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AR Code § 6-61-202 (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|§ 6-61-202. Powers and duties generally

 (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the following powers and duties:  (1)  (A) To receive within one (1) year of their appointment and each year thereafter a minimum of eight (8) clock hours of instruction and training, to include higher education issues, policies, laws, and the duties and responsibilities associated with the position of board member.  (B) The members of the boards of all publicly supported institutions of higher education shall receive similar instruction and training within one (1) year of their appointment or election and each year thereafter, which shall be conducted by the individual institutions;    (2) Along with its director, to be responsible, within fiscal and staff capabilities, for directing an integrated program for defining, popularizing, and securing acceptance of the major goals and objectives of higher education in Arkansas and for relating them to the state's various problems;  (3) To request and receive any information from the publicly supported institutions of higher education as the board deems necessary for the performance of its duties;  (4) To promulgate and adopt uniform definitions and forms in such matters as financial reporting, academic statistics, and resident status of students for use in making financial recommendations and standard enrollment data to be followed by the institutions of higher learning;  (5) To determine the need for and recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly the establishment and location of any new institutions and to recommend, when appropriate, changes in the names of existing state-supported institutions of higher learning;  (6) To recommend the level of funding and the method of distribution of state-supported scholarships and loan programs, and to seek the cooperation of the state-supported institutions of higher learning to develop policies to coordinate all student loan and scholarship programs, including those federally financed; and  (7) To review all proposed bond issues to be made by any public institution of higher learning and to advise the board of trustees of each of the respective institutions as to the economic feasibility thereof, as set forth in § 6-62-306.    (b) The board shall encourage the cooperation of private institutions of higher learning in its efforts to plan more effectively for the coordinated development of higher education in this state.
AR Code § 6-61-203 (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|§ 6-61-203. Director and staff — Funds — Central office

 (a)  (1)  (A) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall appoint a director through a search and selection process that includes substantial input, review, and recommendation from the Presidents Council, subject to confirmation by the Governor.  (B) The Director of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (C) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Education.    (2)  (A) The director and other staff employed by the board shall demonstrate competence in the field of institutional management or agency management, institutional finance, financial aid, or institutional research.  (B) The director shall exhibit advanced coordination and communication skills.      (b) The salary of the director and other members of the staff employed by the board or the Department of Education shall be comparable to the positions requiring similar qualifications and experience.  (c) The staff of the board shall be under the direction and supervision of the director.  (d) The board shall be provided sufficient operating funds to enable it to carry out adequately the programs and functions assigned to the Division of Higher Education.  (e) The central office of the division shall be maintained in Little Rock.  (f)  (1) The board shall evaluate the director annually.  (2) The council shall provide an evaluation report of the division and the director to the board at least annually.
AR Code § 6-61-204 (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|§ 6-61-204. Advisory committees and councils

 (a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Presidents Council are authorized to establish advisory committees and councils as may be deemed necessary for the effective development and coordination of higher education in this state.  (b)  (1) The Presidents Council shall be composed of all presidents and chancellors of public two-year and four-year colleges and universities.  (2) The Presidents Council shall meet at least quarterly.  (3) The Presidents Council shall serve in a strong advisory capacity to the Director of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the board.  (4) All board items must be reviewed by the Presidents Council prior to being placed on the board's agenda.    (c)  (1)  (A) There is created the Executive Council, which shall be selected by the Presidents Council from its membership.  (B) The Executive Council shall consist of four (4) members from two-year campuses and four (4) members from four-year campuses.    (2) Executive Council members shall serve for staggered terms of two (2) years.  (3) The Executive Council shall elect officers as it deems necessary.  (4) The Executive Council shall meet at least monthly, or more frequently as needed, with the director and senior staff.  (5)  (A) All items to be considered as board agenda items must be reviewed by the Executive Council before being placed on any board agenda.  (B) In the event that the director and staff shall not be in agreement with the Executive Council on a matter to be considered by the board, the Executive Council's recommendation will be placed on the board agenda automatically for a presentation and explanation of the Executive Council's position. The board will then make a decision based on both positions.      (d)  (1)  (A) A working committee structure shall be established involving the Presidents Council or its designees.  (B) Examples of possible committees include but are not limited to accountability, graduate studies, undergraduate studies, workforce development, continuing education, and finance and funding.    (2) The committees shall make recommendations to the Presidents Council and the director when policy or funding issues are to be decided.  (3) The Division of Higher Education employees shall staff each committee.
AR Code § 6-61-205 (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|§ 6-61-205. Master plan

 (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty to accept responsibility for continuous master planning.  (b) The board shall involve a broadly representative advisory committee in the development of a comprehensive master plan for all of postsecondary education and shall continually use the committee to keep the master plan updated.  (c) This plan shall include all senior colleges and universities which are state supported, community colleges, branches of state-supported institutions, independent or private colleges and universities, proprietary institutions, and postsecondary efforts of area vocational-technical schools.  (d) Broad citizen participation shall be sought by the board in the development of this plan.
AR Code § 6-61-206 (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|§ 6-61-206. Studies, surveys, evaluations, etc

