- (a) Any board member, administrator, employee, or nonemployee who shall knowingly violate the provisions of Arkansas Code § 6-24-101 et seq. shall be guilty of a felony.
- (b) Upon pleading guilty or nolo contendere to or being found guilty of violating the provisions of Arkansas Code § 6-24-101 et seq., the court shall order restitution to the public educational entity.
(c) In addition, the court may:
(1) Fine the violator in any sum not to exceed the greater of:
- (A) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or
- (B) Double the dollar amounts involved in the transactions;
- (2) Sentence the violator to prison for not more than five (5) years; or
- (3) Impose both a fine and imprisonment.