Rod Koberg, owner of a company the Texarkana Ark., School District hired to install whiteboards, will pay a fine for operating without a contractor’s license, according to the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board.

“In the interest of resolving the violation, Koberg agreed to pay the $1,000,” said Vicki Pickering, staff attorney for the state’s Contractors Licensing Board. “They were fined for three days of operating without a license.”

Koberg settled quickly, paying a fine far less than the contractor board first anticipated. Greg Crow, another licensing board attorney,...