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AR Code § 6-51-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-212. Custodian of certain funds — Disbursement

 (a) The Treasurer of State is designated and appointed custodian of all money received by the state from the appropriation made by the Act of Congress referred to in § 6-51-211, and he or she is authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the money and to make disbursements thereof in the manner provided in that federal act for the purposes therein specified.  (b) He or she shall also pay out any money appropriated by the State of Arkansas for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act upon the order of the State Board of Career Education.
AR Code § 6-51-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-213. Administration of certain federal and state vocational education laws

 (a) The State Board of Education is designated to:  (1) Carry into effect the provisions of the federal act and this act and have all necessary authority to cooperate with the United States Department of Education in the administration of the federal act;  (2) Administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the General Assembly; and  (3) Administer the funds provided by the United States Government and by the State of Arkansas under the provisions of the respective acts for the promotion of vocational-technical education in agricultural subjects and in trade and industrial subjects, as well as in family and consumer science.    (b) The state board shall have the full authority to:  (1) Formulate plans for the promotion of vocational education in subjects that are an essential and integral part of the public school system of education in the State of Arkansas and provide for the preparation of teachers of those subjects;  (2) Fix the compensation of officials and assistants as may be necessary to administer the federal act and this act for the State of Arkansas;  (3) Make studies and investigations relating to vocational education in such subjects;  (4) Promote and aid in the establishment by local communities of schools, departments, or classes;  (5) Prescribe qualifications for the teachers, directors, and supervisors of subjects and provide for the certification of the teachers, directors, and supervisors;  (6) Cooperate in the maintenance of classes under its own direction and control; and  (7) Establish and determine by general rules the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of vocational teachers.    (c)  (1) The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education, as executive officer of the state board for the purpose of administering the federal act and this act, shall, by and with the advice and consent of the state board, designate assistants as may be necessary to carry out properly the provisions hereof.  (2) The director shall also carry into effect rules as the state board may require.  (3) The records of the director as far as they pertain to the provisions of this act shall be kept in his or her office.
AR Code § 6-51-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-214. Annual report and statement of finances

 The State Board of Career Education shall make a detailed report annually to the Governor setting forth the conditions of vocational-technical education in the State of Arkansas, a list of the schools to which federal and state aid has been provided, and a detailed statement of the expenditures of federal funds and of state funds provided in this act.
AR Code § 6-51-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-215. Cooperation of various boards in establishing vocational programs — Use of tax moneys

 (a) The board of directors of any school district or board of trustees of any state school, college, or university may cooperate with the State Board of Career Education in the establishment of vocational schools, departments, or classes giving instruction in vocational-technical subjects, including secondary instruction in agricultural subjects, trades or industrial subjects, or family and consumer science subjects.  (b) Any board of directors or board of trustees may use any moneys raised by public taxation in the same manner as moneys for other school purposes are used for the maintenance and support of public schools or state schools, colleges, and universities.
AR Code § 6-51-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-216. State board authority to acquire and maintain facilities — Bonded indebtedness

 (a)  (1) The State Board of Career Education is authorized to purchase, construct, improve, equip, and maintain buildings, structures, parking facilities, dormitory facilities, or other facilities and the lands on which they are located at any state-supported technical institute or vocational-technical school.  (2) In order to obtain funds therefor, the board is authorized to issue revenue bonds secured by a pledge of income from those facilities and a pledge of other fees, rents, charges, tolls, and receipts of the school where the facilities are to be purchased, constructed, improved, equipped, or maintained as shall be determined by the board.    (b) All provisions of §§ 6-62-301 — 6-62-305 and 6-62-307 — 6-62-312 regarding the execution of, the terms and conditions, maximum interest rates, conversion privileges, refunding rights, and other limitations, conditions, privileges, and rights with respect to bonds issued by boards of trustees of institutions of higher learning shall, so far as they are appropriate, be equally applicable to bonds issued by the board under the authority granted in this section.  (c) Any indebtedness incurred by the board pursuant to the authority granted in this section shall be an obligation of the board and of the state-supported vocational-technical schools involved in such transaction, and under no circumstances shall the indebtedness be considered a debt for which the faith and credit of the State of Arkansas or any of its revenues are pledged.
AR Code § 6-51-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 2 - Establishment and Administration Generally|§ 6-51-217. Change of name to “technical institute”

 (a) The State Board of Career Education shall establish a technical curriculum that must be offered by any vocational-technical school requesting permission to change its name pursuant to this section to “technical institute”. The board shall periodically review and revise, if necessary, this technical curriculum requirement.  (b) Any vocational-technical school which satisfies the curriculum requirements established by the board pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may, in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the board, seek approval from the board to change its name from “ Vocational-Technical School” to “ Technical Institute”. Upon approval by the board of any such application, the school shall be renamed and become a technical institute.
AR Code § 6-51-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 3 - Multidistrict Vocational Centers|§ 6-51-301. Proposed new centers

