HB1471

House Bill 1471 seeks to repeal Arkansas Code § 6-13-635, a statute that currently requires public school district boards of directors to review and approve any salary increase of five percent or more for a district employee through a formal written resolution. The bill labels this existing requirement as redundant. By repealing this section, the legislation removes the mandate for boards to specifically document and justify these salary increases via board resolution. It also eliminates the corresponding requirements to provide these resolutions to financial auditors and for the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to report instances of noncompliance to the House and Senate Education Committees. The primary purpose is to reduce the administrative and reporting burden placed on local school boards.