Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs

§ 6-80-106. Definitions and limitations on expenditures for academic and performance scholarships - (a) For the purpose of this section: (1) (A) “Academic...

§ 6-80-107. Transcripts — Definition - (a) (1) As used in this section, “electronic transcript” means...

§ 6-80-108. Essays for institutional scholarships - (a) If a state-supported institution of higher education requires the...

Chapter 81 - Student Loans

Subchapter 2 - Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas

§ 6-81-201. Administration of student loan provisions of federal laws - (a) The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas, a private...

§ 6-81-202. Administration of funds - (a) (1) All moneys received by the Student Loan Guarantee...

§ 6-81-203. Disbursing officer - (a) The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas shall designate...

§ 6-81-204. Use of funds, securities, etc - All of the funds, securities, equities, and assets received by...

§ 6-81-205. Sale of securities - (a) Whenever moneys made available to the Student Loan Guarantee...

§ 6-81-206. Annual audit - The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas is not subject...

Subchapter 4 - University of Arkansas Revolving Loan Fund

§ 6-81-401. Creation and purpose - A revolving loan fund of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)...

§ 6-81-402. Eligibility - Any person who is a student in the University of...

§ 6-81-403. Board of Trustees to accept or reject applications - The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall...

§ 6-81-404. Promissory note — Interest - The person securing a loan shall give his or her...

§ 6-81-405. Maximum loan amount - Not more than the full cost of tuition shall be...

§ 6-81-406. Rules as to repayment - The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall...

§ 6-81-407. Defenses invalid - The statute of limitations shall not run against notes made...

§ 6-81-408. Interest added to revolving perpetual fund - The interest on the notes when paid in shall be...

§ 6-81-409. Disbursement of funds - The disbursing agent of the University of Arkansas is authorized...

Subchapter 6 - Teacher Opportunity Program

§ 6-81-601. Purpose - There is an existing need in the state to enhance...

§ 6-81-602. Establishment - There is established a program to be known as the...

§ 6-81-603. Administration - (a) The Teacher Opportunity Program shall be administered by the...

§ 6-81-604. Conditions - The Division of Higher Education may make initial and continuing...

§ 6-81-605. Grants — Priority - (a) (1) The first priority for the award of funds...

§ 6-81-606. Discrimination prohibited - This subchapter shall in no way discriminate on the basis...

§ 6-81-607. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Classroom teacher” means an...

§ 6-81-608. Dual Licensure Incentive Program - (a) There is created the Dual Licensure Incentive Program to...

§ 6-81-609. Dual licensure funding - (a) (1) (A) A classroom teacher employed by a school...

Subchapter 7 - Rural Medical Practice Student Loans and Scholarships

§ 6-81-701. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Medically underserved” means an...

§ 6-81-702. Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board - (a) (1) There is established the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice...

§ 6-81-703. Loan applications — Medical students and medical school graduates - (a) Any student accepted for admission to or enrolled in...

§ 6-81-704. Medical students — Investigation after application - When a rural medical practice loan application is filed with...

§ 6-81-705. Medical students — Purpose of loan - Rural medical practice loans provided for in this subchapter shall...

§ 6-81-706. Medical students — Eligibility for initial and renewal loans - (a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship...

§ 6-81-707. Maximum amount of loans - (a) The maximum amount of each rural practice loan for...

§ 6-81-708. Loan contracts — Rural Medical Practice Loans — Obligations and conditions - (a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship...

§ 6-81-710. Funding of loans - (a) (1) All payments for rural practice loans and community...

§ 6-81-711. Annual report - (a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship...

§ 6-81-714. Dispute resolution — Determination of breach - (a) Any applicant for a loan or income incentive issued...

§ 6-81-715. Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Eligibility - (a) (1) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and...

§ 6-81-716. Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Obligations and conditions - (a) (1) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and...

§ 6-81-718. Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans - (a) (1) If an alternate on the waiting list for...

§ 6-81-719. Tracking loan contract compliance - The College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for...

§ 6-81-720. Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator - (a) There is established a Rural Medical Practice Student Loan...

§ 6-81-721. Noninterference with pending litigation - Nothing in this subchapter is intended to affect pending litigation...

