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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 6-61-101. Definition - As used in §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209,...
§ 6-61-102. Applicability of §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 [repealed], 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-306 [repealed], 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-524, 6-61-601 — 6-61-603, and 6-61-604 — 6-61-612 [repea... - SAU-Tech and South Arkansas Community College shall be exempt from...
§ 6-61-103. Powers and duties of existing governing boards unaffected by §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 [repealed], 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-306 [repealed], 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-524, 6-61-60... - Nothing in §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211...
§ 6-61-104. Program transfers - In the event that a program is transferred from one...
§ 6-61-105. Course in American history or civil government required - (a) A state-supported institution of higher education shall not grant...
§ 6-61-107. Courses in conservation of natural resources — Teachers required to take course - All of the state institutions of higher education shall give...
§ 6-61-108. Eye protection required - (a) Every student and teacher in the colleges and universities...
§ 6-61-110. Testing of entering freshmen for remedial courses - (a) A first-time entering freshman at a state-supported institution of...
§ 6-61-111. Student assessment programs - (a) Beginning with the fall 1991 semester, each state-supported institution...
§ 6-61-112. Student or student's spouse called into military service - (a) A student who ceases attendance at a state-supported postsecondary...
§ 6-61-113. References to race - All public institutions of higher education in this state shall...
§ 6-61-121. Higher education minority retention programs — Definition - For purposes of this section and § 6-61-122, the term...
§ 6-61-122. Higher education minority retention programs — Establishment — Reports - (a) All state-supported colleges and universities shall establish a program...
§ 6-61-123. Meningococcal disease warning - Each college or university shall advise students and their parents...
§ 6-61-124. Reporting minority students who complete an education program — Definitions - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Endorsed areas”...
§ 6-61-125. American Sign Language as foreign language - The American Sign Language may qualify as a foreign language...
§ 6-61-126. Electronic communication — Privacy policy - (a) Each public postsecondary institution in Arkansas shall adopt a...
§ 6-61-127. Arkansas Higher Education Performance Reporting System - (a) (1) The Division of Higher Education, in consultation with...
§ 6-61-128. Restrictions on use of social security numbers - No public or private institution of higher education shall: (1)...
§ 6-61-129. Establishment of centers of excellence — Definition - (a) For purposes of this section, “center of excellence” means...
§ 6-61-130. Institutional advice for university course work and degree completion - (a) The purpose of this section is to ensure that...
§ 6-61-131. Student accounts receivable policies at two-year institutions of higher education — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “two-year institution of higher...
§ 6-61-132. Academic advising on transferability of coursework - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Academic advising is...
§ 6-61-133. Professional development for mandated reporters and licensed elementary and secondary public school personnel — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Child maltreatment” means...
§ 6-61-134. Associate of applied science degree — Mathematics requirement - (a) An applicable and appropriate nonremedial mathematics course is: (1)...
§ 6-61-135. False academic credential - (a) As used in this section, “false academic credential” means...
§ 6-61-136. Establishment of an accrediting agency - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 6-61-137. Presentation of expenditure data by state-supported institutions of higher education — Definition - (a) (1) As used in this section, “expenditure data” means...
§ 6-61-138. Posthumous degrees - (a) Each institution of higher education is encouraged to establish...
§ 6-61-139. Emergency or security records or information — Disclosure exempted - The following records or other information is confidential and not...
§ 6-61-140. Panic button alert systems - (a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, a state-supported institution...
§ 6-61-141. Duplication of services - An institution of higher education that has its main campus,...
Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board
§ 6-61-201. Members — Meetings - (a) (1) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall consist...
§ 6-61-202. Powers and duties generally - (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher...
§ 6-61-203. Director and staff — Funds — Central office - (a) (1) (A) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall...
§ 6-61-204. Advisory committees and councils - (a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Presidents...
§ 6-61-205. Master plan - (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher...
§ 6-61-206. Studies, surveys, evaluations, etc - In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education...
§ 6-61-207. Role and scope designations - (a) (1) In order to promote a coordinated system of...
§ 6-61-208. New units of instruction, research, and public service - (a) (1) In order to promote a coordinated system of...
§ 6-61-209. Budgets - In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education...
§ 6-61-212. State agency for federal programs - In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education...
§ 6-61-213. Administration of trusts, endowments, etc - (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher...
§ 6-61-214. Review of existing degree programs — Minimum standards - (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher...
§ 6-61-215. Student tuition and fees — Reporting - Annually, by July 1, the Division of Higher Education shall...
§ 6-61-216. Transfer students - (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher...
§ 6-61-217. Minimum core courses for college prep - (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher...
§ 6-61-218. Minimum college core — Transferability - To promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas...
§ 6-61-220. Retention and graduation rate information - (a) (1) Accurate information about the retention and graduation rates...
