---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ADOPT ATTENDANCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL VIRTUALLY OR REMOTELY."
description: "TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ADOPT ATTENDANCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL VIRTUALLY OR REMOTELY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 576"
citation: "Arkansas SB 576 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Cozart"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T18:17:28+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T20:00:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/224e5aab-dab4-4e2a-aacf-3f6f8cc6fde8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9c162251517e560ccce59fe7cb247be03ebcd667b7f98e8d5b8d950ce0a1c40a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas SB 576 (2021) — TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ADOPT ATTENDANCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL VIRTUALLY OR REMOTELY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB576-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 576** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB576.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Cozart — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-18T18:17:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:28:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T22:58:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T18:36:30+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T13:45:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-07T13:45:08+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-07T18:11:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-07T18:11:54+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:28:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:28:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T18:29:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-14T21:46:53+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-14T22:12:57+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:26:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T19:53:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:53:59+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:53:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:53:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:34:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:34:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T20:00:20+00:00** Notification that SB576 is now Act 897 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/224e5aab-dab4-4e2a-aacf-3f6f8cc6fde8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).