 (a) Any request for approval of a proposed new center shall be submitted by the superintendent or chief executive officer of the school or institution proposed to function as the center and superintendents from the several schools to be served by a center or the board of an education service cooperative within whose boundaries the center is to be located.  (b) Such a request for a proposed new center must provide the necessary information and assurances according to the guidelines for approval of new centers established by the State Board of Career Education.
AR Code § 6-51-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 3 - Multidistrict Vocational Centers|§ 6-51-302. Approval of center establishment

 (a) The State Board of Career Education may approve the establishment of vocational centers to serve high school students from several school districts in locations where services are needed to:  (1) Support economic, industrial, and employment development efforts;  (2) Provide equity and substantially equal access to quality vocational programs; and  (3) Improve school programs to assist schools in meeting accreditation standards.    (b) The board shall approve only centers which utilize existing vocational education resources such as facilities, equipment, etc., except in those geographic areas in which comprehensive vocational offerings have not been developed and the state board determines that those resources must be developed to accomplish the above purposes.  (c) If a postsecondary vocational-technical school or two-year college which operates a secondary vocational center merges or consolidates with a public institution of higher education, the secondary vocational center may continue to be administered by the institution of higher education involved in the merger or consolidation.
AR Code § 6-51-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 3 - Multidistrict Vocational Centers|§ 6-51-303. Administration

 (a) The management, maintenance, and operation of a center shall be the responsibility of the local school or institution approved by the State Board of Career Education to be the center.  (b) A center shall be administered in accordance with the guidelines and policies established by the board.
AR Code § 6-51-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 3 - Multidistrict Vocational Centers|§ 6-51-304. Center council

 The superintendents of the schools served by the center shall function as the center council to assist with the coordination of scheduling and to advise the center's management board and administration on matters pertaining to the administration of the center.
AR Code § 6-51-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 3 - Multidistrict Vocational Centers|§ 6-51-305. Financing

 (a)  (1) Vocational centers shall be financed by distributing vocational center aid from the Public School Fund according to rules promulgated by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board.  (2) Additionally, centers shall be eligible for any new vocational program start-up funds which become available from funds set aside for vocational start-up provided in the fund and for federal vocational education funds.    (b)  (1) Any funds expended above the maximum funded amount per student as outlined in this section will be the responsibility of the institution or school approved to operate as a vocational center.  (2) Any funds received by an institution or school district operating a vocational center either from tuition or from state funds unexpended at the end of the school year shall be carried forward for the purpose of conducting summer programs and community-based education centers or supporting vocational center operations in succeeding years.    (c)  (1) At each approved vocational center that is a postsecondary vocational-technical school, community college, or two-year college, only those programs that have been approved as designed exclusively for instruction of secondary students will qualify for state aid from the fund.  (2)  (A) Vocational centers which may provide instruction to secondary students who have been admitted to ongoing programs designed for postsecondary or collegiate students will not qualify for vocational aid from the fund.  (B) Under these circumstances, however, a vocational center shall be eligible to receive the tuition described above even if a sending school uses its state aid to pay the tuition.
AR Code § 6-51-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 4 - Plumbing Program|§ 6-51-401. Course of instruction generally

 (a) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board is authorized to establish programs of vocational-technical training for the training of plumbers.  (b) A prescribed course of study will be set up by the Division of Career and Technical Education in conjunction with the Plumbing and Natural Gas Section of the Department of Health and the local training committee.  (c) Courses of study shall be as prescribed by national plumbing standards.  (d) Courses of instruction shall be developed in cooperation with, and with the approval of, the section and local training committees.  (e) Courses of instruction shall be designed to enable the student completing the course to qualify for licensure as an apprentice plumber upon taking and passing the examination required by § 17-38-101 et seq.  (f) The courses of instruction as authorized in this subchapter may be offered as a part of the vocational education program of any high school in this state and may be offered in any area high school, community college, or technical institute or vocational-technical school of this state.  (g) The course of instruction shall be in compliance with the appropriate rules and shall provide the level of instruction provided by rules of the board in cooperation with local plumbing training committees.
AR Code § 6-51-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 4 - Plumbing Program|§ 6-51-402. Instructors

 (a) The course of instruction and training as authorized in this subchapter for the training of plumbers shall provide that the instructor in the courses shall be approved by the training committee and the State Board of Career Education as a qualified instructor.  (b) Training programs may be taught by a master or journeyman plumber.
AR Code § 6-51-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 4 - Plumbing Program|§ 6-51-403. Apprentices

 (a) The course of instruction may include, by appropriate rule, authorization for credit with respect to summer employment by a licensed master plumber in this state who supervises the work of the student.  (b) Each person enrolled in an approved course of instruction for training plumbers shall be entitled to apply to the Plumbing and Natural Gas Section of the Department of Health for an apprentice plumber temporary card which will enable the person to engage in apprentice plumbing work under the employment of a licensed master plumber who supervises the work of the person.  (c) Students employed by a master plumber on a temporary basis shall be limited to two (2).
AR Code § 6-51-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 4 - Plumbing Program|§ 6-51-404. Licensing

