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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-701: Definitions

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 6
  3. Chapter 20
  4. Subchapter 7

As used in this subchapter: (1) "School" means public tax-supported elementary or high school; (2) "School district" means: (A) A geographic area with an elected board of directors that qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of school district taxes under § 26-80-101 et seq., which board of directors conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested in it by the General Assembly and this title; and (B) An open-enrollment public charter school; and (3) "School lunch program" means a program under which lunches are served by any school in this state on a nonprofit basis to children in attendance, including any such program under which a school receives assistance out of funds appropriated by the United States Congress. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1073,§ 34, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1947, No. 157, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-125.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "School" means public tax-supported elementary or high school;

(2) "School district" means: (A) A geographic area with an elected board of directors that qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of school district taxes under § 26-80-101 et seq., which board of directors conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested in it by the General Assembly and this title; and (B) An open-enrollment public charter school; and

(A) A geographic area with an elected board of directors that qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of school district taxes under § 26-80-101 et seq., which board of directors conducts the daily affairs of public schools pursuant to the supervisory authority vested in it by the General Assembly and this title; and

(B) An open-enrollment public charter school; and

(3) "School lunch program" means a program under which lunches are served by any school in this state on a nonprofit basis to children in attendance, including any such program under which a school receives assistance out of funds appropriated by the United States Congress.

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