Loans and Bonds Committee
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-13-1013; Arkansas Code § 6-20-811
(a) The Loans and Bonds Committee shall consist of these eight (8) members or designees:
- (1) Assistant Commissioner, Division of Fiscal and Administrative Services;
- (2) Associate Director, Internal/External Agency Finance Unit;
- (3) Coordinator, Local Education Agency Fiscal Distress Services and Support Unit;
- (4) Coordinator, Local Education Agency State Funding/Loans and Bonds Unit;
- (5) Program Manager of Equity, Division of Academic Accountability;
- (6) Director of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation;
- (7) Coordinator, Financial Accountability and Reporting; and
- (8) Senior Transportation Manager, Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
(b) Applications considered by the committee may be acted upon in any of the following ways:
(1) The application may be recommended for approval to the:
- (A) State Board of Education; or
- (B) Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education;
(2) The application may be recommended for disapproval to the:
- (A) State board; or
- (B) Commissioner;
(3) The application may be tabled pending:
- (A) Receipt of additional information;
- (B) Further study by Department of Education staff or Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation staff; or
- (C) Verification of information regarding the application; or
- (4) A revolving loan application may be recommended to the state board for approval of the loan for a lesser amount than the amount requested pursuant to Arkansas Code §§ 6-20-805 and 6-20-2511.