 The program of instruction as authorized in this subchapter shall provide that upon satisfactory completion of the course of instruction, the Plumbing and Natural Gas Section of the Department of Health shall grant to the person completing such course of instruction, upon passing the necessary examinations required, an appropriate license, dependent upon the course of instruction completed by the person and the results of the test taken.
AR Code § 6-51-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 6 - Private Resident and Correspondence Schools|§ 6-51-601. Legislative intent

 (a) The General Assembly is aware of the fact that:  (1) Many private career schools offering resident or correspondence programs in the State of Arkansas have contributed extensively to the well-being of the individuals and the business and industrial establishments which have benefited from that training; and  (2) There is a need for protection of the consumer and the ethical private career school operator.    (b) The General Assembly determines that the establishment of reasonable standards and licensing requirements for resident or correspondence schools, their program offerings, and their instructors and admissions representatives in the manner provided in this subchapter is essential in the public interest and in furtherance of the purposes stated above.
AR Code § 6-51-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 6 - Private Resident and Correspondence Schools|§ 6-51-602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Admissions representative” means a person who executes an enrollment agreement and who receives compensation for the primary duties of encouraging prospective students to enroll for training in a program of study offered by a school covered under the provisions of this subchapter;  (2) “Board” means the State Board of Private Career Education;  (3) “Combination school” means any school in which programs of study are conducted by both distance education and resident training;  (4) “Director” means the authorized representative of the State Board of Private Career Education for the purpose of administering the provisions of this subchapter;  (5) “Distance education school” means any school in which all programs of study are conducted by distance education;  (6) “Extension course site” means a location away from the school where a course or courses are conducted one (1) or more times during the licensure period;  (7) “Private Career Education Arbitration Panel” means the three-person panel established for the purpose of arbitrating student and school grievances;  (8) “Program of study” means an organized unit of courses or an individual course in which instruction is offered;  (9) “Resident school” means any school in which all programs of study are conducted in resident classrooms or held in public meeting facilities;  (10) “Satellite school” means a location within the State of Arkansas away from the school where programs of study are offered on a regular continuing basis by Arkansas schools;  (11)  (A) “School” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other form of business organization seeking to do business or offering in the State of Arkansas resident or correspondence training that leads to or enhances occupational qualifications, whether or not the institution is subject to the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board under § 6-61-301.  (B) “School” also means any firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other form of business organization that offers instruction in airframe or power plant mechanics.  (C) “School” also means any firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other form of business organization which offers training as preparation for passing exams which may lead to employment.  (D) “School” also means any firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other form of business organization which offers driver education training excluding those courses taught motor vehicle violators pursuant to court order.  (E) “School” does not mean a program of instruction in yoga or in yoga-teacher training; and    (12) “Student”, “enrollee”, “trainee”, or “pupil” means a person seeking to enroll, or who has been enrolled, or who is sought for enrollment, or is seeking training or instruction, in a school as defined in this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-51-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 6 - Private Resident and Correspondence Schools|§ 6-51-604. Notice of possible violations — Responses — Injunctions

 (a) In consultation with the State Board of Private Career Education or its director acting for the board, if the Division of Higher Education has probable cause to believe that a person, agent, group, or entity has committed any acts that would be in violation of this subchapter such as fraud, misrepresentation, or unethical practices, the division shall first give notice in writing by certified mail or in person to the agency or entity affected.  (b) The person, agent, or entity will have ten (10) days in which to respond to the notice of violation, unless the division deems an emergency exists, in which case the entity will have up to twenty-four (24) hours in which to respond.  (c)  (1) If action on the part of the person, agent, or entity in response to a notice is to seek to eliminate the violation, a further extension of time may be granted by the division.  (2) Otherwise, the division may order a cease and desist of such acts after a formal hearing, or the division shall have the duty to request the Attorney General or district prosecuting attorney in the county where the offense was committed to seek in a court of competent jurisdiction an injunction restraining the commission of such acts.
AR Code § 6-51-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 6 - Private Resident and Correspondence Schools|§ 6-51-608. Extension course sites and satellite schools — Additional school license

 (a)  (1) Any school licensed under this subchapter shall make application to the Division of Higher Education to offer a course or courses at an extension course site or satellite school.  (2) The school shall submit a separate additional license fee with the licensure application for each extension course site or satellite school.  (3) The courses, facilities, faculty, and all other operations of the extension course site or satellite school must meet minimum standards as established by rules.    (b) The school will be assessed a fee as set by the division to be deposited into the Private Career School Student Protection Trust Fund.
AR Code § 6-51-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 4 - Vocational and Technical Education|Chapter 51 - Vocational and Technical Schools|Subchapter 6 - Private Resident and Correspondence Schools|§ 6-51-610. Fees

 (a) In consultation with the State Board of Private Career Education, the Division of Higher Education shall set fees for schools and admissions representatives.  (b) The fees collected under this subchapter, except fees collected for the Private Career School Student Protection Trust Fund, shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues credited to the Private Career Education Fund.  (c) A license fee shall not be refunded in the event of a school or an admissions representative's license suspension, revocation, denial, or request for withdrawal of an application by a school.