Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-1002: Construction

(a) This subchapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, and things.

(b) The provisions of this subchapter are supplemental and shall not be construed to affect in any way the authority of the State Board of Education to issue certificates of indebtedness under the provisions of § 6-20-901 et seq. The certificates are also known as the "state board certificates".