§ 6-81-722. Sunset clause - (a) Loan recipients enrolled in the Community Match Rural Physician...

Subchapter 11 - Financing Postsecondary Out-of-State Education

§ 6-81-1101. Tuition assistance for certain professional schools — Definitions - (a) The Division of Higher Education shall institute a program...

§ 6-81-1103. Repayment of out-of-state tuition paid by the State of Arkansas - (a) The Division of Higher Education may provide loans from...

§ 6-81-1104. Applicability - The provisions of § 6-81-1103 shall not apply to Board...

§ 6-81-1105. Veterinary medicine loans — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Food animal” means...

§ 6-81-1106. Student loan repayment — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Food animal” means...

Subchapter 12 - Graduate Nursing Practice and Nurse Educator Student Loans and Scholarships

§ 6-81-1201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Advanced nursing practice”...

§ 6-81-1202. Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board - (a) There is established the Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and...

§ 6-81-1203. Graduate nursing students — Eligibility for rural advanced nursing practice and nurse educator loans - (a) The Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board may...

§ 6-81-1204. Graduate nursing students — Rural advanced nursing practice or nurse educator loan contracts — Obligations and conditions - (a) (1) (A) The maximum amount of each master's rural...

§ 6-81-1209. Effect of subchapter - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as establishing minimal...

Subchapter 13 - University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program

§ 6-81-1301. Program established — Purpose — Administration - (a) There is established the University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and...

Subchapter 14 - Nursing Student Loan Program

§ 6-81-1401. Nursing Student Loan Program funding - (a) Cash funds for the Nursing Student Loan Program shall...

§ 6-81-1402. Program established — Administration - There is established a Nursing Student Loan Program, to be...

§ 6-81-1403. Arkansas State Board of Nursing — Powers and duties - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall: (1) Prescribe...

§ 6-81-1404. Eligibility and requirements for loans - (a) Any person who is enrolled in or has been...

§ 6-81-1405. Amount of loans — Maximum - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing may make a...

§ 6-81-1406. Term of loans - Each loan made to an applicant under this subchapter shall...

§ 6-81-1407. Renewal - (a) Subject to the availability of funds, each loan made...

§ 6-81-1408. Written contract required - Each recipient of a loan under the provisions of this...

§ 6-81-1409. Cancellation of principal and interest - Each loan contract shall include a provision that if the...

§ 6-81-1410. Borrower's loss of good standing — Acceleration of due date - If the recipient of a loan under this subchapter ceases...

§ 6-81-1411. Repayment — Interest - (a) A recipient of a loan under this subchapter shall...

§ 6-81-1412. Rules - The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall adopt reasonable rules...

Subchapter 16 - State Teacher Education Program

§ 6-81-1601. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “State Teacher Education...

§ 6-81-1602. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Approved institution” means a...

§ 6-81-1603. Purpose - The purpose of the State Teacher Education Program is to...

§ 6-81-1604. Administration of the program - (a) The State Teacher Education Program shall be administered by...

§ 6-81-1605. Eligibility - To be eligible for the State Teacher Education Program, an...

§ 6-81-1606. Duration — Amount - (a) The State Teacher Education Program shall be used to...

Subchapter 17 - Teacher Candidate Loan Forgiveness Program

§ 6-81-1701. Establishment — Administration - There is established a Teacher Candidate Loan Forgiveness Program to...

§ 6-81-1702. Eligibility — Loan amounts — Term - (a) An individual is eligible for a loan under this...

§ 6-81-1703. Loan amounts — Term — Renewal - (a) (1) The loan amounts under this subchapter shall be...

§ 6-81-1704. Loan contract — Forgiveness - (a) An individual who receives a loan under this subchapter...

§ 6-81-1705. Repayment — Deferment - (a) An individual who receives a loan under this subchapter...

§ 6-81-1706. Rules - The Division of Higher Education shall promulgate rules to implement...

Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program

§ 6-81-1801. Creation - There is established within the Division of Higher Education the...

§ 6-81-1802. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Medically underserved” means an...

§ 6-81-1803. Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board - (a) (1) There is established the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice...

§ 6-81-1804. Loan applications — Medical students and medical school graduates - (a) An individual may apply for a loan under this...

§ 6-81-1805. Medical students — Investigation after application - When an osteopathic rural medical practice loan application is filed...

