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AR Code § 6-61-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board|§ 6-61-222. Financial condition report

 (a)  (1) The Division of Higher Education shall prepare a financial condition report, which shall include without limitation the information required under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.  (2) The financial condition report prepared under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be subject to biennial review by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education.  (3) The board may promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this section and shall report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education the failure of an institution to comply with this section.    (b)  (1) On a date determined by the division, each state-supported institution of higher education shall submit annually the following information for inclusion in the financial condition report required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section:  (A) Expenditures per full-time equivalent student by function, which includes without limitation:  (i) Instruction;  (ii) Research;  (iii) Public service;  (iv) Academic support;  (v) Student services;  (vi) Institutional support;  (vii) Operating and maintenance of plant; and  (viii) Scholarships and fellowships;    (B) Operating margins and education and general revenue fund balances;  (C) Net tuition and fee income;  (D) Faculty salaries;  (E) Institutional scholarship expenditures;  (F) Deferred and critical maintenance needs as determined by the facilities audit program;  (G) Auxiliary enterprise expenditures;  (H) Intercollegiate athletics revenues and expenditures;  (I) Bonds and loans that are reviewed for economic feasibility;  (J) Gross tuition and fee income;  (K) Gross direct state income;  (L) Gross federal income; and  (M) Any other information requested by the division or the board.    (2) The board shall review the financial condition report required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section and submit it to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education by January 15 of each odd-numbered year.    (c) The board may establish standards to report other information that may be required to meet other state or federal statutory or regulatory requirements.
AR Code § 6-61-226 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board|§ 6-61-226. Guidelines for course review

 (a)  (1) Arkansas public colleges and universities shall submit to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board an application for courses to be included in the state minimum core curriculum.  (2) Courses shall be reviewed and recommended by a peer review project team established in the discipline.    (b)  (1)  (A) The Division of Higher Education shall establish peer review project teams composed of faculty members of Arkansas universities and two-year colleges.  (B)  (i) The peer review project team for each discipline shall include no fewer than four (4) faculty members equally divided between two-year and four-year institutions who teach in the discipline.  (ii) Members shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Executive Council.      (2)  (A) The peer review project team for each discipline shall review and recommend to the division courses in the applicable discipline to be recommended to the board for inclusion in the curriculum.  (B)  (i) Courses not receiving a recommendation by the peer review project team shall receive from the peer review project team suggested improvements or revisions for the course or its application.  (ii) Colleges and universities may resubmit course applications to the peer review project team if the original application is not recommended to the board after appropriate adjustments have been made based on the suggested improvements or revisions from the peer review project team.
AR Code § 6-61-227 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board|§ 6-61-227. Annual transfer credit report

 All public institutions of higher education and any participating private institutions of higher education shall file a report annually with the Division of Higher Education identifying the number of students who requested transfer credit for a completed course in the state minimum core curriculum but were not given credit.
AR Code § 6-61-232 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board|§ 6-61-232. Maximum semester hours required for a degree program

 (a)  (1) An associate degree program shall require no more than sixty (60) semester hours of lower-division college credit, which may be satisfied by completing the state minimum core curriculum under § 6-61-231.  (2) An associate degree program may require more than sixty (60) semester hours of lower-division college credit if prior approval has been granted by the board of trustees of the state-supported institution of higher education and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.    (b)  (1) A baccalaureate degree program shall require no more than one hundred twenty (120) semester hours of college credit, which shall include the state minimum core curriculum under § 6-61-231.  (2) A baccalaureate degree program may require more than one hundred twenty (120) semester hours of college credit if:  (A) Prior approval has been granted by the board of trustees of the state-supported four-year institution of higher education and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board; or  (B) It is a requirement of an independent licensing or accrediting body.      (c) All required coursework shall count toward the associate of arts degree, associate of science degree, associate of arts in teaching degree, or selected baccalaureate degrees.
AR Code § 6-61-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 3 - Establishment and Expansion|§ 6-61-302. Incorporation and certification — Advisory committee

 (a) To assist the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board in its responsibilities regarding incorporation and certification of postsecondary educational institutions, the board shall appoint an advisory committee.  (b) The advisory committee shall include:  (1) Two (2) nonpublic postsecondary education institution chief administrators;  (2) Two (2) public postsecondary education institution chief administrators;  (3) Two (2) chief administrators of proprietary schools that are licensed under § 6-51-601 et seq.;  (4) The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education or his or her designated representative; and  (5) Two (2) legal residents of the state who are not officially affiliated with any postsecondary institution in any state as an employee or board member or in any other capacity.    (c) The members shall serve nine-year terms.  (d) Members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 6-61-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 3 - Establishment and Expansion|§ 6-61-303. Expansion of institutions

