Opinion No.

The Honorable Charlotte Schexnayder State Representative Post Office Box 220 Dumas, Arkansas 71639-0220

Dear Representative Schexnayder:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the use of amounts in a school district's teachers' salary fund. As noted in your request, a statute restricts the use of such amounts, as follows:

Only warrants or checks in payment of salaries of teachers, as defined in § 6-17-902, in payment of dues of teachers to professional organizations, in payment of teachers' contributions to the Teacher Retirement System, and in payment of insurance or other fringe…