{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-106","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-106","heading":"Insult or abuse of teacher","body":"(a) (1) It is unlawful during regular school hours and in a place where a public school employee is required to be in the course of his or her duties for any person to address a public school employee using language that in its common acceptation is calculated to: (A) Cause a breach of the peace; (B) Materially and substantially interfere with the operation of the school; or (C) Arouse the person to whom it is addressed to anger to the extent likely to cause imminent retaliation. (2) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction be liable for a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). (b) Each school district shall report to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education any prosecutions within the school districts under this section. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1359, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1979, No. 125, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1905.1; Acts 1987, No. 741, § 1; 2001, No. 1565, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 63.\n\n(a) (1) It is unlawful during regular school hours and in a place where a public school employee is required to be in the course of his or her duties for any person to address a public school employee using language that in its common acceptation is calculated to: (A) Cause a breach of the peace; (B) Materially and substantially interfere with the operation of the school; or (C) Arouse the person to whom it is addressed to anger to the extent likely to cause imminent retaliation. (2) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction be liable for a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).\n\n(1) It is unlawful during regular school hours and in a place where a public school employee is required to be in the course of his or her duties for any person to address a public school employee using language that in its common acceptation is calculated to: (A) Cause a breach of the peace; (B) Materially and substantially interfere with the operation of the school; or (C) Arouse the person to whom it is addressed to anger to the extent likely to cause imminent retaliation.\n\n(A) Cause a breach of the peace;\n\n(B) Materially and substantially interfere with the operation of the school; or\n\n(C) Arouse the person to whom it is addressed to anger to the extent likely to cause imminent retaliation.\n\n(2) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction be liable for a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).\n\n(b) Each school district shall report to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education any prosecutions within the school districts under this section.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 17","Subchapter 1"],"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":"9c1abbda7c02b0feb8eabf504d2c21c62396ab0dabe0f7e0d1e9f64f4f8b5082","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-104","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}