General powers and duties of the State Board of Education
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-21-404
(a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 6-21-404, the State Board of Education may:
- (1) Require reports from school districts on the use and distribution of instructional materials; and
- (2) Do whatever else may be necessary for the general welfare of the public school instructional materials system in order to acquire the items at the lowest possible cost.
- (b) The powers enumerated in this section and in Arkansas Code § 6-21-404 are cumulative and not restrictive.