Opinion No.

Mr. Raymond Simon, Director Arkansas Department of Education #4 Capitol Mall Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1071

Dear Mr. Simon:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on several questions relating to the "Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 1989," as amended. Specifically, you pose the following questions, which I have numbered below:

1. Assuming that an Arkansas public school district is subject to the authority of a U.S. District Court order requiring that to the extent the school district accepts student transfers from outside the district those transfers must be accepted in a…