Bond v. Lavaca School District

I must respectfully dissent. I cannot agree with the majority’s analysis of Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-807. The first rule in considering the meaning and effect of a statute is to construe it just as it reads, giving the words their ordinary and usually accepted meaning in common language. Western Carroll Cty. Amb. Dist. v. Johnson, 345 Ark. 95, 44 S.W.2d3d 284 (2001). The language of the statute at issue states, “if additional days are added to a teacher’s contract or if the teacher is required to work more days than provided for under the teacher’s contract. ...” The use of the disjunctive “or”…