Under the provisions of the No Child Left Behind revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, any local school district that receives funding must certify in writing to the Arkansas Department of Education that it has no policy that prevents, or otherwise denies participation in, constitutonally protected prayer in public schools as set forth in the guidance referenced at the following web site.
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/religionandschools/prayer_guidance.html
To be in compliance for the 2006-2007 school year, each school district must complete the attached assurance form and return it to the Arkansas Department of Education as shown on the attachment.