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.”