POYEN SCHOOL DISTRICT

This is a public announcement. Public School Choice in Arkansas allows students to attend a public school in a district
other than the one in which they reside. Applications for students in the following counties: Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot
Spring, Pike and Saline; must be postmarked, emailed or hand delivered between January 1 st , 2026 and June 1 st , 2026 to
qualify for provisions under the Arkansas Public School Choice ACT 2015.
Pursuant to standards adopted by a non-resident school board, a non-resident district may reserve the right to accept
and reject applicants based on capacity of programs, class, grade level or school building. Likewise, a non-resident
district’s standards may provide for the rejection of an applicant based upon the submission of false or misleading
information to the above-listed request for information when that information directly impacts the legal qualifications
of an applicant to transfer pursuant to the School Choice Act. However, a non-resident district’s standards shall not
include an applicant’s previous academic achievement, athletic or other extra-curricular ability, handicapping conditions,
English proficiency level, or previous disciplinary proceedings, except that an expulsion from another district may be
included pursuant to Ark. Code 6-18-510. Priority will be given to applicants with siblings attending the district. The non-
resident district shall accept credits toward graduation that were awarded by another district and award a diploma to a
non-resident applicant if the applicant meets the non-resident district’s graduation requirements. The Superintendent
shall notify the parent and the student’s resident district, in writing, no later than the fifteenth (15 th ) calendar day
following the receipt of an application, of the decision to accept or reject the application. Transfers shall be granted on a
non-discriminatory basis. Students who have been accepted and enrolled in previous years do not have to reapply as
approved transfers remain valid for a s long as the student attends that public school.
Superintendents of BOTH school districts must be notified by the parent of their school choice request.
Students may now transfer intradistrict through the school choice process.