(a)
(1) As used in this section, “public school” means:
(A) A school that is part of a public school district under the control and management of a local school district board of directors; or
(B) An open-enrollment public charter school.
(2) “Public school” includes the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, the Arkansas School for the Deaf, the Arkansas School for the Blind, and juvenile detention centers.
(b) The Director of the Division of Emergency Management shall require all public schools to conduct tornado safety drills not less than three (3) times per year in the months of September, January, and February.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 10 - General Provisions
§ 6-10-103. Prosecutions and fines
§ 6-10-104. Duty of prosecuting attorney
§ 6-10-106. Uniform dates for beginning and end of school year — Definition
§ 6-10-107. Notice of beginning of school term
§ 6-10-108. Twelve-month school year — Definition
§ 6-10-109. Special program for training parents of students
§ 6-10-110. Fire marshal program
§ 6-10-111. Equity Assistance Center
§ 6-10-112. Rent on Department of Education buildings
§ 6-10-113. Eye protection — Definitions
§ 6-10-114. Unlawful to discriminate — Penalties
§ 6-10-117. Four-day school week — Definition
§ 6-10-118. Information about the availability of ARKids First
§ 6-10-120. Adequate and equitable public education system
§ 6-10-121. Tornado safety drills — Definition
§ 6-10-122. Automated external defibrillators required
§ 6-10-123. School-based automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation programs
§ 6-10-124. Updating of school policies
§ 6-10-125. School district floor plan on file with emergency management coordinator — Definition
§ 6-10-126. Delay or early release of school due to emergency circumstances
§ 6-10-127. Making up missed school days
§ 6-10-128. School resource officers
§ 6-10-129. Efficiency in reporting — Definitions
§ 6-10-130. Use of English learner assessment scores
§ 6-10-132. Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act — Definition