Mandatory filing of allegation and ethics violations review
Arkansas Code § 6-17-422; Arkansas Code § 6-17-428
- (a) Within twenty-four (24) hours of a matter coming to the attention of a public school supervisor, a supervisor at an Arkansas public educational setting shall file an ethics complaint if he or she observes or has reasonable cause to suspect or if there is a substantiated allegation that an educator has violated Standard 1 of the Code of Ethics.
- (b) The failure to submit an ethics complaint under this section is a violation of Standard 3.
- (c) This provision does not satisfy the legal obligation by the supervisor or an educator as a mandated reporter of child maltreatment under § 12-18-402 of the Child Maltreatment Act, Arkansas Code § 12-18-101 et seq.