Cord-Charlotte School District No. 8 v. Independence County Board of Education

I dissent from the holding in this case that a transfer of students from one school district to another is impermissible without the consent of the sending school district. The applicable statutes do not make such requirement, nor does Bell v. Howard County Training School, 236 Ark. 742, 368 S.W. 2d 266 (1963), the only case cited or relied upon by the majority opinion.

Two methods for the transfer of students are provided by the statutes. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 80-1528 (Repl. 1980), quoted in the majority opinion, applies only to adjoining districts (in the same or different counties) and allows…