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AR Code § 6-18-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-215. School enrollment census — Determining student dropout rates

 (a)  (1)  (A) On or before October 1 of each school year, a public school shall conduct a census of all students enrolled at the school to arrive at a school enrollment census total for each grade.  (B) The number of students transferring into the school October 1 through September 30 of the following school year shall be added to the October 1 school enrollment census total for each grade.  (C) The number of students transferring out of the school October 1 through September 30 of the following school year shall be subtracted from the October 1 school enrollment census total for each grade.    (2) The number of students transferring out of a school shall be based on the number of official transcripts requested by other schools.  (3) Each school shall maintain separate records regarding students who leave the public school system to be home-schooled under § 6-15-503.    (b) The school enrollment census total as calculated and adjusted under subsection (a) of this section shall be used to determine the dropout rate for each school as follows:  (1) For grades two through twelve (2-12), the school enrollment census total for the current school year is compared to the school enrollment census total for each of the previous grades of the previous school year; and  (2) For grade one (1), the school enrollment census total for the current school year is compared to the school enrollment census total for the kindergarten class of the previous year.    (c) The graduation rates, as defined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall be tracked for students in grades nine through twelve (9-12).  (d) The division shall use this section for in-state reporting purposes related to school dropout rates.  (e) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to require school districts to report graduation and dropout data each year in accordance with this section.
AR Code § 6-18-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-217. Records to be kept by teachers

 (a) It shall be the duty of each teacher in the public schools of Arkansas to keep an accurate record of attendance and nonattendance of all children enrolled in his or her class or classes.  (b) Any teacher failing to keep such record may have his or her license revoked for such failure.
AR Code § 6-18-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-219. False attendance reports

 Any teacher, principal, superintendent, or any other person whose duty it is to make reports as to the schools of the county who shall make a false report to the State Board of Education as to the number of children enumerated, the number enrolled in school, or the number in average daily attendance in the schools shall be:   (1) Guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), payable into the general school fund of the county; and  (2) Liable personally for any loss of revenue that the district or state sustains as a result of the false report.
AR Code § 6-18-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-220. Additional absences granted for participation in FFA, FHA, and 4-H programs — Equal treatment

 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:  (1) The National FFA Organization, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc., and 4-H programs in the state involve an education and learning process that is not otherwise available in the regular curriculum of secondary education in Arkansas;  (2) The principles and practices learned by school students in the National FFA Organization, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc., and 4-H programs are highly beneficial to students;  (3) Participation in such programs should be encouraged; and  (4) A method of encouraging participation in such programs is to grant additional excused absences to students who participate in officially sanctioned activities of those organizations.    (b) Therefore, it is the purpose and intent of this section to assure that class absences of students who are participating in sanctioned National FFA Organization, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc., and 4-H activities are excused to such extent as may be determined by the boards of directors of the respective districts, with the participants in the three (3) programs being treated equally with respect to such absences.  (c) Any school district that grants additional excused absences of National FFA Organization member students who attend officially sanctioned National FFA Organization activities shall afford equal treatment to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. and 4-H member students who attend the same or similar officially sanctioned activities.
AR Code § 6-18-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-221. Cooperation of law enforcement agencies

 (a) Any public school district may enter into a cooperative agreement with local law enforcement officials to implement within the district an “Operation Stay in School Program”.  (b) Upon the request of the board of directors of the school district, the law enforcement agency shall stipulate, with the administration of the school district, specific days and hours when law enforcement officers will attempt to locate school-age students in the community who are off school premises during school hours without valid documentation excusing their absence.  (c) Any certified law enforcement officer may stop and detain any unsupervised school-age student located off school premises during school hours and request the production of documentation excusing the student's absence from school.  (d) Upon the student's failure to produce sufficient documentation, the law enforcement officer may take the student into custody and return the student to his or her school, transport the student to his or her parent, or transport the student to the truancy reception center, which shall not be a jail, juvenile detention center, or police department, and which has been designated by the school district.  (e)  (1) Any school district adopting this program shall include in its attendance policy a notice to parents and students that it has entered into a cooperative agreement with law enforcement officials to implement an Operation Stay in School Program, and unsupervised students found off school premises during school hours shall be subject to questioning by a law enforcement officer under the program.  (2) Any school district adopting this program shall include provisions for furnishing valid documentation for a student in work-study programs or other authorized absences from school premises in order to assist law enforcement officers in determining the validity of documentation excusing the student's absence from school during school hours.
AR Code § 6-18-223 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-223. Credit for college courses