§ 6-61-221. Reporting of graduates requiring postsecondary remediation - (a) (1) The Division of Higher Education shall collect information...
§ 6-61-222. Financial condition report - (a) (1) The Division of Higher Education shall prepare a...
§ 6-61-226. Guidelines for course review - (a) (1) Arkansas public colleges and universities shall submit to...
§ 6-61-227. Annual transfer credit report - All public institutions of higher education and any participating private...
§ 6-61-231. Statewide transfer agreement — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Designated transfer degree”...
§ 6-61-232. Maximum semester hours required for a degree program - (a) (1) An associate degree program shall require no more...
§ 6-61-234. Productivity-based funding model - (a) (1) (A) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall...
Subchapter 3 - Establishment and Expansion
§ 6-61-301. Incorporation generally - (a) (1) (A) An individual shall incorporate under the applicable...
§ 6-61-302. Incorporation and certification — Advisory committee - (a) To assist the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board in...
§ 6-61-303. Expansion of institutions - (a) The General Assembly recognizes the necessity of the state...
§ 6-61-304. Review of existing programs of higher education - In order to provide for the orderly development, coordination, financing,...
§ 6-61-305. Encouragement of participation by private institutions - The Division of Higher Education staff and the Arkansas Higher...
Subchapter 4 - Grant Programs
§ 6-61-401. State Student Incentive Grant Program - (a) The Division of Higher Education, in accordance with policy...
§ 6-61-402. Contracts and cooperation with Southern Regional Education Board - (a) (1) The boards of trustees of the state-supported senior...
Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally
§ 6-61-501. Definitions - As used in this section, §§ 6-61-502 — 6-61-524, and...
§ 6-61-502. Establishment authorized - Pursuant to the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52,...
§ 6-61-503. Millage tax - (a) The tax authorized to be levied under Arkansas Constitution,...
§ 6-61-504. Division of Community Junior Colleges created - The Director of the Division of Higher Education shall establish...
§ 6-61-505. State Community College Board - (a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is authorized to...
§ 6-61-506. Administration of funds - (a) All federal and other funds provided to the state...
§ 6-61-507. Formation of districts — Feasibility study - Upon request of a citizens' group representing a proposed community...
§ 6-61-508. Formation of district — Minimum requirements for establishment - Prior to the calling of an election for the establishment...
§ 6-61-509. Formation of district — Limitation on number - (a) (1) No certificate of feasibility for the formation of...
§ 6-61-510. Formation of district — Election — Petition - (a) Upon certification of the State Community College Board that...
§ 6-61-511. Formation of district — Election — Notification to county board of election commissioners - Within ten (10) days of the receipt and verification by...
§ 6-61-512. Formation of district — Election — Date - The date of the election shall be set by the...
§ 6-61-513. Formation of district — Election — Ballot - (a) The State Community College Board shall specify the wording...
§ 6-61-514. Formation of district — Election — Conduct - The election shall be conducted by the county board of...
§ 6-61-515. Formation of district — Election — Results - (a) (1) If a majority of the qualified electors of...
§ 6-61-516. Formation of district — Election — Reconstituted district - If the election fails because of an adverse vote in...
§ 6-61-517. Formation of district — Ad valorem taxes - (a) The ad valorem tax levied by a district, or...
§ 6-61-518. Reconstituted districts - (a) When it is proposed that a county or city...
§ 6-61-519. Dissolution of district — Reduction or repeal of tax - (a) A community college district may be dissolved or the...
§ 6-61-520. Local boards — Establishment — Members - (a) The local control of each community college shall be...
§ 6-61-521. Local boards — Powers and duties - The powers and duties of the local board shall be...
§ 6-61-522. Limitations on operations - (a) [Repealed.] (b) (1) Participation of community colleges in intercollegiate...
§ 6-61-523. Student fees - (a) Tuition. (1) The intent of §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103,...
§ 6-61-524. Agreements for sharing of facilities, personnel, and services - (a) Community colleges established under the authority of Arkansas Constitution,...
§ 6-61-525. Housing allowance - Upon approval by the appropriate community college or technical college...
§ 6-61-528. University Center of Arkansas Northeastern College - (a) In order to provide the residents of northeastern Arkansas...
§ 6-61-529. Local boards — Appointment or election of members - (a) (1) Within sixty (60) days after April 19, 1995,...
§ 6-61-530. Local boards — School district representation - (a) If the members of the local board of a...
§ 6-61-531. Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy — Establishment - (a) The Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy is established...
§ 6-61-532. Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy — Operation - (a) (1) (A) The Director of the Arkansas Heavy Equipment...
§ 6-61-533. Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy — Funding - (a) (1) All legislatively appropriated funds, tuitions, grant moneys, and...
§ 6-61-534. Southeast Arkansas College — Priorities - A high priority of the Southeast Arkansas College is to...
Subchapter 6 - Community Colleges — Finances
§ 6-61-601. General operations — State funds - (a) Funds for the general operation of an adequate comprehensive...
