As used in this part:
(1) “Affected district” means a school district that:
- (A) Loses territory or students as a result of an administrative annexation; or
- (B) Is involved in an administrative consolidation;
- (2) “Closure” means the cessation of use of an isolated school for the purpose of daily classroom instruction;
(3) “Isolated school” means a school within a school district that:
- (A) Prior to administrative consolidation or annexation under Arkansas Code § 6-13-1601 et seq., qualified as an isolated school district under Arkansas Code § 6-20-601; and
- (B) Is subject to administrative consolidation under Arkansas Code § 6-13-1601 et seq.;
(4)
- (A) “Partial closure” means the cessation of daily classroom instruction in one (1) or more grade levels of an isolated school.
- (B) This definition does not include the cessation of daily classroom instruction in classrooms within a particular grade level;
- (5) “Receiving district” means a school district or districts that receive territory or students, or both, from an affected district as a result of an administrative annexation; and
- (6) “Resulting district” means the new school district created from an affected district or districts as a result of an administrative consolidation.