 (a) The General Assembly recognizes the necessity of the state having an orderly and planned system of higher education and determines that the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board should establish reasonable and necessary criteria and factors to be used in determining and controlling the expansion of existing state-supported institutions of higher education and community college programs, in order to prevent an overextension of the state's resources or unnecessary duplication of programs or facilities.  (b)  (1) The board is authorized to promulgate and adopt reasonable rules, criteria, guidelines, and standards to be followed by the respective state-supported institutions of higher education and to be applied by the board with respect to the planning, establishment, location, or development of any branch campus of the existing state-supported institutions of higher education or community colleges.  (2) The standards, rules, criteria, and guidelines shall be developed and approved after public hearings held by the board in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (3) Upon the development and adoption thereof, the standards, rules, criteria, and guidelines shall be followed by the board in reviewing, rejecting, or approving the establishment and location of all future branch campuses of existing state-supported institutions of higher education or community colleges.    (c)  (1) Each state-supported institution of higher education and community college desiring to establish a branch campus or program shall present to the board a request in writing to establish the branch campus or program, outlining the justifications and reasons therefor.  (2) The board shall review the application in accordance with the standards, rules, criteria, and guidelines promulgated by the board and may grant the application only if the establishment of a branch campus is within these guidelines and standards.  (3) If the board rejects the application, the institution shall not establish the branch campus or program.
AR Code § 6-61-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 3 - Establishment and Expansion|§ 6-61-304. Review of existing programs of higher education

 In order to provide for the orderly development, coordination, financing, and expansion of the higher education program of this state, the Division of Higher Education shall review the existing programs of higher education in this state and assist in the orderly development and expansion of higher education in this state in accordance with the procedures outlined in §§ 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 [repealed].
AR Code § 6-61-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 3 - Establishment and Expansion|§ 6-61-305. Encouragement of participation by private institutions

 The Division of Higher Education staff and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall invite and encourage the participation of private colleges and universities, proprietary schools, and all other postsecondary institutions in Arkansas in planning for the programs of education beyond high school.
AR Code § 6-61-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 4 - Grant Programs|§ 6-61-401. State Student Incentive Grant Program

 (a) The Division of Higher Education, in accordance with policy established by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall administer the federal State Student Incentive Grant Program.  (b)  (1) The board is authorized, empowered, and directed to prepare and submit an application for federal funds to support the State Student Incentive Grant Program under this federal act and, upon the approval thereof, to administer the program and otherwise to do, or cause to be done, all things and acts of every nature which are necessary or desirable:  (A) To meet and comply with all requirements of the federal act, regulations pursuant to the federal act, and regulations of the departments and agencies of the United States that administer the federal act;  (B) To administer the program; and  (C) To obtain and utilize or cause to be utilized all grants, funds, and benefits to which the State of Arkansas or students in attendance at state and private colleges and universities or other postsecondary institutions of education are entitled under the federal act.    (2) Specifically, but without limiting any other authority, powers, or duties as assigned in this section, the board is authorized, empowered, and directed to operate the program and to make and cancel grants to individual students according to rules of the board.    (c)  (1) Sections 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, 6-61-604 — 6-61-612 [repealed] shall be liberally construed in order that the State of Arkansas and students in attendance at state and private colleges and universities and other postsecondary institutions of education which are entitled to benefits under the federal act may receive fully and promptly all benefits conferred and intended by the federal act and §§ 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 [repealed] and that the intended public benefits and purposes be achieved and accomplished.  (2) Sections 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 [repealed] shall be liberally construed as being supplemental to any existing purposes and powers of the board in order that it may accomplish in the most expeditious and efficient manner the purposes and intent of the federal act for this state.
AR Code § 6-61-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 4 - Grant Programs|§ 6-61-402. Contracts and cooperation with Southern Regional Education Board

 (a)  (1) The boards of trustees of the state-supported senior colleges and universities and the community colleges which presently exist and those which will be established are authorized to cooperate or enter into contracts with the Southern Regional Education Board in order that students from states comprising the Southern Regional Education Board area may attend Arkansas state-supported institutions through the Academic Common Market while paying the same level of student fees as an Arkansas resident.  (2) Participation shall be authorized only after the program of the Arkansas institution is classified as an uncommon program of the region by the Southern Regional Education Board staff and final approval is granted by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.    (b) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is authorized to cooperate, or enter into contracts, with the Southern Regional Education Board or institutions of higher education in order that Arkansas residents shall participate in uncommon programs in other states of the Southern Regional Education Board area through the Academic Common Market.  (c) The Division of Higher Education staff, at the direction of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, is empowered to conduct necessary administrative duties in connection with this program.
AR Code § 6-61-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally|§ 6-61-501. Definitions

