Opinion No.

The Honorable Mike Beebe State Senator 211 West Arch Avenue Searcy, AR 72143-5331

Dear Senator Beebe:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding A.C.A. 6-13-305, 6-13-309 (Supp. 1989), and 6-20-309 (Supp. 1989). These Code sections pertain to procedures for consolidating school districts, and incentive allowances for consolidation. The factual scenarios and questions, as set forth in your correspondence, are as follows:

Assume district A and district B have a pre-consolidation agreement and choose to have an election on October 18, 1990, and provide in their agreement that…