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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-1606 — under Students.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-1606

(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the Universal Assessment Program may provide each student in grades nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), or twelve (12) with the opportunity to take an assessment while in grades nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), or twelve (12) by using funding provided to public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools, including without limitation National School Lunch Act funds, 42 U.S.C. § 1751 et seq., to pay for the assessments as approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(b) Each public school district and open-enrollment public charter school shall allow a student to choose to take the following assessments under subsection (a) of this section:(1) One (1) of the following in grades nine (9) or ten (10):(A) The PreACT;(B) The PSAT 8/9;(C) The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test;(D) The PreACT 8/9;(E) The PSAT 10; or(F) The CLT 10; and(2) One (1) of the following in grade eleven (11):(A) The ACT test;(B) The SAT; or(C) The CLT.

(1) One (1) of the following in grades nine (9) or ten (10):(A) The PreACT;(B) The PSAT 8/9;(C) The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test;(D) The PreACT 8/9;(E) The PSAT 10; or(F) The CLT 10; and

(A) The PreACT;

(B) The PSAT 8/9;

(C) The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test;

(D) The PreACT 8/9;

(E) The PSAT 10; or

(F) The CLT 10; and

(2) One (1) of the following in grade eleven (11):(A) The ACT test;(B) The SAT; or(C) The CLT.

(A) The ACT test;

(B) The SAT; or

(C) The CLT.

(c) A public school district or an open-enrollment public charter school shall offer and enable a student, upon the student's request, to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery at the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school.