 As used in this section, §§ 6-61-502 — 6-61-524, and 6-61-601 — 6-61-603, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Capital outlay expense” means those funds devoted to or required for the:  (A) Acquisition and improvement of land;  (B) Acquisition, construction, remodeling, alteration, addition, or enlargement of buildings or other structures; and  (C) Initial purchase of furniture, apparatuses, and other equipment;    (2) “Community college” means an educational institution established or to be established by one (1) or more counties or cities of this state offering a comprehensive program designed to serve the postsecondary educational needs of its district and the state including specifically, but without limitation, occupational programs of varying types and levels of difficulty, the first two (2) years of a baccalaureate degree, community service offerings, and student guidance and counseling services;  (3) “District” means the geographic area included within one (1) or more contiguous or noncontiguous counties or cities, or any described combination thereof, or any described contiguous area which may be in one (1) or more counties or parts of counties, participating in or intending to participate in the establishment and maintenance of a community college;  (4)  (A) “Local board” means the governing body of a community college established pursuant to the provisions of this section, §§ 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, 6-61-502 — 6-61-524, 6-61-601 — 6-61-603 and 6-61-604 — 6-61-612 [repealed].  (B) A local board for a community college may be the board of trustees of a four-year institution of higher education or the board of trustees of a university system in the case of a merger under § 6-61-520(e);    (5) “Operating expense” means those funds devoted to or required for the regular or ordinary expense of the college, including administrative, maintenance, and salary expenses, but excluding capital outlay expenses, student activity expenses, and expenses for intercollegiate athletics; and  (6) “State Community College Board” means the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
AR Code § 6-61-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally|§ 6-61-502. Establishment authorized

 Pursuant to the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52, there is authorized the establishment of community college districts to be formed, financed, and governed as provided in §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 — 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, 6-51-604 — 6-61-612 [repealed].
AR Code § 6-61-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally|§ 6-61-503. Millage tax

 (a) The tax authorized to be levied under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52, shall not exceed ten (10) mills on the taxable real and personal property of the district.  (b) The millage approved by the electors shall be a continuing levy until reduced as provided in §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 — 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 [repealed].
AR Code § 6-61-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally|§ 6-61-504. Division of Community Junior Colleges created

 The Director of the Division of Higher Education shall establish a separate Division of Community Junior Colleges within the Division of Higher Education.
AR Code § 6-61-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally|§ 6-61-506. Administration of funds

 (a) All federal and other funds provided to the state for support of community colleges and vocational and technical education in community colleges shall be administered by the State Community College Board.  (b) In the event there are legal requirements that the funds be granted to another agency of the state, that other agency shall contract with the board for the administration of the funds under the appropriate conditions.
AR Code § 6-61-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally|§ 6-61-507. Formation of districts — Feasibility study

 Upon request of a citizens' group representing a proposed community college district, the State Community College Board shall assist in the study of the proposed district to determine whether its formation would meet the requirements 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 [repealed] and the criteria established by the board for the formation of the district. As provided in § 6-61-505, the board shall make all necessary studies to determine the feasibility of the proposed district.
AR Code § 6-61-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally|Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally|§ 6-61-508. Formation of district — Minimum requirements for establishment

 Prior to the calling of an election for the establishment of a community college district, the State Community College Board must certify that the proposed college will meet the following requirements:   (1) Site: That a site which meets the criteria established by the board is available;  (2) Students: That by objective analysis and projection the full-time student equivalent would be a minimum of three hundred (300) at the fall enrollment of the third year of operation;  (3) Local Income: That the assessment for ad valorem tax purposes of the proposed district, as published by the Assessment Coordination Department, at the millage rate proposed would produce sufficient income for the district to discharge its financial obligation as required in §§ 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 [repealed]. However, a district may be created without a local millage by following all applicable provisions of the law if it is demonstrated to the board that all capital costs of the district required to provide an adequate comprehensive program will be met without a local millage, at least during the first five (5) years that instruction is offered by the district, through available existing facilities, contributions already secured or committed to the satisfaction of the board, establishment of a permanent endowment fund, or through any other method or any combination of methods; and  (4) Size of District: The size of the district shall be such that all students within the district are within commuting distance of the college.