An act CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 10 2015, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas                    A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            SENATE BILL 436

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5 By: Senator A. Clark

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8                        For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF

10  2015; TO AMEND THE ABILITY OF A STUDENT WHO TRANSFERS

11  UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015 TO

12  PARTICIPATE IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY; AND FOR

13  OTHER PURPOSES.

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17                       TO AMEND THE ABILITY OF A STUDENT WHO

18                       TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

19                       ACT OF 2015 TO PARTICIPATE IN AN

20                       EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.

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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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24  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 6-18-1904(f)(1), concerning the

25 participation in an extracurricular activity of a student who transfers to

26 another public school or a nonresident district under the Public School

27 Choice Act of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

28  (f)(1)(A) A student who transfers to another public school or a

29 nonresident district under this subchapter shall not be:

30                       (A)(i) Denied participation in an extracurricular

31 activity at the public school or nonresident district to which he or she

32 transfers based exclusively on his or her decision to transfer to the public

33 school or nonresident district; or

34                       (B)(ii) Disciplined in any manner based exclusively

35 on the exercise of his or her right to transfer to another public school or a

36 nonresident district under this subchapter.

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1   (B) However, a student who transfers to another public

2 school or a nonresident district under this subchapter for two (2)

3 consecutive years may be prohibited by the public school or nonresident

4 district to which he or she transfers from participating in an

5 extracurricular activity at the public school or nonresident district for a

6 period of three hundred sixty-five (365) days.

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