Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 18 - STUDENTS (§§ 6-18-101 — 6-18-2608) › Subchapter 2 - ATTENDANCE (§§ 6-18-201 — 6-18-236) › Section 6-18-235 - Attendance of international exchange student - Required - Definitions

(a)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Host family" means the individual or family with whom an international exchange student is placed by an international student exchange visitor placement organization under the International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act, §
6-18-1701
et seq.; and
(2)
"International exchange student" means a student who is placed with a host family by an international student exchange visitor placement organization under the International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act, §
6-18-1701
et seq.
(b)
A public school in the public school district in which a host family resides shall admit for enrollment and attendance at the public school an international exchange student who has been placed with the host family.
(c)
A public school district that admits an international exchange student may:
(1)
(A)
Upon his or her arrival, require the international exchange student to submit to quarantine to prevent the spread of infectious diseases as may be necessary.
(B)
A quarantine required under subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section shall not exceed seven (7) days unless otherwise recommended by the Department of Health or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(2)
Expel or suspend the international exchange student from the public school based on a:
(A)
Violation of the school district's written student discipline policies, as required under §
6-18-507
; or
(B)
Danger that the international exchange student presents to the students attending and individuals employed by the school district; and
(3)
(A)
Establish a limit on the total number of international exchange students each public school within the public school district may accept for enrollment in each public school.
(B)
A limit established for a public school under subdivision (c)(3)(A) of this section shall be no fewer than one (1) international exchange student per fifty (50) students enrolled in the public school in which the international exchange student intends to enroll according to the school's average daily membership in the school year immediately preceding the current school year.
(d)
A public school district shall have the option of whether or not to:
(1)
(A)
Include test results achieved by an international exchange student enrolled in the public school district in state-mandated assessments.
(B)
A public school district shall include or exclude the test results achieved by each international exchange student enrolled in the public school as a group; and
(2)
Provide English-language services.
(e)
Before a public school district is required to accept an international exchange student under this section, the public school district may require the international student exchange visitor placement organization under the International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act, §
6-18-1701
et seq., that is placing the international exchange student to:
(1)
Be certified by the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel;
(2)
Provide documented proof of the international exchange student's English proficiency; and
(3)
Notify the public school district at least three (3) weeks before the beginning of the academic semester in which the international exchange student is planning to enroll in the public school district.
Added by Act 2023, No. 426,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.