§ 6-81-1806. Medical students — Purpose of loan - Osteopathic rural medical practice loans provided for in this subchapter...

§ 6-81-1807. Medical students — Eligibility for initial and renewal loans - (a) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship...

§ 6-81-1808. Maximum amount of loans - (a) The maximum amount of each osteopathic rural medical practice...

§ 6-81-1809. Loan contracts — Osteopathic rural medical practice loans — Obligations and conditions - (a) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship...

§ 6-81-1810. Funding of loans - (a) (1) All payments for osteopathic rural practice loans and...

§ 6-81-1811. Annual report - (a) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship...

§ 6-81-1812. Dispute resolution — Determination of breach - (a) Any applicant for a loan or income incentive issued...

§ 6-81-1813. Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Eligibility - (a) (1) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and...

§ 6-81-1814. Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Obligations and conditions - (a) (1) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and...

§ 6-81-1815. Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans - (a) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance...

§ 6-81-1816. Tracking loan contract compliance - An osteopathic medical school in Arkansas shall: (1) Track graduates...

§ 6-81-1817. Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program Administrator - (a) There is established an Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student...

Chapter 82 - Scholarships

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 6-82-102. Annual review of minority scholarship or grant program - (a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall review annually...

§ 6-82-103. Out-of-state tuition - (a) The board of trustees of any institution of higher...

§ 6-82-105. Administration — Authority of Division of Higher Education - The Division of Higher Education shall administer all state college...

§ 6-82-106. Scholarship awards - (a) The Division of Higher Education is authorized to award...

§ 6-82-107. Criminal history not a disqualifier - A criminal conviction shall not be used as a basis...

§ 6-82-108. Academic Support Scholarship - (a) The intent of this section is to provide academic...

Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Governor's Scholars Program

§ 6-82-301. Legislative determinations - The General Assembly recognizes that outstanding students are an essential...

§ 6-82-302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 6-82-303. Establishment - A scholarship program to promote academic excellence and to encourage...

§ 6-82-304. Administration — Authority of division - The Division of Higher Education shall administer the Arkansas Governor's...

§ 6-82-305. Recipients known as Arkansas Governor's Scholars or Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholars - (a) Students receiving scholarships shall be known as Arkansas Governor's...

§ 6-82-306. Eligibility - (a) The Arkansas Governor's Scholars Program scholarships are to be...

§ 6-82-307. Applicant's responsibilities - Each applicant shall, in accordance with the provisions of this...

§ 6-82-308. Number of scholarships - (a) If sufficient funds are available, effective for students receiving...

§ 6-82-309. Award of scholarship - An Arkansas Governor's Scholarship or Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship will...

§ 6-82-310. Use of scholarship - (a) No student may utilize scholoarship funds for educational purposes...

§ 6-82-311. Term, renewal, and allocation of scholarships - (a) An Arkansas Governor's Scholarship or Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship...

§ 6-82-312. Scholarship amounts - (a) An Arkansas Governor's Scholarship or Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship...

§ 6-82-313. Termination of scholarship - The scholarship will be terminated if a student does not...

§ 6-82-314. Withdrawal from school — Refund - If a recipient of an Arkansas Governor's Scholarship or Arkansas...

Subchapter 4 - Arkansas High Technology Scholarship Program

§ 6-82-401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 6-82-402. Creation and establishment - There is created and established a program which shall be...

§ 6-82-403. Administration — Authority of division - The Division of Career and Technical Education shall administer this...

§ 6-82-404. Eligibility and preferences - (a) The scholarships shall be awarded to those students who...

§ 6-82-405. Applicant's responsibilities - Each applicant shall, in accordance with the provisions of this...

§ 6-82-406. Award of scholarship - A scholarship shall be awarded to the student in a...

§ 6-82-407. Number of scholarships - The number of scholarship awards to eligible students shall be...

§ 6-82-408. Amount of scholarships - A scholarship shall be awarded in the amount of five...

§ 6-82-409. Term, allocation, and renewal - (a) A scholarship may be awarded annually for a period...

§ 6-82-410. Withdrawal from school — Refund - If a recipient of a scholarship withdraws from an approved...

Subchapter 5 - Children of Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.