§ 6-61-602. General operations — Millage taxes - (a) The local board of a community college may: (1)...
§ 6-61-603. Capital outlays generally - Capital outlay expenses shall be paid from gifts, grants, profits...
§ 6-61-613. Purchases from board members and employees - (a) (1) The board of directors of each community college...
Subchapter 7 - Rich Mountain Community College
§ 6-61-701. Legislative findings and purpose - (a) In the passage of this subchapter, the General Assembly...
§ 6-61-702. Definition — Name of district and college - (a) Whenever the term “Polk County community college district”, “the...
§ 6-61-703. Subchapter cumulative - The provisions of this subchapter shall be cumulative to the...
§ 6-61-704. Transfer of title to certain land - Title to the following-described lands in Polk County, State of...
§ 6-61-705. Operation as a comprehensive institution - The community college in Polk County shall be operated as...
§ 6-61-706. Employees - (a) (1) If the presidents and the boards of trustees...
§ 6-61-708. Building trades construction program - Rich Mountain Community College is hereby authorized to participate in...
Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Research Development Act
§ 6-61-801. Title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Research Development...
§ 6-61-802. Intent - It is the intent of this subchapter to provide a...
§ 6-61-803. Arkansas Research Development Program created — Administration - There is created a program to be known as the...
§ 6-61-807. Funds — Uses - Funds may be made available for administration of the Arkansas...
§ 6-61-808. Applications for funds - (a) Application for the funds provided for the Arkansas Research...
Subchapter 9 - Office of Accountability
§ 6-61-901. Purpose - In order to enhance the public's access to performance indicators...
§ 6-61-902. Office of Accountability within Division of Higher Education - (a) There is created the Office of Accountability within the...
Subchapter 10 - Technical College and Community College Capital Improvement Act of 1993
§ 6-61-1001. Title - This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited...
§ 6-61-1002. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 6-61-1003. Issuance of bonds - The board of trustees is authorized and empowered to issue...
§ 6-61-1004. Authorization of bond issue — Terms of authorizing resolution - (a) The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the...
§ 6-61-1005. Additional terms of authorizing resolution - (a) The authorizing resolution may provide for the execution by...
§ 6-61-1006. Signature on bonds - Bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature...
§ 6-61-1007. Interest on bonds - The bonds shall be registrable as to principal and interest,...
§ 6-61-1008. Sale of bonds - (a) Bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter may be sold...
§ 6-61-1009. Liability - (a) The bonds shall be revenue bonds secured solely by...
§ 6-61-1010. Authority of Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board - (a) The board of trustees shall not issue any bonds...
§ 6-61-1011. Authority of board of trustees — Issuance of bonds - (a) For the purpose of and in connection with the...
§ 6-61-1012. Authority of board of trustees — Financing a project - The board of trustees is authorized and empowered to enter...
§ 6-61-1013. Authority of board of trustees — Refunding bonds - (a) The board of trustees has the power to and...
§ 6-61-1014. Authority of board of trustees — Use of available funds - The board of trustees is authorized to utilize any funds...
Subchapter 11 - University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
§ 6-61-1105. Model programs - (a) The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith shall seek...
§ 6-61-1106. Employment models - In order to accommodate the development and delivery of curricula,...
§ 6-61-1108. Sports programs - (a) The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith's participation in...
Subchapter 14 - Common Course Numbering System
§ 6-61-1401. Purpose - The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in collaboration with all...
§ 6-61-1402. Courses included in the common course numbering system - (a) (1) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in collaboration...
§ 6-61-1403. Additions or alterations - (a) The Director of the Division of Higher Education shall...
§ 6-61-1404. Course listings - Each state-supported institution of higher education shall include the common...
§ 6-61-1405. Participation by institutions of higher education that are not state-supported - An institution of higher education that is not state-supported may...
§ 6-61-1406. Courses review - The Division of Higher Education shall: (1) Regularly schedule reviews...
§ 6-61-1407. Data collection - (a) The Division of Higher Education shall adopt policies for...
Subchapter 15 - Electrical Energy Advancement Program
§ 6-61-1501. Arkansas Statewide Energy Consortium - (a) There is created the Arkansas Statewide Energy Consortium consisting...
§ 6-61-1502. Electrical Energy Advancement Program Fund Board - (a) The Electrical Energy Advancement Program Fund Board is created...
§ 6-61-1503. Duties - (a) (1) The Electrical Energy Advancement Program Fund Board shall...
Subchapter 16 - Arkansas Energy Summary and Report
§ 6-61-1601. Findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) There is a need...
§ 6-61-1602. Institutional Energy Research Committee — Creation — Purpose - (a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall coordinate the...
§ 6-61-1603. Arkansas Energy Summary and Report - (a) The Institutional Energy Research Committee shall create and adopt...