Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-17-122. Paid maternity leave

(1) “Cost-sharing” means joint, equal responsibility for the cost shared between the State of Arkansas and a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that employs an individual considered education personnel under this section;

(2) “Education personnel” means an individual employed full-time by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school in Arkansas for more than one (1) year; and

(3) “Maternity leave” means partially or fully compensated time away from work within the first twelve (12) weeks following the:

(c)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall create and sign a standard cost-sharing agreement for paid maternity leave expenses between the division and a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that elects to participate under this section.

(2) At a minimum, the cost-sharing agreement required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall obligate the state and the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school to each pay fifty percent (50%) of incurred costs for approved paid maternity leave.

(3) The division shall promulgate rules outlining: