitage School District, Highland 15 School District, Hillcrest School District, Hope School District, Horatio 16 School District, Hot Springs School District, Hoxie School District, Hughes 17 School District, Huntsville School District, Izard County Consolidated School 18 District, Jackson County School District, Jasper School District, Jessieville 19 School District, Jonesboro School District, Junction City School District, 20 Kirby School District, Lafayette County School District, Lake Hamilton School 21 District, Lakeside School District, Lamar School District, Lavaca School 22 District,