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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 547 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator D. Sullivan 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative S. Meeks 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT'S 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES AT 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | PRIVATE SCHOOLS; TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT LIVE WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR PURPOSES OF PARTICIPATING IN AN 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | Subtitle 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT LIVE WITHIN A 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | CERTAIN RADIUS OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | PURPOSES OF PARTICIPATING IN AN 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY. 22 |
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| 27 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24 |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 6 -15-510(b), concerning a homeschooled 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | student's participation in an interscholastic activity at a private school, 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | is amended to read as follows: 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (b) A private school may approve a homeschooled student to participate 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | in an interscholastic activity if : 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (1) The the homeschooled student or his or her parent notifies 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | the administrative head of the private school in writing: 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | (A)(1) Of the homeschooled student's request to 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | participate in the interscholastic activity before the signup, tryout, or 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | participation deadlines established for students enrolled in the private 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | school; and 36 SB547 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (B)(2) That the homeschooled student has demonstrated 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | academic eligibility by obtaining: 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | (i)(A) A minimum test score of the thirtieth 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | percentile on the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition, or another 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | nationally recognized norm -referenced test in the previous twelve (12) 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | months; or 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | (ii)(B) A minimum score on a test approved by the 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | State Board of Education ; and 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | (2) The homeschooled student lives within a twenty -five-mile 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | radius of the private school . 10 |
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