§ 6-82-501. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Child” or “children” means...

§ 6-82-502. Rules - The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is directed and empowered...

§ 6-82-503. Entitlement - (a) If any Arkansas law enforcement officer, full-time or volunteer...

§ 6-82-504. Awards to children - (a) In order for a natural child to be eligible...

§ 6-82-505. Limits for scholarship - (a) No child will be entitled to receive benefits under...

§ 6-82-506. Written application for benefits - Any person claiming benefits awarded by the Arkansas State Claims...

§ 6-82-507. Renewal of scholarship - To retain eligibility for a scholarship benefit under this subchapter,...

Subchapter 6 - Children of Veterans, Prisoners of War, Etc.

§ 6-82-601. Tuition waiver for dependents of certain veterans — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Dependent” means a...

Subchapter 12 - Law Enforcement Officers

§ 6-82-1201. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the...

§ 6-82-1204. Administration - (a) The Arkansas Police Corps Planning Commission [abolished] is hereby...

§ 6-82-1205. Purpose - The purpose of this section and § 6-82-1206 is to...

§ 6-82-1206. Administration of the Arkansas Police Corps Program - (a) The Department of Criminal Justice at the University of...

Subchapter 15 - Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program

§ 6-82-1501. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 6-82-1502. Program established — Purpose - (a) There is established the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship...

§ 6-82-1503. Eligibility for scholarship — Amount - (a) (1) The term “minority” when used in this subchapter...

§ 6-82-1504. Service requirement for scholarship recipients - (a) Except in those cases where employment positions may not...

§ 6-82-1505. Rules — Administration — Report - (a) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the...

§ 6-82-1506. Committee - (a) There is established a committee to be known as...

Subchapter 18 - Arkansas Future Grant Program

§ 6-82-1801. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Approved institution of higher...

§ 6-82-1802. Establishment — Eligibility - (a) There is established the Arkansas Future Grant Program within...

§ 6-82-1803. Arkansas Future Grant - (a) (1) An Arkansas Future Grant shall be in an...

§ 6-82-1804. Recipients - (a) A student who receives an Arkansas Future Grant shall...

§ 6-82-1805. Rules - The Division of Higher Education shall promulgate rules to implement...

Subchapter 19 - Scholarships for Teachers in High-Need Subject Areas

§ 6-82-1901. Scholarships for teachers in high-need subject areas - (a) (1) A recipient of a scholarship under this subchapter...

Subchapter 20 - Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board

§ 6-82-2001. Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board - (a) There is established the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion...

§ 6-82-2002. Planning grants — Definition - (a) As used in this subchapter, a “planning grant” is...

§ 6-82-2003. Planning grants for program expansion or new programs - (a) The Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board shall award...

§ 6-82-2004. Priority of planning grants — Adjustment of amounts - (a) If the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board determines...

§ 6-82-2005. Planning grants for additional years of residency - (a) If the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board determines...

Chapter 84 - Tax-Deferred Tuition Savings Program

§ 6-84-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 6-84-102. Purpose - It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to...

§ 6-84-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Account” means an account...

§ 6-84-104. Creation of the Arkansas Tax-Deferred Tuition Savings Program Trust - (a) There is created the Arkansas Tax-Deferred Tuition Savings Program...

§ 6-84-105. Administration — Authority — Powers - (a) This chapter shall be administered by the Section 529...

§ 6-84-106. Investment direction - Except as permitted in 26 U.S.C. § 529, as in...

§ 6-84-107. Accounts - (a) (1) An account owner or contributor may establish an...

§ 6-84-108. Naming of designated beneficiary and transfers of accounts - (a) An account owner shall have the right to name...

§ 6-84-109. Account withdrawals - (a) Withdrawal from an account may be made on thirty...

§ 6-84-110. Prohibitions - (a) (1) Total contributions to all accounts established on behalf...

§ 6-84-111. Funds exempt from tax — Definitions - (a) (1) Except as otherwise indicated in this chapter, interest,...

§ 6-84-112. Limitation on liability - Neither the Arkansas Tax-Deferred Tuition Savings Program, the Section 529...

§ 6-84-113. Liberal construction - This chapter shall be liberally construed to comply with the...

