6 CAR § 238-114 – Registration, travel, conventions, and seminars

(a) Board members, administrators, and employees of a public educational entity are prohibited from receiving any payment or reimbursement from a vendor for any registration, travel, lodging, food, entertainment, or other expenses not directly associated with an educational interest or business interest of the public educational entity.
(b) Board members, administrators, and employees of a public educational entity are prohibited from receiving any trip or attending any convention or seminar that is paid for by a vendor when the purpose for the trip or attendance at the convention or seminar is not directly associated with an educational interest or business interest of the public educational entity.
(c) Board members, administrators, and employees of a public educational entity are prohibited from receiving any gift or award from any public educational entity except as allowed for by Arkansas law.
(d) All public educational entities shall maintain a record and copy for at least three (3) years of all documentation relating to payments or reimbursements made by a vendor on behalf of a board member, administrator, or employee for travel, lodging, food, registration, entertainment, or other expenses when the payments or reimbursements total three hundred dollars ($300) or more per fiscal year per individual:
1. (1) Board member;
2. (2) Administrator; or
3. (3) Employee.
(e) Any board member, administrator, or employee of a public educational entity that violates any provisions of this part may be subject to the penalties and sanctions provided for in 6 CAR § 238-116.