Ark. Code Ann. § 6-20-702: Administration generally

(a) The State Board of Education may enter into such agreements with any agency of the United States Government, with any school district, or with any other agency or person and may prescribe such rules, employ such personnel, and take such other action as it may deem necessary to provide for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of any school lunch program and to direct the disbursement of federal and state funds, in accordance with any applicable provisions of federal or state law.

(b) The state board may give technical advice and assistance to any school district in connection with the establishment and operation of any school lunch program and may assist in training personnel engaged in the operation of such program.