ADE Director's Communication Memo Form


Memo Number : DIR-01-002

Date Created : 08/03/2000

Attention:

Superintendents
Co-op Directors
Secondary Principals
Elementary Principals
Middle School Principals
High School Principals

Type of Memo: Regulatory
Response Required: Yes
   
Section:   Central Administration/Legal
Subject:
Reporting of Insult or Abuse of Teachers

Regulatory Authority:
Ark. Code Ann. 6-17-106

Contact Person:
Scott Smith

Phone Number:
501-682-4227

E-mail:
dssmith@arkedu.k12.ar.us

Arkansas law requires school districts to report to the Department of Education any prosecutions of individuals who insult or abuse teachers (Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-106).

Please provide the name of the district, the name of the individual prosecuted under this law and a description indicating the outcome of the prosecution to Scott Smith, attorney for the Department.

“Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-106. Insult or abuse of teachers.

(a)Any person who shall abuse or insult a public school teacher while that teacher is performing normal and regular or assigned school responsibilities shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be liable for a fine of not less than 100 hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). (b)Each school district shall report to the Department of Education any prosecutions within the school districts under this section.”

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