Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-20-508. State board hearing

(a)(1) If a hearing by the State Board of Education is requested in writing by either or both of the affected school districts or any party to the action, at least ten (10) days before the next regular state board meeting, the state board shall schedule a hearing in regard thereto and shall give each of the affected districts and the affected parties at least five (5) days' notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(2) On the day and at the time scheduled for the hearing, the state board may hear all interested parties and, upon conclusion thereof, may issue its ruling in regard to the application for payment of funds in behalf of the child with disabilities, and, unless an appeal is filed therefrom with a court of competent jurisdiction within twenty (20) days after the date of such ruling, the ruling shall be final and shall be binding on the school districts and the parties affected.