2010 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary And Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 18 - Students
Subchapter 3 - Assignment
§ 6-18-319 - District contacts.

6-18-319. District contacts.

(a) The superintendent of a school district, or the superintendent's designee, accepting the transfer of a student from another district in the state shall make proper inquiry of the parents or guardian of the student to determine whether the student has proper contacts or other legal right to be enrolled as a student in that district.

(b) The superintendent of the school district, or the superintendent's designee, shall promptly verify to the district from which the student transferred that the student has been approved for enrollment in the district after a determination that the child has a legal right to attend in the district.

(c) A school district from which the student transferred has the right to appeal the transfer of the student to the Department of Education. The school district to which the student transferred and the parents or guardian of the student shall have the burden to prove the transfer was proper.