 (a)  (1) A public school student who is enrolled in a public school in Arkansas and who has successfully completed the eighth grade shall be eligible to enroll in a publicly supported community college or four-year college or university in accordance with rules adopted by each institution in consultation with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.  (2) A student who enrolls in and successfully completes a course or courses offered by an institution of higher education shall be entitled to receive appropriate academic credit in both the institution of higher education and the public school in which such student is enrolled, which credit shall be applicable to graduation requirements.    (b) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt rules as may be necessary for implementation of this requirement.
AR Code § 6-18-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-224. Early graduation

 Any student who is enrolled in a public high school in Arkansas and has earned the number of credits required by the local school district for graduation shall be eligible to graduate from the high school without regard to the grade level the student is enrolled in at the time such credits are earned.
AR Code § 6-18-225 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-225. Definition

 As used in this section and § 6-18-226, “community truancy board” means a board composed of members of the local community in which the child attends school.
AR Code § 6-18-226 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-226. Community truancy boards — Members — Duties

 (a) The local school district boards of directors may create a community truancy board or may use other boards that exist or are created such as diversion boards. However, a diversion or other existing board must agree before it is used as a community truancy board.  (b) Members of the community truancy board shall be selected from representatives of the community.  (c) Duties of a community truancy board shall include, but not be limited to, recommending methods for improving school attendance such as assisting the parent or the child to obtain supplementary services that might eliminate or ameliorate the causes for the absences or suggesting to the school district that the child enroll in another school, an alternative education program, an education center, a skill center, a dropout prevention program, or another public or private educational program.
AR Code § 6-18-228 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-228. Attending classes and programs not offered by an assigned school

 Any student who is enrolled in a public school in a school district that is administratively consolidated by the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., § 6-13-1405(a)(5) [repealed], and § 6-20-602 [repealed] may be eligible, at the discretion of the local school district board of directors, to attend any class or academic program or participate in any extracurricular activity or program offered by another school in the administratively consolidated district if the public school to which the student is assigned to attend does not offer the same or similar class, academic program, or extracurricular activity or program.
AR Code § 6-18-229 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-229. Service as page for General Assembly

 If a student is invited by a member of the General Assembly to serve as a page for the General Assembly during a legislative session, the student shall be considered on instructional assignment and shall not be considered absent from school for the one (1) day the student is serving as a page, and he or she may be allowed additional instructional assignment days at the discretion of the school district.
AR Code § 6-18-230 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-230. Minimum age for enrolling in prekindergarten

 (a)  (1) A child may enter a prekindergarten program for children three (3) years of age if the child will attain three (3) years of age on or before August 1 immediately preceding the beginning of the school year.  (2) A child may enter a prekindergarten program for children four (4) years of age if the child will attain four (4) years of age on or before August 1 immediately preceding the beginning of the school year.    (b)  (1) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall notify all providers of appropriate early childhood programs for prekindergarten of the age requirements specified in subsection (a) of this section by providing one (1) written notification letter sent to each provider of appropriate early childhood programs for prekindergarten at the address of record on file with the Department of Human Services.  (2) The prekindergarten age requirements specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be published on the website of the:  (A) Department of Human Services; and  (B) Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
AR Code § 6-18-231 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 2 - Attendance|§ 6-18-231. Additional absences for Arkansas National Guard members

 A student who joins the Arkansas National Guard at seventeen (17) years of age while in grade eleven (11) shall be granted additional absences at the discretion of the school district superintendent in order to complete basic combat training between grades eleven (11) and twelve (12).
AR Code § 6-18-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 3 - Assignment|§ 6-18-307. Transfer from one school district to adjoining school district

 (a)  (1)  (A) The parent or guardian of any child or ward whose place of residence is at least fifteen (15) miles from the school in the resident district and whose place of residence is within seven (7) miles of a school in an adjoining district may petition the board of directors of the resident district for a transfer to the adjoining district if the adjoining district has agreed in writing to accept transfer of the child.  (B) The minimum distances prescribed by this subsection shall be computed using highways that could reasonably and safely be traversed by school buses.  (C) A copy of such written agreement by the receiving district shall be filed with any such petition.    (2) If the parents or guardians of several children in a particular area meet the requirements prescribed in this subsection, the parents or guardians may jointly petition the board of directors of the resident district for transfer of their children or wards to the adjoining district.    (b)  (1) When any individual or joint petition as authorized in subsection (a) of this section is filed with the board of directors of any school district, the board of directors shall within thirty (30) days after the date of the filing of the petition either grant or deny the transfer.  (2) If the board of directors denies the petition, the petitioners may appeal to the State Board of Education.  (3) Within forty-five (45) days after the appeal to the state board, the state board shall either grant or deny the transfer.  (4) The ruling of the state board shall be the final administrative ruling on the petition.    (c) The transfer of any child or children from one (1) district to another as permitted in this section shall constitute a transfer of the legal responsibility for the education of the child or children to the receiving district, and the child or children shall be included in the average daily membership of the receiving district for state aid purposes.
AR Code § 6-18-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 3 - Assignment|§ 6-18-316. Transfer on petition of student

