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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-8-903

Primary prevention and risk avoidance programs

Acts 2019, No. 841, § 2.

(1) If an education program concerning risk behavior is provided to a youth by or through a state agency or public school, the education program shall utilize a primary prevention and risk avoidance program.

(2) Secondary prevention strategies that focus on risk reduction rather than risk avoidance may be used only after a primary prevention and risk avoidance strategy has been used.

(3) A state agency or public school may partner or contract with a person, firm, corporation, or other organization to provide a primary prevention and risk avoidance program or training under this subchapter.

(4) In order to ensure consistency among primary prevention strategies across the state, a program partner or contracted provider shall receive training from a trainer that shall: Have experience in providing primary prevention and risk avoidance programs;

(5) Have a reference from one (1) or more school districts;

(6) Have as its foundation programming based on: Risk avoidance;

(7) Evidence-based information; or

(8) Evidence-informed information; and

(9) Have at least five (5) years of experience in: Training;

(10) Implementing programs in the classroom and the community; and

(11) Collaborating with one (1) or more school districts and one (1) or more communities.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.