(a)
(1) Any student attending a public school district classified as being in facilities distress shall automatically be eligible and entitled under the Public School Choice Act of 2015, § 6-18-1901 et seq., to transfer to another school district not in facilities distress during the time period that a district is classified as being in facilities distress.
(2) The student is not required to file a petition to transfer by May 1 but shall meet all other requirements and conditions of the Public School Choice Act of 2015, § 6-18-1901 et seq.
(b) The resident district shall pay the cost of transporting the student from the resident district to the nonresident district.
(c) The nonresident district shall count the student for average daily membership purposes.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies
Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act
§ 6-21-804. Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program
§ 6-21-805. Academic Facilities Master Plan Program — Purpose
§ 6-21-806. Academic Facilities Master Plan Program — School districts
§ 6-21-807. Academic Facilities Master Plan Program — State plan
§ 6-21-808. Public School Facilities Custodial, Maintenance, Repair, and Renovation Manual
§ 6-21-809. Arkansas Public School Academic Facility Manual
§ 6-21-810. Public School Academic Equipment Manual
§ 6-21-811. Academic Facilities Distress Program
§ 6-21-812. Facilities distress — Student transfers
§ 6-21-815. Right of access to unused or underutilized public school facilities — Definition