(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description, exhibition, presentation, or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse when the material or performance, taken as a whole, has the following characteristics:
(A) The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary community standards would find that the material or performance has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest in sex to minors;
(B) The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary community standards would find that the material or performance depicts or describes nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse in a manner that is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable for minors; and
(C) The material or performance lacks serious literary, scientific, medical, artistic, or political value for minors; and
(2) “Public access computer” means a computer that:
(A) Is located in a public school;
(B) Is frequently or regularly used directly by a minor; and
(C) Is connected to any computer communication system.
(b) A public school that provides a public access computer shall equip the computer with technology that seeks to prevent minors from gaining access to material that is harmful to minors or obtain internet connectivity from an internet service provider that provides filter services to limit access to material that is harmful to minors. Standards and rules for the enforcement of this subsection shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education.
(c) A school district board of directors by a majority vote and after an opportunity for a notice and comment period of at least thirty (30) calendar days may vote to exclude the public schools under its authority from the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 6-21-101. Authority to permit use of public school buildings for community purposes
§ 6-21-102. Donation of laboratory equipment seized under drug paraphernalia law
§ 6-21-103. Authority to contract for military training equipment — Costs
§ 6-21-104. Distribution of surplus commodities in school lunch program
§ 6-21-105. Braille and large print textbooks
§ 6-21-106. Fire hazards inspection before closing for breaks
§ 6-21-107. Official computer use policy — Definitions
§ 6-21-109. Rules governing public works projects — Definition
§ 6-21-110. Rules governing disposition of school property — Definitions
§ 6-21-111. Appropriate computer usage for minors — Definitions
§ 6-21-112. Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation
§ 6-21-113. Advisory Committee on Public School Academic Facilities
§ 6-21-114. Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation — Created
§ 6-21-115. Name of division — Operation — Director
§ 6-21-116. Tornado shelter construction
§ 6-21-117. Leased academic facilities
§ 6-21-118. Taxation of public school buildings — Definition