Rules Governing Public School Policies Relating to Overnight Travel and Use of Public School Lavatories, 6 CAR pt. 10

The Department of Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education seeks to amend its Rules Governing Public School Policies Relating to Overnight Travel and Use of Public School Lavatories.

A public hearing was held on June 8, 2026. The period expired June 15, 2026. The agency provided the following summary of public comments: Commenter Name: Tripp Walter, Arkansas Public School Resource Center COMMENT: 1.) Page 4, 6 CAR §10-103, Section (a): Correct statutory citation from “Arkansas Code §6-21-120” to “Arkansas Code §6-10- 137(b)”. 2.) Page 5, 6 CAR §10-103, Section (c)(2): No statute could be found to support this section. AGENCY RESPONSE: With respect to comment one, comment considered, a non-substantive change was made to correct an erroneous citation in the existing rule language. With respect to comment two, comment considered, no changes made. The comment addresses substantive language in the rule but outside the scope of the proposed amendment. Commenter Name: Lucas Harder, Arkansas School Board Association COMMENT: 6 CAR Part 10: 101(1): “Open-enrollment public charger school” should be “charter school”. AGENCY RESPONSE: Comment considered, a non-substantive change was made consistent with the comment. Changes A scrivener’s error was corrected in the first definition of the rule and an error in a statutory citation was corrected in the existing language of th

• Rule packet: E.3.b DOE DESE Rules Governing Public School Policies Relating to Overnight Travel and Act 119 of 2025
• ALC summary agenda Aug 20, 2026
• ALC agenda Aug 20, 2026
• ALC meeting video Aug 20, 2026