(a) The General Assembly is aware of the fact that:
(1) Many private career schools offering resident or correspondence programs in the State of Arkansas have contributed extensively to the well-being of the individuals and the business and industrial establishments which have benefited from that training; and
(2) There is a need for protection of the consumer and the ethical private career school operator.
(b) The General Assembly determines that the establishment of reasonable standards and licensing requirements for resident or correspondence schools, their program offerings, and their instructors and admissions representatives in the manner provided in this subchapter is essential in the public interest and in furtherance of the purposes stated above.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education
Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools
Subchapter 6 - Private Resident and Correspondence Schools
§ 6-51-601. Legislative intent
§ 6-51-604. Notice of possible violations — Responses — Injunctions
§ 6-51-605. State Board of Private Career Education
§ 6-51-606. School license generally
§ 6-51-607. Private Career School Student Protection Trust Fund
§ 6-51-608. Extension course sites and satellite schools — Additional school license
§ 6-51-609. Admissions representative’s license — Generally
§ 6-51-612. Penalty for operating school without license
§ 6-51-613. Contracts and promissory notes of unlicensed schools void — Recovery of tuition
§ 6-51-614. Denial, probation, or revocation of school license — Review
§ 6-51-615. Denial or suspension of admissions representative's license — Review — Penalty
§ 6-51-616. Student grievance procedure
§ 6-51-617. Private Career Education Arbitration Panel
§ 6-51-619. Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum
§ 6-51-621. Construction of subchapter
§ 6-51-622. Noncommercial driver training instruction