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1972 Arkansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1972)

handle is hein.sag/sagar0041 and id is 1 raw text is: OFFICE OF IUXTIOR DUIIO ArTOUNNY ONEAL April 6, 1972 Mr. B. E. Turner, County Supervisor Jefferson County Public Schools 323 West Second Avenue Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601 Dear Mr. Turner: This is in response to your inquiry wherein you submitted the following: (1) Does a County Board of Education have any juris- diction, responsibility, or administrative functions with a County District that has a three (3) member elected board, other than what Arkansas Law directs to and with regular formed districts? (2) Many school districts employ administrative and supervisory personnel on a two or three year con- tract. Under a recent decision rendered by the Arkansas Supreme Court, to the effect that School Boards could only employ or issue contracts for one (1) year at a time, are these multi-year con- tracts still binding? Did this decision only cover class room teachers? I am aware of no obligations imposed upon the county board of education relative to a school district with a three member board other than what the statutes provide. Regarding your second question, the Supreme Court decision to which you refer appears to be Nethercutt vs. Pulaski County Special School District, 251 Ark. 836 (January 24, 1972). The case involved the school districth teacher tenure policy and the statute involved was Ark. Stat. Ann. S 80-1304(b) only. Act 145 of 1949 .codified as Ark. Stat. Ann. S 80-1236 authorizes three year contracts and reads as follows: From and after the effective date of this Act, local school boards may employ department heads,

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