Rules — Appeal

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-1907 — under Students.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-18-1907

(a) The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.

(b) (1) A student whose application for a transfer under § 6-18-1905 is rejected by a nonresident district or a resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district may request a hearing before the state board to reconsider the transfer.(2) (A) A request for a hearing before the state board under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be in writing and shall be postmarked no later than ten (10) days after the student or the student's parent or legal guardian, as applicable, receives a notice of rejection of the application under § 6-18-1905.(B) As part of the review process, a student or a parent or legal guardian of the student may submit supporting documentation that the transfer would be in the best educational, social, or psychological interest of the student.(3) If the state board overturns the determination of the nonresident district or the resident district if the student applied to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district on appeal, the state board shall notify the parent, the nonresident district, if applicable, and the resident district of the basis for the state board's decision.(4) A student is not permitted to request a hearing before the state board if his or her application for a transfer is rejected due to the application's not being timely received by both the resident district and the nonresident district, if applicable.

(1) A student whose application for a transfer under § 6-18-1905 is rejected by a nonresident district or a resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district may request a hearing before the state board to reconsider the transfer.

(2) (A) A request for a hearing before the state board under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be in writing and shall be postmarked no later than ten (10) days after the student or the student's parent or legal guardian, as applicable, receives a notice of rejection of the application under § 6-18-1905.(B) As part of the review process, a student or a parent or legal guardian of the student may submit supporting documentation that the transfer would be in the best educational, social, or psychological interest of the student.

(A) A request for a hearing before the state board under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be in writing and shall be postmarked no later than ten (10) days after the student or the student's parent or legal guardian, as applicable, receives a notice of rejection of the application under § 6-18-1905.

(B) As part of the review process, a student or a parent or legal guardian of the student may submit supporting documentation that the transfer would be in the best educational, social, or psychological interest of the student.

(3) If the state board overturns the determination of the nonresident district or the resident district if the student applied to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district on appeal, the state board shall notify the parent, the nonresident district, if applicable, and the resident district of the basis for the state board's decision.

(4) A student is not permitted to request a hearing before the state board if his or her application for a transfer is rejected due to the application's not being timely received by both the resident district and the nonresident district, if applicable.