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AR Code § 6-82-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas High Technology Scholarship Program|§ 6-82-410. Withdrawal from school — Refund

 If a recipient of a scholarship withdraws from an approved institution and under the policy of that institution the student is entitled to a refund of any tuition, fees, or other charges, the institution shall pay the refund to which the student may be entitled to the Division of Career and Technical Education, to the extent of any amount the division has paid to the student for that academic year.
AR Code § 6-82-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 5 - Children of Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.|§ 6-82-502. Rules

 The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is directed and empowered to promulgate rules as necessary to administer benefits awarded under this subchapter by the Arkansas State Claims Commission.
AR Code § 6-82-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 5 - Children of Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.|§ 6-82-503. Entitlement

 (a) If any Arkansas law enforcement officer, full-time or volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, state highway employee, state correction employee, Department of Community Correction employee, state parks employee, teacher, or state forestry employee suffers fatal injuries or wounds or becomes permanently and totally disabled as a result of injuries or wounds that occurred in the performance of a hazardous duty within the scope of his or her employment or that occurred en route to or returning from a location where a hazardous situation existed, his or her children and spouse shall be entitled to a total of eight (8) semesters, or the equivalent thereof, of scholarship awards without cost, exclusive of books, food, school supplies, materials, and dues or fees for extracurricular activities, at any state-supported college, university, or technical institute of his or her choice within this state. Up to four (4) semesters, or the equivalent thereof, may be taken at a technical institute.  (b) Scholarship benefits shall not accrue under this subchapter to any person if the wounds or injuries suffered by any law enforcement officer, fire fighter, emergency medical technician, state highway employee, state correction employee, Department of Community Correction employee, state parks employee, teacher, or state forestry employee are self-inflicted or if the death is self-induced.  (c) Unless § 6-82-504(e) is applicable, the Arkansas State Claims Commission shall award any scholarship benefit provided by this subchapter at the same time that any death benefit or total and permanent disability benefit is awarded by the commission under the provisions of § 21-5-701 et seq.
AR Code § 6-82-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 5 - Children of Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.|§ 6-82-505. Limits for scholarship

 (a) No child will be entitled to receive benefits under this subchapter during any semester or quarter when the child has reached the age of twenty-three (23) years on or before the first day of the semester or quarter.  (b) No spouse will be eligible for the education benefit if he or she remarries. The benefit will cease at the end of the semester at which the spouse is currently enrolled at the time of the marriage.
AR Code § 6-82-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 5 - Children of Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.|§ 6-82-506. Written application for benefits

 Any person claiming benefits awarded by the Arkansas State Claims Commission under the provisions of this subchapter shall make written application with the Division of Higher Education on forms provided by the division.
AR Code § 6-82-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 5 - Children of Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.|§ 6-82-507. Renewal of scholarship

 To retain eligibility for a scholarship benefit under this subchapter, a recipient shall:   (1) Maintain a minimum of a 2.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scholastic grading scale; and  (2) Meet any other continuing eligibility criteria established by the Division of Higher Education.
AR Code § 6-82-1201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 12 - Law Enforcement Officers|§ 6-82-1201. Purpose

 It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the Arkansas Police Corps Planning Commission for the purpose of undertaking the necessary planning and other actions required to enable Arkansas to participate in the federal police corps program.
AR Code § 6-82-1204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 12 - Law Enforcement Officers|§ 6-82-1204. Administration

 (a) The Arkansas Police Corps Planning Commission [abolished] is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for implementing any federal law enforcement scholarship program which may be established.  (b) The commission shall have authority to promulgate rules necessary for the administration and operation of any such program in the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 6-82-1205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 12 - Law Enforcement Officers|§ 6-82-1205. Purpose

 The purpose of this section and § 6-82-1206 is to establish the lead agency and its authority over the Arkansas Police Corps Program, a federally funded scholarship program designed to employ college-educated police officers in local and state law enforcement agencies and to foster the development and growth of community policing efforts throughout Arkansas.
AR Code § 6-82-1206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 12 - Law Enforcement Officers|§ 6-82-1206. Administration of the Arkansas Police Corps Program

