2016 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 18 - Students
Subchapter 2 - -- Attendance
§ 6-18-209. Adoption of student attendance policies -- Effect of unexcused absences
(a) The board of directors of each school district in this state shall adopt student attendance policies.
(b) Each school district, as a part of its six-year educational plan, shall develop strategies for promoting maximum student attendance, including, but not limited to, the use of alternative classrooms and in-school suspensions in lieu of suspension from school.
(c) A student attendance policy may include unexcused absences as a mandatory basis for denial of promotion or graduation.
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