§ 6-17-1502. Definitions

AR Code § 6-17-1502 (2018) (N/A)
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(a) As used in this subchapter:

(1)

(A) "Probationary teacher" means a teacher who has not completed three (3) successive years of employment in the school district in which the teacher is currently employed.

(B)

(i) A teacher employed in a school district in this state for three (3) years shall be deemed to have completed the probationary period.

(ii) However, an employing school district may, by a majority vote of its directors, provide for one (1) additional year of probationary status; and

(2) "Teacher" means any person, exclusive of the superintendent or assistant superintendent, employed in an Arkansas public school district who is required to hold a teaching license from the State Board of Education as a condition of employment.

(b) A teacher who has completed three (3) successive years of employment in the school district in which the teacher is employed on July 4, 1983, or a teacher who has been given credit for a prior service in another school district as authorized by subdivision (a)(2) of this section, is deemed to have completed the required probationary period.