Ark. Code § 6-28-115

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 6-28-115 - Graduation - Testing
(a) In order to ensure the on-time graduation of a student under this chapter, a receiving district shall:
(1) Waive specific courses that are required for graduation if similar coursework has been satisfactorily completed by a student under the control of another public school or public school district; and
(2) If a waiver for a specific course under subdivision (a)(1) of this section is denied, the receiving district shall provide:
(A) Justification for the denial; and
(B) An alternative means by which the student can complete the required coursework so that the student can graduate on time.
(b)
(1) A receiving district shall accept results from:
(A) Exit or end-of-course exams that are required for graduation from the sending district;
(B) National norm-referenced achievement tests; or
(C) Alternative testing.
(2) A sending district shall award and a receiving district shall accept a diploma for a student under this chapter if the student:
(A) Meets the graduation requirements of the sending district;
(B) Transitions to the receiving district at the beginning of or during his or her senior year of high school; and
(C) Is deemed by the receiving district to be ineligible for graduation after all reasonable alternatives under this section have been considered.

Ark. Code § 6-28-115

Added by Act 2021, No. 1031,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.