{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-1604","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1604","heading":"High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus","body":"(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for an additional high-need school salary bonus, including a hold-back longevity bonus, for each principal receiving master school principal status and serving as a principal of a high-need public school. (b) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a high-need school salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who: (A) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and (B) At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school. (2) The high-need school salary bonus under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be paid as follows: (A) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and (B) An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows: (i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and (ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school. (3) The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under § 6-17-1603 , if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year incentive bonus. (c) Regardless of a person's past participation in the Master School Principal Program, a person shall not receive a yearly incentive bonus, a salary bonus, or a longevity bonus if the person leaves full-time employment as a principal of an Arkansas public school district. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 238, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1477, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2013, No. 459,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 4. See Act 2013, No. 459, § 3.\n\n(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for an additional high-need school salary bonus, including a hold-back longevity bonus, for each principal receiving master school principal status and serving as a principal of a high-need public school.\n\n(b) (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a high-need school salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who: (A) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and (B) At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school. (2) The high-need school salary bonus under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be paid as follows: (A) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and (B) An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows: (i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and (ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school. (3) The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under § 6-17-1603 , if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year incentive bonus.\nollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school. (3) The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under § 6-17-1603 , if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year incentive bonus.\n\n(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a high-need school salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who: (A) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and (B) At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school.\n\n(A) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and\n\n(B) At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school.\n\n(2) The high-need school salary bonus under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be paid as follows: (A) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and (B) An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows: (i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and (ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school.\n\n(A) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and\n\n(B) An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows: (i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and (ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school.\n\n(i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and\n\n(ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school.\n\n(3) The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under § 6-17-1603 , if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year incentive bonus.\n\n(c) Regardless of a person's past participation in the Master School Principal Program, a person shall not receive a yearly incentive bonus, a salary bonus, or a longevity bonus if the person leaves full-time employment as a principal of an Arkansas public school district.\n\nAmended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 238, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\nAmended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1477, eff. 7/1/2019.\n\nAmended by Act 2013, No. 459,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\nActs 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 4.\n\nSee Act 2013, No. 459, § 3.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 17","Subchapter 16"],"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":"8443a185638ceb1ed7913a2efa44e825279ab8642bd521af02bb0e063b88dede","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-1603","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-17-1701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}