Title 6 — Education

(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…

(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 …

A.C.A. § 6-18-317Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A.C.A. § 6-18-318Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(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 …

(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 …

(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 responsibilit…

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish rules for the development of school district student discipline policies. (b) Such rules shall include without limitation the following requirements:(1) Parents, students, and school district personnel, includ…

(a) (1) (A) Each school district in this state shall develop written student discipline policies in compliance with the rules established by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall file the policies with the division.(B) The rules required under subdivision (…

(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 t…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Course time” means the number of hours of instruction devoted to a single subject during the school week;(2) “Expulsion” means dismissal from school for a period of time that exceeds ten (10) days;(3) “Nontraditional scheduling” means block or oth…

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 o…

(a) Consistent with state and federal law, a teacher may remove a student from class and send him or her to the principal's or principal's designee's office in order to maintain effective discipline in the classroom. (b) A teacher may remove from class a student:(1) Who has been …

Each school district shall adopt a policy providing for the seizure by school personnel of hand-held laser pointers in the possession of students.

(a) A school or school district shall comply with subsection (b) of this section if the school or school district with respect to a student under the age of eighteen (18):(1) Makes a report to any law enforcement agency concerning student misconduct;(2) Grants law enforcement per…

(a) The General Assembly finds that every public school student in this state has the right to receive his or her public education in a public school educational environment that is reasonably free from substantial intimidation, harassment, or harm or threat of harm by another st…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Emergency” means a serious, unexpected, and dangerous situation that requires immediate action, including without limitation:(A) An active fire;(B) An active tornado or earthquake;(C) An active shooter;(D) An evacuation of school grounds; or(E) A …

(a) As used in this section, “exclusionary disciplinary actions” means out-of-school suspension and expulsion. (b) (1) Annually, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall report at the school, school district, and state level the following data concerning exclusion…

As used in this subchapter, “public school fraternity, sorority, or other secret organization or society” means any type of organization or society that fosters undemocratic practices and seeks to perpetuate itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in that …

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each and every offense.

Any public school fraternity, sorority, or other secret organization or society as defined in this subchapter is declared to be inimical to public free schools and therefore unlawful.

(1) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to:(1) Fraternities, sororities, or secret societies of the University of Arkansas, any state teachers' college, or other state-supported institutions of junior college rank, or rank above junior college, or senior high school…

(1) It shall be the duty of school directors and boards of education, school inspectors, and other corporate authority managing and controlling any of the public schools of the state to suspend or expel from the schools under their control any pupil who shall:(1) Be or remain a m…

It shall be unlawful from and after the passage of this act for any person not enrolled in a public school of this state to solicit any pupil enrolled in a public school of this state to join or pledge himself or herself to become a member of a public school fraternity, sorority,…

It shall be unlawful for any public newspaper, periodical, or other publication to designate in its columns public school fraternity, sorority, or other secret organization or society as defined in § 6-18-601, or refer to such public school fraternity, sorority, or other secret o…

(a) The board of directors of a school district may appoint and provide for the payment of at least one (1) physician or nurse and assign the physician or nurse to the public schools of the district for the purpose of making physical examinations of the public school students as …

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no infant or child shall be admitted to a public or private school or childcare facility of this state who has not been age-appropriately immunized from poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, red (rubeola) measles, rubella, and oth…

(a) (1) (A) (i) No school-based health clinic may be established in a public school until requested by resolution by the school district board of directors, and no child shall receive school-based health clinic services without parental consent.(ii) Parental consent to contracept…

A.C.A. § 6-18-704Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) (1) Beginning with the 1991-1992 school year, any schools located in a school district in which forty percent (40%) or more of the students enrolled in the school on October 1 of the preceding school year were eligible for free or reduced-price meals shall establish a school …

(a) Each public school district shall provide a health services program under the direction of a licensed registered nurse in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas and Division of Elementary and Secondary Education rules. (b) In order to improve the health status and …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as “Alex's Law”. (b) As used in this section:(1) (A) “Epinephrine” means a neurotransmitter and a hormone that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of anaphylaxis.(B) “Epinephrine” o…

(a) A school district shall develop procedures concerning student physical activity in its public schools that include without limitation the recognition and management of the following events or conditions that may be encountered by a student during athletic training and physica…

(a) (1) Annually, a public school district shall participate in the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education health services survey related to:(A) On-campus healthcare needs of public school students;(B) On-campus healthcare services; and(C) The availability of health care …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Healthcare provider” means an allopathic or osteopathic physician, neuropsychologist, chiropractor or chiropractic physician, advanced practice registered nurse, certified athletic trainer, physician assistant, or physical therapist; and(2) (A) “Y…

(a) Upon written request of a parent or guardian of a student with diabetes and authorization by the treating physician of the student, a student in the classroom, in another area designated at the school, on school grounds, or at a school-related activity may:(1) Perform blood g…

(a) Each public school and open-enrollment charter school shall post a sign that contains the toll-free telephone number for the Child Abuse Hotline established by the Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police under § 12-18-301. (b) (1) The sign in su…

(a) As used in this section:(1) (A) “Athletic activity” means an organized athletic activity that is sponsored or associated with a school and in which the participants, a majority of whom are under nineteen (19) years of age, are: (i) Engaged in an athletic game or competition a…

(a) A student may possess and use a topical sunscreen to avoid overexposure to the sun without written authorization from a parent, legal guardian, or healthcare professional while on school property or at a school-related event or activity if the sunscreen is approved by the Uni…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act”. (b) As used in this section, “school” means a tax-supported kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) public school that participates in the United States Department of Agriculture …

(a) (1) As used in this section, “excess food” means any food that remains after a school has served breakfast and lunch to students during a school day.(2) “Excess food” does not include any food that has expired, been opened, or been consumed. (1) As used in this section, “exce…

(a) A public school or open-enrollment public charter school serving students in grades six through twelve (6-12) shall inform public school students of the availability of feminine hygiene products at no charge from the public school or open-enrollment public charter school in a…

(a) (1) Self-administration of a stress dose medication by a public school student with adrenal insufficiency while the student is at his or her public school, on his or her public school grounds, or at an activity related to his or her public school may be permitted with the aut…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Healthy Active Arkansas Schools Act”. (b) By the 2022-2023 school year, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall, in consultation with the Department of Health, develop guidance for public schools and open-e…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Seizure Safe Schools Act”. (b) As used in this section, “seizure action plan” means a written, individualized health plan designed to acknowledge and prepare for the healthcare needs of a student diagnosed with a seizure di…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Coach Safely Act”. (b) As used in this section:(1) “Association” means an organization that administers or conducts high-risk youth athletic activities on property that is owned, leased, managed, or maintained by the state,…

(a) Federal funds appropriated to the Department of Education for a child nutrition program shall be used to provide school breakfasts and lunches at no cost to each qualifying student. (b) (1) A public school that serves a school breakfast or a school lunch as part of a child nu…

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall consult and collaborate with the Criminal Justice Institute and the office of the Arkansas Drug Director to ensure that, no later than January 1, 2024, each public high school campus in the State of Arkansas has an opio…

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, at the direction of the State Board of Education and in cooperation with any other appropriate state agencies, shall develop and publish an itemized listing of all information to be maintained in a student's permanent record…