Opinion No.

The Honorable Bill Walters State Senator P. O. Box 280 Greenwood, Arkansas 72936

Dear Senator Walters:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on several questions involving Act 34 of 1983. The questions have been restated, and answered, in the order in which they were posed.

1. Does Section 8(b) of Act 34 of 1983 require a vote and a written agreement wherein it states that the school board and a majority of teachers may agree for a different distribution of salary funds?

Section 8(b) of Act 34 states in pertinent part as follows:

In the 1983-84 and 1984-85 school years, each school…