Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §§ 20-7-109, 6-18-702, 6-60-501 - 504, 20-78-206 and 25-15-201 et. seq., notice is hereby given that the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) will hold a public hearing on proposed revisions to the Rules Governing Immunization Requirements to repeal the rules and regulations pertaining to the kindergarten through 12th-grade immunization requirements pursuant to Act 244 of 1967, Act 633 of 1973 and Act 871 of 1997 to its Rules and replacing them by the adoption of rules and regulations pertaining to the kindergarten through 12th-grade immunization requirements for the Arkansas Department of Education as required by the Arkansas State Board of Health and Arkansas Department of Health. The public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in the ADE Auditorium of the Arch Ford Education Building, located at Four Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Written comments should be mailed by Tuesday, April 27, 2010, to:
Dee Cox
Office of Special Programs, Room 305B
Arkansas Department of Education
Four Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
Questions or inquiries should be directed to Paula Smith with Coordinated School Health at the Arkansas Department of Education by calling 501-683-3600. A copy of the proposed Rules is attached to this Commissioner’s Memo.