§ 6-21-812 - Facilities distress -- Student transfers.

6-21-812. Facilities distress -- Student transfers.

(a) (1) Any student attending a public school district classified as being in facilities distress shall automatically be eligible and entitled under the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 1989, 6-18-206, to transfer to another geographically contiguous 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 by July 1 but shall meet all other requirements and conditions of the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 1989, 6-18-206.

(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.