 (a) The Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is designated as the state lead agency responsible for implementing any federal scholarships or training programs that fall under the umbrella of the Police Corps Act, Title XX, Subtitle A of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14091-14102.  (b) The department may promulgate rules necessary for the administration and operation of any such programs in the State of Arkansas, including the creation of the Police Corps Advisory Group, which shall:  (1) Serve as the body to review policies imposed by the United States Government and the rules developed by the department for the Arkansas Police Corps Program;  (2) Serve as the selection committee for program participants;  (3) Serve as the body to establish eligibility requirements for the program, within the parameters set by the United States Government;  (4) Serve as the body to establish the participant removal procedures for the program;  (5) Serve as the appeals committee for the program, should a training participant be removed for any reason; and  (6) Perform all other duties as needed.    (c) The chair of the department, who serves as the Director of the Arkansas Police Corps Program, or the director's designee shall serve as an ex officio member and as chair of the advisory group.  (d) Neither the director nor the director's designee shall sit on any appeals panel in cases involving removal of participants from the program.  (e) The advisory group shall meet at the call of the chair.
AR Code § 6-82-1501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 15 - Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 6-82-1501. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Act of 2001”.
AR Code § 6-82-1502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 15 - Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 6-82-1502. Program established — Purpose

 (a) There is established the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program.  (b) The purpose of the program is to attract qualified minority teachers to the Delta and those geographical areas of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers by awarding scholarships to minorities declaring an intention to serve in the teaching field who actually render service to this state while possessing an appropriate teaching license.
AR Code § 6-82-1503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 15 - Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 6-82-1503. Eligibility for scholarship — Amount

 (a)  (1) The term “minority” when used in this subchapter shall refer to Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.  (2) The Native American group includes all persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintain cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.    (b) Any individual who is a minority and who is enrolled in or accepted for enrollment at a baccalaureate degree-granting institution of higher education whose teacher education program is approved by the State Board of Education or at an accredited state-supported community college in the State of Arkansas who expresses in writing an intention to teach in a geographical area of the state in which there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the board, shall be eligible for a financial Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship to be applied toward the costs of the individual's college education, if:  (1) The applicant has a grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale in high school if the applicant graduated within the five (5) preceding years; and  (2) The applicant scored nineteen (19) or above on the ACT composite or the equivalent as defined by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.    (c)  (1) The university is authorized to develop selection criteria through Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program rules which combine an applicant's ACT or equivalent score and grade point average in the core curriculum into a selection index.  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section, this selection index shall be employed as an alternative selection process for applicants who achieve a grade point average below 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or for applicants who have an ACT composite or equivalent score greater than nineteen (19).    (d)  (1) The annual amount of the scholarship shall be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per year.  (2) Awards made to nonresidents of the state shall not include any amount assessed by the college or university for out-of-state tuition.    (e)  (1) Awards granted under the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program shall be available to both full-time and part-time students.  (2) Students enrolling on a full-time basis may receive a maximum of four (4) annual awards.  (3) The maximum number of awards that may be made to students attending school on a part-time basis and the maximum time period for part-time students to complete the number of academic hours necessary to obtain a baccalaureate degree in education shall be established by rules jointly promulgated by the university and the Division of Higher Education.    (f) Scholarships shall not be based upon an applicant's eligibility for financial aid.
AR Code § 6-82-1504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 15 - Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 6-82-1504. Service requirement for scholarship recipients

 (a) Except in those cases where employment positions may not be available upon completion of licensure requirements, at the beginning of the first school year in which a recipient of a Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship is eligible for employment as a licensed teacher, that person shall begin to render service as a licensed teacher in a public school district in a geographical area of the state where there is a critical shortage of teachers or in the Mississippi Delta, as designated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.  (b)  (1) Any person who received four (4) annual awards, or the equivalent of four (4) annual awards, shall render two (2) years' service as a licensed teacher.  (2) Any person who received fewer than four (4) annual awards, or the equivalent of four (4) annual awards, shall render one (1) school semester of service as a licensed teacher for each year that the person received a full-time student scholarship or for the number of academic hours equivalent to one (1) school year, as determined by the university, for which a part-time student received a scholarship.    (c) Students receiving a scholarship shall execute a note made payable to the university for an amount equal to the scholarship award each semester that shall bear interest at a rate to be determined by the Division of Higher Education beginning September 1 after completion of the program or immediately after termination of the scholarship loan, whichever is earlier.  (d)  (1) Any person failing to complete a program of study which will enable the person to become a licensed teacher shall begin repaying the note according to the note's terms for the sum of all scholarship awards made to that person less the corresponding amount of any awards for which service has been rendered.  (2) Any person failing to complete his or her teaching obligation, as required under subsection (b) of this section, shall begin repaying the note according to the note's terms for the sum of all scholarship awards made to that person less the corresponding amount of any awards for which service has been rendered, except in the case of a deferral of debt for cause approved by the State Board of Education if there is no employment position immediately available upon a teacher's completion of licensure requirements.  (3) After the period of the deferral, the person shall begin or resume teaching duties as required under this section or shall become liable on the note under this section.  (4) If a claim for payment under subsection (c) is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, the obligor shall be liable for an additional amount equal to a reasonable attorney's fee.    (e) The obligations made by the recipient of a scholarship award shall not be voidable by reason of the age of the student at the time of receiving the scholarship.
AR Code § 6-82-1505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 15 - Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 6-82-1505. Rules — Administration — Report

