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6-18-901. Maintenance of permanent student records.
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6-18-901. Maintenance of permanent student records.
(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 during enrollment in a school district in this state.
(b) The permanent student record shall include all information concerning educational programming including statewide student assessments required under the Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act, § 6-15-2901 et seq.
(c) Each school district shall maintain a permanent student record for each student.
(d)(1)(A) A copy of the permanent student record shall be provided to the receiving school district upon the transfer of a student to another district.
(B) The school district shall provide the copy of the student's permanent student record to the receiving school district within ten (10) school days after the date a request from the receiving school district is received.
(C) The school district shall not fail or refuse to provide a copy of the student's permanent student record to the receiving school district because the student owes money to the school district for school-related charges, including without limitation charges for:
(i) Food services;
(ii) Unreturned library books; or
(iii) Fees.
(2) Upon request by the Division of Youth Services, a copy of the education record, as defined by rules promulgated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall be transmitted to the Division of Youth Services within ten (10) school days.
(e) The permanent student record shall be maintained by each school district until the student receives a high scho
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-901
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6-18-901. Maintenance of permanent student records.
(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 during enrollment in a school district in this state.
(b) The permanent student record shall include all information concerning educational programming including statewide student assessments required under the Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act, § 6-15-2901 et seq.
(c) Each school district shall maintain a permanent student record for each student.
(d)(1)(A) A copy of the permanent student record shall be provided to the receiving school district upon the transfer of a student to another district.
(B) The school district shall provide the copy of the student's permanent student record to the receiving school district within ten (10) school days after the date a request from the receiving school district is received.
(C) The school district shall not fail or refuse to provide a copy of the student's permanent student record to the receiving school district because the student owes money to the school district for school-related charges, including without limitation charges for:
(i) Food services;
(ii) Unreturned library books; or
(iii) Fees.
(2) Upon request by the Division of Youth Services, a copy of the education record, as defined by rules promulgated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall be transmitted to the Division of Youth Services within ten (10) school days.
(e) The permanent student record shall be maintained by each school district until the student receives a high school diploma or its equivalent or is beyond the age for compulsory attendance under § 6-18-201.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the maintenance of a permanent student record by electronic database provided that a copy of the record can be produced for transmittal to another district upon the transfer of the student.
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6-15-2901. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2901
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6-18-201. Compulsory attendance — Exceptions.
(a) Under the penalty for noncompliance set by law, every parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis residing within the State of Arkansas and having custody or charge of a child five (5) years of age through seventeen (17) years of age on or before the date established in § 6-18-207 for the minimum age for enrollment in public school shall enroll and send the child to a public, private, or parochial school or provide a home school for the child, as described in § 6-15-501 et seq., with the following exceptions:
(1)(A) A parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of a child, or person standing in loco parentis residing within the state and having custody or charge of the child may elect for the child not to attend kindergarten if the child will not be six (6) years of age on the date established in § 6-18-207 for the minimum age for enrollment in public school of that school year.
(B)(i) If an election is made under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section, the parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis shall file a signed kindergarten waiver form with the local school district administrative office.
(ii) The kindergarten waiver form shall be prescribed by rule of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(C) Upon the filing of the kindergarten waiver form, the child shall not be required to attend kindergarten during that school year;
(2) A child who has received a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by the State Board of Education is not subject to the attendance requirement under this section;
(3) A child sixteen (16) years of age or older who is enrolled in
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-201
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-18-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.