The Arkansas Secretary of State contracted the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, GIS Applications Laboratory (UALRGIS) to use modern geographic information technology and improved base maps to create a current and spatially accurate statewide depiction of school district boundaries in the State of Arkansas. The Arkansas Geographic Information Office merged annexed and consolidated districts.UALRGIS followed a work plan for the project that was established by the Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO) for the Secretary of State. The school district boundary editing rules were as follows:1. Legal descriptions take precedent.2. If no legal description was provided the visual evidence presented on the digital ortho quarter quadrangle (DOQQ) was followed.3. Section lines, county boundaries, city boundaries and / or roads have only be used as supporting visual evidence viewed on the DOQQ.In the case of consolidation or annexation, state code 6-13-1415 and 6-13-1416 states:(1) A consolidation or annexation order adopted by the state board shall be filed with the:(A) County Clerk of each county that contains school district territory of each affected district, receiving district, or resulting district;(B) Secretary of State; and(C) Arkansas Geographic Information Office.(2) A consolidation or annexation order shall include a map of the boundaries of the resulting district or receiving district.(3) A consolidation or annexation order file with the Secretary of State and the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office shall include a digital map showing the boundaries of the resulting district or receiving district in a format prescribed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office.