Opinion No.

The Honorable H.G. Foster Prosecuting Attorney Twentieth Judicial District 801 Locust, P.O. Box 1105 Conway, Arkansas 72032

Dear Mr. Foster:

I am writing in response to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Angela A. Byrd's request for an opinion on the eligibility of a school board member to retain his office. Specifically, the question involves the "appropriate action that should be taken in a case where an elected school board official has a prior criminal record from another state, and that state has pardoned the individual but not expunged the record." Ms. Byrd notes that "[t]he conviction occurred…