 (a) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the Division of Higher Education shall jointly promulgate rules necessary for the proper administration of the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program.  (b) The university shall be the administering agency of the program.  (c) If sufficient funds are not available to fully fund scholarship awards to all eligible students, the university shall make the awards to first-time students on a first-come, first-served basis. However, priority consideration shall be given to persons previously receiving awards under the program.  (d) All funds received by the university from the repayment of scholarship awards by program participants shall be deposited into the fund that provides funding for the program.  (e)  (1) The university shall make an annual report to the General Assembly.  (2) Each report shall contain a complete enumeration of the:  (A) Program's activities;  (B) Scholarships granted;  (C) Names of persons to whom granted;  (D) Institutions attended by those receiving the scholarships; and  (E) Teaching location of applicants who have received their education and become licensed teachers within this state as a result of the scholarships.    (3) The university shall make a full report and account of receipts and expenditures for salaries and expenses incurred under this section.  (4) Upon its records and any published reports, the university shall distinguish among those recipients who:  (A) Have paid their financial obligations in full;  (B) Have breached their contracts but with the university's permission; and  (C) Have breached their contracts and remain financially indebted to the state.      (f) The requirements of this subchapter are contingent on the funding available for the program.  (g) The university is authorized to determine the necessary procedures for the awarding of forgivable loans should the number of eligible applicants and recipients exceed the funds available, so long as the procedures are consistent with subsection (c) of this section.
AR Code § 6-82-1506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 15 - Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 6-82-1506. Committee

 (a) There is established a committee to be known as the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Committee.  (b) The committee shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.  (c) The appointed committee members shall be:  (1) Individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to education; and  (2) Residents of the State of Arkansas at the time of appointment and throughout their term.    (d) The members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years.  (e)  (1) If a vacancy occurs in an appointed position for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the chancellor.  (2) The new appointee shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.    (f) The chancellor shall designate one (1) of the members to serve as chairperson.  (g)  (1) The committee shall meet at times and places the chairperson deems necessary, but no meetings shall be held outside of the State of Arkansas.  (2) Three (3) of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business.  (3) All action of the committee shall be by approval of a quorum.    (h) The committee shall:  (1) Select the recipients of the Arkansas Teaching Fellows forgivable loans; and  (2) Perform other duties or functions regarding the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program as may be requested by the chancellor.    (i)  (1) The university shall provide staff and office space to the committee.  (2)  (A) Members of the committee shall serve without pay.  (B) Members of the committee may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-902, to be paid with funds appropriated for administration of the program to the extent money is available.
AR Code § 6-82-1801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 18 - Arkansas Future Grant Program|§ 6-82-1801. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Approved institution of higher education” means an institution of higher education approved by the Division of Higher Education to participate in the Arkansas Future Grant Program and that is:  (A) A state-supported two-year or four-year college or university;  (B) A state-supported technical institute; or  (C) An approved state-supported school of nursing;    (2) “Approved state-supported school of nursing” means a state-supported school of nursing with its primary headquarters located in Arkansas that:  (A) Prepares students as registered nurses;  (B) Grants nursing diplomas;  (C) Is eligible to participate in the federal student aid programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. § 1070 et seq.;  (D) Is approved by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing;  (E) Has been approved by the division as eligible to participate in the Arkansas Future Grant Program; and  (F) Is not a two-year or four-year college or university;    (3) “Federal student financial assistance” means scholarships or grants awarded to a student as a result of:  (A) An approved Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), including without limitation a Pell Grant; or  (B) The student's or other family member's service in the United States Armed Forces, including without limitation the Army National Guard or Air National Guard;    (4) “Private scholarship” means a scholarship or grant awarded by a private entity or donor; and  (5) “State-supported student financial assistance” means a state-supported scholarship, grant, tuition waiver, or tuition reimbursement funded with state funds or net proceeds from the state lottery awarded by:  (A) The division; or  (B) A scholarship or grant awarded by an approved institution of higher education in this state funded, in whole or in part, by state funds, including without limitation:  (i) Scholarships awarded on the basis of entrance exam scores or high school academic achievement;  (ii) Tuition waivers based on age, military service, occupation, or other factors;  (iii) Performance scholarships for band, musical performing groups, arts, theater, forensics, and similar activities that are not awarded on the basis of entrance exam scores or high school academic achievement; and  (iv) Any other publicly funded program under which students are not charged or are reimbursed by the approved institution of higher education for tuition, fees, books, or other costs of attendance.