PEA RIDGE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas school district violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by removing some students until they were tested for HIV, the U.S. Justice Department says.

The Pea Ridge School District removed three students, all foster children, from school in 2013 after it received documents regarding the HIV status of one of their family members. They returned to school several days later, before the district received the results, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2i6pwlx ) reported.

A student's actual or perceived HIV status isn't a permissible basis fo...