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AR Code § 6-18-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-18-102. Legislative findings — School uniform policy

 (a) The General Assembly hereby finds and determines that the clothes and footwear worn by students in the public schools often preoccupy and distract students from their major purpose for being in school: that of becoming educated in math, science, English, history, and other subjects. The General Assembly further finds that student competition over clothes and footwear has, in several instances, led to violence and injuries during school hours; whereas, in those Arkansas schools that have adopted school uniforms, disparities in student socioeconomic levels are less obvious and disruptive incidents are less likely to occur.  (b)  (1) The school district board of directors may refer the issue of a dress code to the qualified electors of the district at any annual school election.  (2) If a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting thereon at the election vote for the adoption of a school uniform policy, the school district board of directors shall prescribe appropriate school uniforms and implement the policy.  (3) If a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting thereon at the election vote against the adoption of a school uniform policy, the school district board of directors may refer the question again to the qualified electors of the district only after a minimum period of one (1) year.  (4)  (A) Qualified electors of the district may at any time by petition have the question of implementing a uniform dress code voted upon at the next school election.  (B) The petition shall be signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified electors in the district.      (c) Any school uniform policy adopted by a school district shall provide for individual students to make application to opt out of the uniform requirements with parental consent when no other reasonable alternative placement for the student exists.  (d) Any school district that has adopted and implemented a district policy to require a uniform dress code before the 2000 annual school election shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.  (e)  (1) This section does not limit the ability of a school district or a particular school within a district to adopt and implement a school uniform policy.  (2) A school district may implement a school uniform policy without submitting the issue to the electors of the district.    (f) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and education service cooperatives shall, when possible, assist public schools by providing information regarding uniform dress codes upon request from public school administrators.
AR Code § 6-18-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-18-103. Selective service registration

 (a)  (1) Each local school district and each adult education program shall provide a registration form at least thirty (30) days before the student's eighteenth birthday to any student who is enrolled in the district or the adult education program and who is required to register with the United States Selective Service System in accordance with the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq.  (2) The district and adult education program shall further provide appropriate instructions for returning completed registration forms to United States Selective Service System personnel.    (b) The superintendent of the local school district and the director of the adult education program shall designate a staff person in each high school and at the adult education program site to distribute United States Selective Service System registration forms to students as provided in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall issue rules to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section and compliance with all federal regulations.
AR Code § 6-18-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-18-104. Placement

 All students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) of the public schools of this state shall be placed in an educational program that includes the minimum core curriculum established under § 6-61-217 unless a medical doctor and the parent or custodian of the student certify that a medical condition exists that impairs the student's cognitive functioning and that the student should not pursue the minimum core curriculum.
AR Code § 6-18-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-18-105. Skills and knowledge for preparation of kindergarten children

 (a)  (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall determine and prepare a list of the skills and knowledge that a child should have in order to be prepared to enter kindergarten.  (2) The list shall be prepared in a manner that will assist parents in preparing their children for kindergarten.    (b)  (1) The list shall be available to parents on the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's website and from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education by mail if requested.  (2) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall make reasonable efforts to have the list of skills published in the Happy Birthday Baby Book.    (c)  (1) The Department of Human Services shall provide copies of the list to childcare facilities licensed by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education.  (2) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules requiring childcare facilities licensed by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education each year to distribute the list to the parent of each three-year-old child, four-year-old child, and five-year-old child attending the childcare facility.    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a child to have a certain level of skill or knowledge before enrolling in kindergarten.
AR Code § 6-18-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-18-106. Classroom assignment of multiple birth siblings —Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Multiple birth sibling” means a twin, triplet, quadruplet, or other sibling resulting from a multiple birth; and  (2) “Parent” means the parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or charge of a student enrolled in a public school.    (b) Not later than the fourteenth day before the first day of school, a parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school, in prekindergarten through grade six (preK-6), may request in writing that the school place the siblings in the same classroom or in separate classrooms.  (c) Except as provided by subsection (e) or subsection (g) of this section, a school shall provide the multiple birth siblings with the classroom placement requested by the parent.  (d) In the event that one (1) parent's election under subsection (c) of this section differs from another parent's election under subsection (c) of this section, the school shall determine the appropriate placement of the multiple birth siblings.  (e) The school may direct a classroom placement for the multiple birth siblings that differs from the parent's request if:  (1) Thirty (30) instructional days have lapsed since the date the multiple birth siblings began the classroom placement made at the parent's request; and  (2) After consulting with the teacher of each classroom in which the multiple birth siblings are placed, the school determines that the classroom placement requested by the parent is:  (A) Detrimental to the educational achievement of one (1) or more of the multiple birth siblings;  (B) Disruptive to the classroom learning environment where the multiple birth sibling is assigned; or  (C) Disruptive to the school's educational or disciplinary environment.      (f) A parent may appeal the school's classroom placement of multiple birth siblings in the manner provided by school district policy.  (g) A school district is not required to place multiple birth siblings in separate classrooms if the request would require the school district to add an additional class to the grade level of the multiple birth siblings.  (h) A school district shall adopt a written policy concerning the procedures for classroom placements of multiple birth siblings that is consistent with this section.  (i) This section does not affect a right or obligation of the school or school district regarding student placement decisions of the school district under:  (1) The Children With Disabilities Act of 1973, § 6-41-201 et seq.;  (2) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., as it exists on July 27, 2011; or  (3) Written school district disciplinary policies.
AR Code § 6-18-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-18-108. Continuity of education for public school choice students — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Nonresident district” means a school district other than a student's resident district; and  (2) “Resident district” means the school district where the student resides as determined under § 6-18-202.    (b) If a public school choice request is approved by a nonresident district under a provision of law that is later declared unconstitutional by a court or is repealed, the student may continue to attend school in the nonresident district until the student completes his or her secondary education.  (c) A present or future sibling of a student who continues enrollment in the nonresident district under this section may enroll in or continue enrollment in the nonresident district until the sibling completes his or her secondary education, if the district has the capacity to accept the sibling without adding teachers, staff, or classrooms or exceeding the rules and standards established in law.  (d) The enrollment of a student in a nonresident district under this section is subject to:  (1) The nonresident district's written policies for renewal of the transfer; and  (2) Other provisions of law concerning attendance and enrollment in public schools.
AR Code § 6-18-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-18-112. School safety and crisis line fund — Report

