(a) A school district shall maintain a record of hours of training and instruction for board members, which:

1. (1) May be in the form of an attested, cumulative annual report from the training providers; and
2. (2) Shall be subject to verification and inspection during the school district’s annual audit.

(b) A statement of the hours of training and instruction obtained by each board member in the preceding year shall be:

1. (1) Part of the school district’s comprehensive school improvement plan and goals;
2. (2) Posted in the same way that other components of the comprehensive school improvement plan and goals are required to be; and
3. (3) Made a part of the annual school performance report required under Arkansas Code § 6-15-1402.

(c)

1. (1) The superintendent of each school district shall annually prepare a report of the training hours each individual school board member received to be presented at the board’s regular January meeting.

2. (2) The superintendent’s report shall be presented in a table format with a row for each individual school board member that is followed by individual columns containing the following information:

   1. (A) The number of training hours the school board member received between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year;
   2. (B) The number of training hours carried forward from the previous year that were eligible to be counted towards the previous year;
   3. (C) The sum of the number of training hours the school board member received under subdivisions (c)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(B) of this section; and
   4. (D) The total number of training hours the board member is required to receive under 6 CAR § 239-103.

3. (3) The superintendent’s report shall not include:

   1. (A) Any training hours a board member receives after December 31 of the previous year; or
   2. (B) The training hours the board member accrues under subdivision (c)(4)(A) of this section.

4. (4) Members who fail to receive or carry forward the required number of training shall be:

   1. (A) Permitted from January 1 through thirty (30) days following the date of the January board meeting to complete the deficient training hours; and
   2. (B) Suspended from participating in official business, except for board member training, until the board member obtains the deficient hours.

5. (5) A board member who fails to cure the board member’s training hours deficiency during the time provided under subdivision (c)(4)(A) of this section shall be removed from the board and the board member’s position shall be filled in accordance with Arkansas Code § 6-13-611 unless:

   1. (A) The board member’s failure to receive the required training during the time provided under subdivision (c)(4)(A) of this section was due to military service of the board member; or
   2. (B) The board member provides a written sworn statement from the board member’s treating physician stating that the board member’s failure to receive the required training during the time provided under subdivision (c)(4)(A) of this section was due to a serious medical condition.

6. (6) A board member who provides the necessary documentation under subdivision (c)(5) of this section shall have until December 31 of the year following the year the board member failed to receive the required training to receive both the:

   1. (A) Hours of training required for the current year; and
   2. (B) Hours the board member failed to obtain the previous year.