Arkansas § 6-17-2302 - Applicability — Definitions.

§ 6-17-2302. Applicability — Definitions.

The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply if the school district chooses to officially recognize in its policies an organization representing the majority of the nonmanagement classified employees of the school district for the purpose of negotiating personnel policies, salaries, and educational matters of mutual concern under a written policy agreement. As used in this section: “Classified employee” means any person employed by a school district under a written annual contract who is not required to have a teaching license issued by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as a condition of employment; “Classified employee administrator” means any classified or licensed employee who evaluates nonmanagement classified employees and any classified employee who supervises but does not evaluate other classified employees if the nonmanagement classified employees exclude them; and “Nonmanagement classified employee” means any classified employee who does not evaluate other classified employees. The nonmanagement classified employees in a school district, at their discretion in an election conducted in accordance with § 6-17-2303(c), include in this definition classified employees who supervise but do not evaluate other classified employees.