- (a) Any student attending a public school district classified as being in facilities distress shall automatically be eligible and entitled under the Public School Choice Act of 2015, Arkansas Code § 6-18-1901 et seq., to transfer to another school district not in facilities distress during the time period that a district is classified as being in facilities distress.
- (b) The student is not required to file a petition to transfer by May 1 but shall meet all other requirements and conditions of the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 2015, Arkansas Code § 6-18-1901 et seq.
- (c) The resident district shall pay the cost of transporting the student from the resident district to the nonresident district.
- (d) The nonresident district shall count the student for average daily membership purposes.