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Board approves broad package of policy updates to align with new state laws and ASBA numbering
Summary
The board approved multiple policy revisions to incorporate recent Arkansas legislative changes and renumber policies to align with Arkansas School Board Association guidance; updates cover attendance, transfers, harassment rules, discipline, extracurricular eligibility and more.
The Bentonville School District board approved a broad package of student- and discipline-related policy updates intended to reflect recent state legislative changes and to align district policy numbering with the Arkansas School Board Association (ASBA).
The superintendent’s staff presented a package that updated entrance requirements, compulsory attendance, student transfers and school choice policies to reflect Acts listed by staff (for example Act 501, Act 728, Act 918 among others). The package also updated absence rules to add excused absences for…
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