School Choice forms are available in the APSD Superintendent's Office at 700 Clinton Street Dawson Building #3,
or click below to download a copy of the form.
Link to the School Choice form here.
The state deadline for submitting a School Choice application is May 1.
Completed applications can be brought to the Superintendent's office or mailed to the
APSD Administrative Office (P. O. Box 10 Arkadelphia, AR 71923) must be received or postmarked by May 1, 2025.
You can also email the completed application to rendi.currey@arkadelphiaschools.org
Contact Rendi Currey in the APSD Superintendent's Office at 870-246-1100 if you have any questions.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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 1st, 2025 and May 1st, 2025 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 (15th) 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 as long as the student attends that public school.
Superintendents of BOTH school districts must be notified by the parent of their school choice request.