Overnight trips

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-137 — under General Provisions.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-137

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that sponsors or supervises an overnight trip involving a public school student shall ensure that a public school student attending the overnight trip either:(1) Shares sleeping quarters with a member or, if necessary, multiple members, of the same sex; or(2) Is provided single-occupancy sleeping quarters.

(1) Shares sleeping quarters with a member or, if necessary, multiple members, of the same sex; or

(2) Is provided single-occupancy sleeping quarters.

(b) A public school student attending an overnight trip may share sleeping quarters with a member of the opposite sex if the member of the opposite sex is a member of the public school student's immediate family.