 (a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a miscellaneous fund to be known as the “ARSafeSchools Fund”.  (b) The fund shall consist of:  (1) Moneys obtained from private grants or other sources that are designated to be credited to the fund; and  (2) Any other funds authorized or provided by law.    (c) The fund shall be used by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatric Research Institute solely to create and maintain the ARSafeSchools school safety and crisis line under § 6-18-111.  (d) Moneys remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall carry forward and be made available for the purposes stated in this section in the next fiscal year.  (e) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatric Research Institute is not required to implement provisions of this section if the ARSafeSchools school safety and crisis line under § 6-18-111 is not funded.  (f)  (1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatric Research Institute shall submit an annual report containing the following information to the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee:  (A) The balance of the fund as of the reporting date;  (B) A list of administrative costs paid for from the fund, including without limitation salaries, pensions, and packages;  (C) The total revenue received by the fund during the reporting period; and  (D) A detailed description of steps taken to create and implement the ARSafeSchools school safety and crisis line.    (2) The annual report required under this subsection shall be submitted by January 1 and July 1 of each year.
AR Code § 6-18-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-205. Attendance in another district — Liability

 (a)  (1) Persons, and their present or future siblings, who attended during the 1982-1983 or 1983-1984 school year schools outside the boundaries of the school district in which the persons reside may continue attending such schools at the discretion of the receiving schools notwithstanding that the board of directors of the school districts in which such persons reside disapproves the out-of-district attendance.  (2) Such students shall be counted in the receiving district's average daily membership and not in the average daily membership of the district of residence.  (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any transfer of local funds to the receiving district.    (b)  (1)  (A) Any school district which admits for ten (10) school days or more a student the school district knows, or should have known, is a resident of another school district not included in a tuition agreement, or not officially transferred to it, shall be liable to the resident district of the student for an amount of money equal to the amount of state aid the resident district would have received or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) per year, whichever is greater.  (B)  (i) Either school district may petition the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to satisfy the liability by transferring that amount to the entitled school district from funds which the division would have distributed to the liable school district.  (ii) Upon receipt of a petition, the division shall determine the amount of the liability and satisfy it by the transfer.    (C) If a substantial question arises as to residence, the State Board of Education may decline to assess the penalty.    (2) This subsection shall be deemed supplemental to and not a repeal of subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 6-18-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-207. Minimum age for enrollment in public school