§ 6-84-114. Aspiring Scholars Matching Grant Program - (a) The Section 529 Plan Review Committee shall develop and...

Chapter 85 - Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program

Subchapter 1 - Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 1

§ 6-85-101. Legislative findings and declarations of public necessity - The General Assembly hereby recognizes that taking the proper coursework...

§ 6-85-102. Creation - There is hereby created and established the Arkansas Academic Challenge...

§ 6-85-103. Applicability — Expiration - (a) This subchapter is applicable to students who: (1) Applied...

§ 6-85-104. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Approved institution” means an...

§ 6-85-105. Authority of Division of Higher Education - (a) The Division of Higher Education is authorized by this...

§ 6-85-106. Eligibility - (a) Eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program is...

§ 6-85-107. Duration — Amount - (a) A recipient who graduated from high school after December...

§ 6-85-108. Nursing school eligibility - (a) (1) The General Assembly recognizes that the State of...

§ 6-85-109. Priority for teaching commitment - (a) During times of funding shortages under the Arkansas Academic...

§ 6-85-110. Teaching requirements - (a) (1) At the beginning of the first school year...

§ 6-85-111. End-of-course assessment requirements - The Division of Higher Education may recognize a sub-score of...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2

§ 6-85-201. Findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) In approving Arkansas Constitution,...

§ 6-85-202. Creation - The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2 is...

§ 6-85-203. Applicability - (a) This subchapter is applicable to students who apply for...

§ 6-85-204. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “ACT” means the ACT...

§ 6-85-205. Authority and duties of the Division of Higher Education - (a) The Division of Higher Education shall develop and promulgate...

§ 6-85-206. Basic eligibility requirements - The basic requirements for an applicant to be eligible for...

§ 6-85-207. Additional eligibility requirements for traditional students - In addition to the requirements of § 6-85-206, an applicant...

§ 6-85-208. Additional eligibility requirements for a nontraditional student - An applicant is eligible as a nontraditional student if, in...

§ 6-85-209. Additional eligibility requirements for a current achiever student - (a) In addition to the requirements of § 6-85-206, an...

§ 6-85-210. Continuing eligibility - (a) (1) (A) A recipient who meets continuing eligibility criteria...

§ 6-85-211. Literacy tutoring - (a) As an additional component to the Arkansas Academic Challenge...

§ 6-85-212. Scholarship award amounts - (a) The General Assembly may use net proceeds from the...

§ 6-85-213. Nursing school eligibility - (a) (1) The General Assembly recognizes that the State of...

§ 6-85-214. Accountability — Transparency — Legislative oversight - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) The continual evaluation...

§ 6-85-216. Institution report to the division - (a) (1) An approved institution of higher education that enrolls...

§ 6-85-217. Information provided to the Bureau of Legislative Research by the Division of Higher Education - The Division of Higher Education shall provide the following data...

§ 6-85-219. Reports to legislative committees - (a) (1) Annually by November 1, the Division of Higher...

§ 6-85-220. Legislative Council — Annual report - (a) The Legislative Council shall: (1) Oversee the development and...

§ 6-85-221. Scholarship hold - (a) The Division of Higher Education may approve a scholarship...

Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship Program

§ 6-85-301. Creation - There is created the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship Program.

§ 6-85-302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Approved institution of higher...

§ 6-85-303. Funding - (a) For an academic year, the following shall be used...

§ 6-85-304. Eligibility - (a) A student is eligible to receive an Arkansas Workforce...

§ 6-85-305. Distribution — Award amounts - (a) If funds are available, the Division of Higher Education...

§ 6-85-306. Agreements between institutions - An approved institution of higher education may enter into agreements...

§ 6-85-307. Rules - The Division of Higher Education shall promulgate rules to implement...

Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program

§ 6-85-401. Creation - There is created the Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program.

§ 6-85-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Approved institution of higher...

§ 6-85-403. Eligibility - (a) A student is eligible to receive an Arkansas Concurrent...

§ 6-85-404. Funding - (a) For an academic year, Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarships under...

§ 6-85-405. Distribution — Award amounts - (a) If funds are available, the Division of Higher Education...

§ 6-85-406. Rules - The Division of Higher Education shall promulgate rules to implement...

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Arkansas Code Title 6 - Education Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs

Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs