{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-4-505","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 21-4-505","heading":"Compensation for unused sick leave of nonclassified employees of state-supported institutions of higher education - Calculation for unused sick leave","body":"(a) At its discretion, a state-supported institution of higher education may compensate a nonclassified employee of the state-supported institution of higher education for accumulated unused sick leave by providing to the nonclassified employee the same compensation for accumulated unused sick leave provided to a classified employee of the state-supported institution of higher education under § 21-4-501 .\n\n(b) Compensation for accumulated unused sick leave under this section shall not be used by the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System in the calculation of final average compensation under § 24-4-101 .\n\n(c) Unused sick leave for nonclassified employees of state-supported institutions of higher education shall accrue at the same rate as unused sick leave accrues for classified employees for calculations made under this section.","path":["AR Code","Title 21","Chapter 4","Subchapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"7880fb1f1f888bae089f908f3ac0f6c3ca772c4c57849f414ea50cfa4758de66","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-4-504","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-5-1001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}