Workers’ compensation insurance premium reimbursements
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-15-2907; Arkansas Code § 6-15-2911; Arkansas Code § 6-16-1803
(a)
- (1) A public school student who is in a career practicum or pre-apprenticeship work-based learning opportunity that is provided in coordination with a career and technical education program of study offered by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school shall be covered by the workers’ compensation insurance of his or her employer as provided in the Workers’ Compensation Law, Arkansas Code § 11-9-101 et seq.
- (2) A public school district and open-enrollment public charter school shall be considered an employer, and a student an employee and eligible for workers' compensation coverage under Arkansas Code §§ 6-17-1401 and 11-9-102, when the student is providing services under a work-based learning opportunity provided in coordination with the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school.
- (b) Subject to legislative appropriation, the Department of Education shall reimburse employers, including without limitation public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools, for the proportionate cost of workers’ compensation premiums for students in work-based learning opportunities in accordance with department rules.