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Board adopts policy updates on private-school student participation and student religious expression

Bentonville School District Board of Education · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The board approved updates to student policies including extracurricular activity eligibility for private-school students (aligning to Act 644 of 2025) and adjustments to religious-expression language tied to previously approved class-rank changes; staff clarified homeschool and private participation thresholds (30th percentile national assessment for admission).

Tanya Sharp presented two student-policy updates and asked the board to approve revisions intended to align district policy with state law. Sharp described the first change as an update to policy 4.56.0.3 on extracurricular activity eligibility for private-school students to align with Act 644 of 2025. She said the law allows private school…

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