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| 2 | 2 | | *TNL022* 11/21/2024 11:03:26 AM TNL022 |
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| 3 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1051 3 |
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| 7 | 7 | | By: Representative Andrews 5 |
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| 8 | 8 | | By: Senator B. Davis 6 |
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| 10 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL START DATE 9 |
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| 12 | 12 | | REQUIREMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subtitle 13 |
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| 16 | 16 | | TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL START DATE 14 |
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| 17 | 17 | | REQUIREMENTS. 15 |
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| 19 | 19 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -10-106(a), concerning the first day of 19 |
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| 22 | 22 | | the school year for public schools, is amended to read as follows: 20 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a)(1)(A) Each school year, each public school district board of 21 |
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| 24 | 24 | | directors or governing entity of an open -enrollment public charter school 22 |
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| 25 | 25 | | shall establish by policy the first day of the school year for student 23 |
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| 26 | 26 | | attendance in public elementary and secondary schools shall be: 24 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (i) On or after the Monday of the week in which 25 |
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| 28 | 28 | | August 19 falls; 26 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (ii) Not earlier than August 14; and 27 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (iii) Not later than August 26. 28 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) The date for beginning the school year shall be 29 |
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| 32 | 32 | | determined by the board of directors of each school district The first day 30 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the school year for student attendance established under subdivision 31 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a)(1)(A) of this section shall comply with the number of student -teacher 32 |
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| 35 | 35 | | interaction days or hours required by the Standards for Accreditation of 33 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts established by the State Board 34 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of Education. 35 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (C)(2) Labor Day shall be celebrated as a school holiday in all 36 HB1051 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the school districts of the state, and school shall not be held on that date. 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (D)(3) As used in this section, “week” means a seven -day period 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | that begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday. 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may grant 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | a school district a waiver to begin school on an earlier or a later date if 5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the division determines that there exists a material and substantial reason 6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | for the school district to begin school on an earlier or a later date due to 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | very exceptional or emergency circumstances such as a contagious disease 8 |
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| 49 | 49 | | outbreak, inclement weather, or other acts of God. 9 |
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