 (a) Upon the petition of a student residing in one (1) school district, the resident district, to transfer to another school district, the receiving district, the board of directors of the resident district may enter into an agreement with the board of directors of the receiving school district transferring the student to the receiving district for purposes of education.  (b) Forms for use in transferring children from one (1) school district to another shall be provided by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (c) After the petition has been approved by the board of directors of the resident district and the board of directors of the receiving district, copies of approved transfers shall be filed by the receiving district with the office of the county clerk, with the administrative offices of the respective school districts, and with the division.  (d) This legal transfer of a student from one (1) district to another places the responsibility for the education of the student on the receiving district and permits the receiving district to count these children in average daily membership for state aid purposes.  (e) This section does not transfer the local tax money from the resident district.  (f)  (1) Upon approval of the transfer by the resident district, the receiving district may also enter into a tuition agreement with either the resident district or the parents of the child or children involved whereby the resident district or the parents will make tuition payments to the receiving district to compensate the district for local taxes not received on behalf of the child or children involved.  (2) The annual amount of the tuition shall not exceed the average amount of local property tax per pupil collected in the receiving district in the preceding year.    (g) Student transfers granted under the provisions of this section shall be reviewed at the end of four (4) years by the districts involved to determine whether the agreement should be renewed.  (h) Student transfers granted under this section constitute an independent agreement between the resident district and the receiving district and are not subject to the provisions and limitations of other student transfer laws.
AR Code § 6-18-317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 3 - Assignment|§ 6-18-317. Prohibited transfers

 (a) Boards of directors of local school districts are prohibited from granting legal transfers under § 6-18-316 when:  (1) Either the resident district or the receiving district is under a desegregation-related court order; and  (2) The transfer in question would violate the court order.    (b) Each form filed with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education reporting a legal student transfer must be accompanied by an affidavit signed by each member of both school district boards of directors stating that the transfer does not violate the prohibition set forth in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) If the transfer fails to comply with subsection (b) of this section, the division shall withhold from each district state aid in an amount equal to that to be generated by the student in question in the respective districts.
AR Code § 6-18-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 3 - Assignment|§ 6-18-319. District contacts

 (a) The superintendent of a school district, or the superintendent's designee, accepting the transfer of a student from another district in the state shall make proper inquiry of the parents or guardian of the student to determine whether the student has proper contacts or other legal right to be enrolled as a student in that district.  (b) The superintendent of the school district, or the superintendent's designee, shall promptly verify to the district from which the student transferred that the student has been approved for enrollment in the district after a determination that the student has a legal right to attend in the district.  (c) A school district from which the student transferred has the right to appeal the transfer of the student to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The school district to which the student transferred and the parents or guardian of the student shall have the burden to prove the transfer was proper.
AR Code § 6-18-320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 3 - Assignment|§ 6-18-320. Unsafe school choice program

 (a) Any student who becomes the victim of a violent criminal offense while in or on the grounds of an Arkansas public elementary, secondary, or public charter school or who is attending a persistently dangerous public school shall be allowed to attend a safe public school within the local educational agency under rules established by the State Board of Education.  (b) The state board may promulgate rules to administer this section.
AR Code § 6-18-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 5 - Discipline|§ 6-18-501. Duty of teachers, classified school employees, and volunteers

 (a) Every teacher shall seek to exercise wholesome discipline in his or her school and endeavor by precept and otherwise to instill and cultivate in the pupils good morals and gentle manners.  (b) Classified school employees and volunteers shall have as a minimum the responsibility to appropriately assist and support teachers in these efforts.
AR Code § 6-18-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 5 - Discipline|§ 6-18-504. Compliance with §§ 6-18-502 and 6-18-503

 (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall monitor compliance with the requirements of §§ 6-18-502 and 6-18-503, and the State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the administration of the requirements thereof.  (b) Any school district failing to file with the division disciplinary policies that meet the requirements of this subchapter shall have all state aid funds withheld until such disciplinary policies are filed with the division.  (c) Nothing in § 6-18-502, § 6-18-503, or this section, or any student discipline policies promulgated under § 6-18-502, shall limit or restrict the bringing of criminal charges against any person for violating the criminal laws of this state.
AR Code § 6-18-510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 18 - Students|Subchapter 5 - Discipline|§ 6-18-510. Enrollment during expulsion — School policy

 The board of directors of any school district may adopt a policy that any person who has been expelled as a student from any other school district may not enroll as a student until the time of the person's expulsion has expired, provided that the receiving school district board of directors affords the student the opportunity for a hearing at the time the student is seeking enrollment.