2015 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary And Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 18 - Students
Subchapter 7 - Health
§ 6-18-708 - Health and safety in public schools.
(a) A school district shall develop procedures concerning student physical activity in its public schools that include without limitation the recognition and management of the following events or conditions that may be encountered by a student during athletic training and physical activities:
(1) A concussion, dehydration, or other health emergency;
(2) An environmental issue that threatens the health or safety of students; and
(3) A communicable disease.
(b) (1) Every three (3) years as part of the requirements for professional development, a person employed by a school district as an athletics coach shall complete training on the events and conditions identified in subsection (a) of this section.
(2) The training may include a component on best practices for a coach to educate parents of students involved in athletics on sports safety.
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