{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-15-2909","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-2909","heading":"Public availability of test instruments and scores","body":"(a) Any material containing the personally identifiable information, including without limitation identifiable scores, of individual students on any test taken under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be: (1) Considered a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.; or (2) Disseminated or otherwise made available to the public by a member of the State Board of Education, an employee of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, a member of the board of directors of a school district, an employee of a school district, or any other person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g , as it existed on January 1, 2017. (b) All analyses, reports, and compilations of test scores that do not contain personally identifiable information are a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., if the release complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g , as it existed on January 1, 2017, and with § 6-18-109 . (c) In order to protect the validity and reliability of statewide student assessments, the test instruments shall not be made available to the public. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1300, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2017, No. 930,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\n(a) Any material containing the personally identifiable information, including without limitation identifiable scores, of individual students on any test taken under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be: (1) Considered a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.; or (2) Disseminated or otherwise made available to the public by a member of the State Board of Education, an employee of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, a member of the board of directors of a school district, an employee of a school district, or any other person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g , as it existed on January 1, 2017.\n\n(1) Considered a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.; or\n\n(2) Disseminated or otherwise made available to the public by a member of the State Board of Education, an employee of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, a member of the board of directors of a school district, an employee of a school district, or any other person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g , as it existed on January 1, 2017.\n\n(b) All analyses, reports, and compilations of test scores that do not contain personally identifiable information are a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., if the release complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g , as it existed on January 1, 2017, and with § 6-18-109 .\n\n(c) In order to protect the validity and reliability of statewide student assessments, the test instruments shall not be made available to the public.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 15","Subchapter 29"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"8bb346d3d11d8d8c434b8eac9e3f8b3ebb581f4c94e37ab1593e1a165f611ef8","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-15-2908","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-15-2910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}