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unless the approval is prior to July 1 of the school year the student would have been enrolled in seventh (7 )
th
grade if the student were enrolled in public school.

A home-schooled student who is not a resident of the District and is prohibited under this policy from participating
in an interscholastic activity that is an athletic activity for one (1) calendar year may immediately participate in
rehearsals, tryouts, practices, auditions, classes, or other endeavors associated with the interscholastic activity.
Students who participate in extracurricular or athletic activities under this policy will be transported to and from
interscholastic activities on the same basis as other students are transported.
A student who withdraws from an Arkansas Activities Association member school to be home-schooled shall not
participate in an interscholastic activity in the resident school district for a minimum of three hundred sixty-five days
after the student withdraws from the member school.

Cross-Reference: 4.59---ACCADEMIC COURSE ATTENDANCE BY PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOME SCHOOL
STUDENTS
Legal References: A.C.A. § 6-15-509
A.C.A. § 6-16-151
A.C.A. § 6-18-232
A.C.A. § 6-18-713
Arkansas Activities Association Handbook
Commissioner’s Memo COM-18-009
Commissioner’s Memo LS-18-015
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Home Schools

Date Adopted: June 2013
Last Revised: June 2019

Drug Testing
Board Policy 4.24.1 – Extracurricular Drug Testing For Students in Grade 7-12

MISSION STATEMENT
The Nemo Vista School District recognizes that drug abuse is a significant health problem for students, detrimentally
affecting overall health, behavior, learning ability, reflexes, and the total development of each individual. The Nemo
Vista School District Board of Education is determined to help students by providing another option for them to say
“No”. Drug abuse includes, but is not limited to, the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and the misuse of legal drugs and
medications.

A. Purpose of a Chemical Abuse Policy:
1. To allow the students in the NVSD to know that the school is concerned about their total well-
being;
2. To assist students of the NVSD in resisting the peer pressure that directs them toward drug
use/misuse;
3. To establish high standards of conduct for students of the NVSD;
4. To emphasize concern for the health and safety of students while they are participating in activities
and to emphasize the long-term physical and emotional effects of drug and alcohol use/misuse on
their health;
5. To confirm and support laws which restrict the use/misuse of drugs;
6. To work cooperatively with custodial parent/legal guardian in keeping their children free from drug
abuse/misuse;
7. To assist student by referring them for counseling or rehabilitation regarding their use/misuse of
drugs;
8. To deter drug and alcohol use/misuse by all students through the use of random drug testing.