This bill aims to enhance student safety by prohibiting public schools from scheduling, hosting, or requiring outdoor practices, scrimmages, games, or activities for extracurricular activities during periods when an excessive heat warning has been declared by the National Weather Service. The bill introduces a new section to the Arkansas Code, specifically 6-18-724, which defines "extracurricular activity" as any intraschool or interschool activity not included in the regular curriculum, such as athletic activities, fine arts programs, and special interest clubs.

Additionally, the bill specifies that this prohibition does not apply if the activity takes place in water or within a climate-controlled indoor facility. This legislative measure is designed to protect students from the risks associated with extreme heat conditions during outdoor activities.