Opinion No.

The Honorable Edward F. Thicksten State Representative P.O. Box 2019 Alma, Arkansas 72921-2019

Dear Representative Thicksten:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:

How may a school board pay teachers the same salary for the 1992-93 school year that the district paid them in 1991-92?

Specifically, you have outlined two possible interpretations of the relevant statutes, and their relation to each other. The first relevant statute, A.C.A. § 6-17-204, enacted in 1983, provides as follows:(a) The personnel policies of each school district in effect at the time a…