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LIST: Arkansas school mask policies


FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school. As the school year gets closer, districts in Arkansas are making decisions on whether masks will be optional or required for students and staff. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school. As the school year gets closer, districts in Arkansas are making decisions on whether masks will be optional or required for students and staff. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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As the school year gets closer, districts in Arkansas are making decisions on whether masks will be optional or required for students and staff.

These decisions come days after a Pulaski County Circuit Court judge blocked a new state law that bans local and state mask mandates.

Schools requiring masks for students and staff:

  • Academics Plus Public Charter Schools
  • Alpena School District
  • Arkadelphia School District
  • Arkansas Lighthouse Academies
  • Atkins School District
  • Bald Knob School District
  • Barton School District
  • Batesville School District
  • Bay School District
  • Beebe School District
  • Bentonville School District
  • Berryville School District
  • Booneville School District
  • Bradford School District
  • Brinkley School District
  • Bryant School District
  • Camden Fairview School District
  • Carlisle School District
  • Charleston School District
  • Cleveland School District (partial)
  • Conway School District
  • Dardanelle School District
  • El Dorado School District
  • England School District
  • eSTEM Public Charter School
  • Eureka Springs School District
  • Farmington School District
  • Fayetteville School District
  • Forrest City School District
  • Fort Smith School District
  • Greenwood School District
  • Guy-Perkins School District
  • Hope School District
  • Hot Springs School District
  • Jacksonville North Pulaski School District
  • Jonesboro School District
  • Lake Hamilton School District
  • Lakeside School District(Chicot)
  • Lakeside School District(Garland)
  • Lee County School District
  • LISA Academy
  • Little Rock School District
  • Magnolia School District
  • Marion School District
  • Mccrory School District
  • Mcgehee School District
  • Mountain Home School District
  • Mountain View School District
  • North Little Rock School District
  • Osceola School District
  • Palestine-Wheatley School District
  • Pine Bluff School District
  • Prairie Grove School District
  • Pulaski County Special School District
  • Rogers School District
  • Russellville School District
  • Salem School District
  • Searcy School District
  • Shirley School District
  • South Conway (Morrilton) School District
  • Springdale School District (partial)
  • Star City School District
  • Stuttgart School District
  • Strong/Huttig School District
  • Trumann School District
  • Two Rivers School District
  • Valley View School District
  • Warren School District
  • Watson Chapel School District
  • West Fork School District
  • West Side School District (Cleburne)
  • Westside Cons. School District (Craighead)
  • Westwind School for Performing Arts
  • White Hall School District
  • Wonderview School District
  • Wynne School District

Schools making masks optional for students and staff:

  • Alma Public Schools
  • Arkansas School for the Deaf
  • Ashdown Public Schools
  • Bauxite School District
  • Benton School District
  • Bergman School District
  • Blevins School District
  • Blytheville School District
  • Cabot School District
  • Crossett School District
  • Dequeen Schoool District
  • Elkins School District
  • Fordyce School District
  • Greenbrier School District
  • Hamburg School District
  • Heber Springs School District
  • Hoxie School District
  • Marmaduke School District
  • Mena School District
  • Mountainburg School District
  • Mulberry/Please View Bi-County Schools
  • Nashville School District
  • Ozark School District
  • Paragould School District
  • Parkers Chapel School District
  • Riverview School District
  • Scranton School District
  • Searcy County School District
  • Sheridan School District
  • Siloam Springs School District
  • Sloan-Hendrix School District
  • Smackover/Norphlet School District
  • Southside School District (Independence)
  • Valley Springs School District
  • West Memphis School District
  • Woodlawn School District
  • Yellville-Summit School District

Meanwhile, other school districts across the state are still deciding whether or not to require masks.

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