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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 436 3
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By: Senator A. Clark 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 9
2015; TO AMEND THE ABILITY OF A STUDENT WHO TRANSFERS 10
UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015 TO 11
PARTICIPATE IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY; AND FOR 12
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TO AMEND THE ABILITY OF A STUDENT WHO 17
TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE 18
ACT OF 2015 TO PARTICIPATE IN AN 19
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY. 20
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 6 -18-1904(f)(1), concerning the 24
participation in an extracurricular activity of a student who transfers to 25
another public school or a nonresident district under the Public School 26
Choice Act of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 27
(f)(1)(A) A student who transfers to another public school or a 28
nonresident district under this subchapter shall not be: 29
(A)(i) Denied participation in an extracurricular 30
activity at the public school or nonresident district to which he or she 31
transfers based exclusively on his or her decision to transfer to the public 32
school or nonresident district; or 33
(B)(ii) Disciplined in any manner based exclusively 34
on the exercise of his or her right to transfer to another public school or a 35
nonresident district under this subchapter. 36 SB436
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(B) However, a student who transfers to another public 1
school or a nonresident district under this subchapter for two (2) 2
consecutive years may be prohibited by the public school or nonresident 3
district to which he or she transfers from participating in an 4
extracurricular activity at the public school or nonresident district for a 5
period of three hundred sixty -five (365) days. 6
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