(a) When the Division of Higher Education finds that a school is guilty of a violation of this subchapter or the rules of the division, it shall have the power and authority to impose a penalty on the school.
(b) Prior to the imposition of any penalty, the division shall hold an investigation and hearing after notice to the school.
(c)
(1) Upon imposition of a penalty, the division shall have the power and authority to require that the school pay a penalty to the division with regard to the violation, with the sanction that the license may be suspended until the penalty is paid.
(2) No penalty imposed by the division may exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per violation.
(d) Any school dissatisfied with the penalties imposed may seek judicial review, provided the school files notice of appeal in Pulaski County Circuit Court within fifteen (15) calendar days immediately following the date of notification of this action by the Director of the Division of Higher Education.
(e) The power and authority of the division to impose these penalties shall not be affected by any other civil or criminal proceeding concerning the same violation.
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