 (a)  (1) A student may enter kindergarten in the public schools of this state if he or she will attain the age of five (5) years on or before August 1 of the year in which he or she is seeking initial enrollment.  (2) Any student who has been enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state or in a kindergarten program equivalent in another country for at least sixty (60) days, who will become five (5) years old during the year in which he or she is enrolled in kindergarten, and who meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance may be enrolled in kindergarten upon written request to the school district.  (3) A student who was enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state or in a kindergarten program equivalent in another country may be enrolled in kindergarten in this state upon a written request to the school district if the student:  (A) Becomes a resident of this state as a direct result of active military orders or a court-ordered change of custody;  (B) Will become five (5) years of age during the year in which he or she is enrolled in kindergarten; and  (C) Meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance.      (b)  (1) Any child may enter the first grade in the public schools of this state if the child will attain the age of six (6) years during the school year in which the child is seeking enrollment and the child has successfully completed a kindergarten program in a public school in this state.  (2) Any child who will be six (6) years of age on or before October 1 of the school year of enrollment and who has not completed a state-accredited kindergarten program shall be enrolled pursuant to § 6-18-201(f).  (3) Any child who has been enrolled in the first grade in a state-accredited or state-approved elementary school in another state or in the first grade equivalent in another country for a period of at least sixty (60) days, who will become six (6) years of age during the school year in which the child is enrolled in grade one (1), and who meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance may be enrolled in the first grade.
AR Code § 6-18-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-208. Requirements for enrollment in public school — Exceptions

 (a) Before a child's admission to an Arkansas public school, a school district shall request the parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control, or person standing in loco parentis to furnish the child's Social Security number and shall inform the parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis that, in the alternative, the parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis may request that the school district assign the child a nine-digit number designated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (b) Before a child's admission to an Arkansas public school, the parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis shall provide the school district with one (1) of the following documents indicating the child's age:  (1) A birth certificate;  (2) A statement by the local registrar or a county recorder certifying the child's date of birth;  (3) An attested baptismal certificate;  (4) A passport;  (5) An affidavit of the date and place of birth by the child's parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis;  (6) Previous school records; or  (7) A United States military identification.    (c) Before a child's admission to an Arkansas public school, the parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis shall indicate on school registration forms whether the child has been expelled from school in any other school district or is a party to an expulsion proceeding.  (d)  (1) A school or school district shall not:  (A) Use, display, release, or print a student's Social Security number or any part of the Social Security number on any report, identification card, identification badge, or any document that will be made available or released to the public, to a student, or to a student's parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis without the express written consent of the student's parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis if the student is a minor, or of the student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older; or  (B) Make a student's Social Security number available by reading the magnetic strip or other encoded information on the student's identification card.    (2) This section does not apply to educational records that are transferred to or between the division, other public schools or school districts, or other governmental agencies as allowed or required by federal law, state law, or State Board of Education rule.
AR Code § 6-18-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-209. Adoption of student attendance policies — Effect of unexcused absences

 (a) The board of directors of each school district in this state shall adopt student attendance policies.  (b) Each school district, as a part of its six-year educational plan, shall develop strategies for promoting maximum student attendance, including, but not limited to, the use of alternative classrooms and in-school suspensions in lieu of suspension from school.  (c) A student attendance policy may include unexcused absences as a mandatory basis for denial of promotion or graduation.
AR Code § 6-18-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-213. Attendance records and reports generally

 (a)  (1) A record of pupil attendance shall be kept by each school district of the state in a format prescribed by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (2) This basic record, showing the daily attendance and absence of each student for the school year, shall be kept by a teacher or other officially designated person who notes the attendance or absence of each student on a daily basis.  (3) The attendance for resident and nonresident students shall be kept separately.  (4) The basic attendance records of each district shall be kept on file in electronic form by the district for a period of three (3) years and shall be audited as required by the State Board of Education.    (b)  (1) The official reporting period for attendance shall be quarterly with the actual number of days counted in each period to be no less than forty (40) nor more than fifty (50).  (2) A waiver of this subsection may be granted by the division upon petition by a school district.    (c) This attendance record in each of the school districts of the state as reflected by the combined reports for the first three (3) quarters of the school year shall be the official data used in computing certain types of state aid for the following year.  (d)  (1) Any district that fails to file by April 15 of any given year reports for the first three (3) quarters of that year, as required by subsection (c) of this section, shall have the remainder of its state foundation funding withheld and placed in escrow, to be released when the reports are received.  (2) A waiver of this subsection may be granted by the division upon petition by a school district.    (e) The division may analyze and inspect the attendance records of any school, school district, or open-enrollment public charter school to verify that a school, school district, or open-enrollment public charter school is correctly and accurately reporting attendance.  (f)  (1) Except for those circumstances otherwise allowed by rule, any student who is absent from daily attendance for more than ten (10) consecutive school days shall be dismissed or dropped from the attendance records of the school, school district, or open-enrollment public charter school.  (2) Any student who fails to attend school by the tenth regular school day of the semester shall be retroactively dropped from the attendance records from the first day of the school semester.    (g) The state board shall promulgate rules and procedures as may be required to implement the intent of this section.