 In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty:   (1) To conduct or cause to be made such studies, surveys, and evaluations of postsecondary education as the board believes necessary to carry out its duties, to include, but not be limited to:  (A) Studies of:  (i) Space utilization and development of guidelines for space utilization;  (ii) Manpower needs and their implications for program development; and  (iii) Programs for purposes of identifying and reducing unnecessary program duplication and identifying needs for new programs;    (B) Analysis of:  (i) Class size, faculty loads, and cost of instruction, sabbatical leave, and other fringe benefits; and  (ii) Enrollments, extension programs, sources of students, and retention of students; and    (C) Advise institutions of plans and needed improvements; and    (2) To conduct continuing studies as to public universities and colleges in all matters affecting these institutions and from time to time submit recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and each institution of higher learning based upon its findings, together with recommended plans for implementing such recommendations.
AR Code § 6-61-207 (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|§ 6-61-207. Role and scope designations

 (a)  (1) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty to establish, in consultation with college and university personnel, appropriate role and scope designations within which boards of trustees must operate the institution or institutions under their jurisdiction.  (2) The board shall establish such role and scope designations by January 1, 1990. The designations may be changed at any time as determined by the board. They shall be fully reviewed at least once every five (5) years.  (3) Prior to their establishment of or making a change in role and scope designations, the board shall carefully study the change in consultation with institutional personnel, announce the intent to consider a change, and publicly reveal the change that is being proposed at a regular quarterly meeting, with the vote to come no sooner than the next regular quarterly meeting.    (b) To assist the board and the Division of Higher Education in their effort to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas that addresses and responds to the changing economic needs of the state and the new economy, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall provide the division a list of the state's overall and regional economic development goals within ten (10) days of August 12, 2005, and by September 1 of each year thereafter.  (c)  (1) The division may retain the services of consultants or other experts as may be necessary to carry out the review, and the division staff shall work directly with the consultants to handle the logistics of needed discussion groups, meeting minutes, and recommendation dissemination.  (2) The review process shall include an opportunity for institutions to provide input, as well as a time for public and business comment.  (3) Upon completion of the review, the division shall provide a report regarding its findings to the board, the Governor, the cochairs of the Legislative Council, and the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research.  (4) The requirements for a review under this section shall be contingent upon the appropriation and availability of funding for that purpose.
AR Code § 6-61-208 (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|§ 6-61-208. New units of instruction, research, and public service

 (a)  (1) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty to request, receive, evaluate, and approve proposals for all new units of instruction, research, and public service, consistent with established role and scope designations which have been approved by the board of trustees and the president of an institution, and to determine, based upon established policies, whether new units of instruction, research, or public service are justified.  (2)  (A) “Established policies” as used in this subsection means a written statement developed by the board in consultation with and upon the advice of representatives of each of the state's institutions of higher learning which shall set forth the relevant criteria which a proposal for a new unit of instruction must meet before its establishment by an institution is justified.  (B)  (i) The term “new unit of instruction, research, or public service” used in this subsection includes establishment of a college, school, division, institute, center, department, new curricula, majors leading to a new degree program, or an extension service not presently included in the program of the institution.  (ii) The term does not include reasonable and moderate extensions, as defined by the board, of existing curricular research or public service programs which have a direct relationship to existing programs at the several public institutions of higher learning.        (b) General revenues appropriated by the General Assembly shall not be expended for new programs that have not been recommended by the board.
AR Code § 6-61-209 (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|§ 6-61-209. Budgets

 In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the following powers and duties:   (1)  (A) To review, evaluate, and coordinate budget requests for the state-supported universities and colleges and present to the General Assembly and to the Governor prior to each regular session of the General Assembly a single budget report containing the recommendations for separate appropriations to each of the respective institutions.  (B) The recommendations will be consistent with a comprehensive master plan of postsecondary education in Arkansas as developed by the board.  (C) The recommendations, insofar as possible, will be based upon standard techniques of objective measurement of need and unit cost figures arrived at through comparative data secured from the several institutions.  (D) Specific needs of institutions based upon existing programs and deficiencies will be given consideration; and    (2)  (A) To develop, in conjunction with the institutions of higher learning, the Governor, and the Legislative Council, a single set of budget forms which will be utilized by all parties in making requests and recommendations for the funding of state-supported colleges and universities.  (B) The forms and process will require that the total income and expenditures of each institution must be considered in the request process.
AR Code § 6-61-212 (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|§ 6-61-212. State agency for federal programs

 In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty to serve as the state agency of this state for such federal programs which can most appropriately be administered by it.
AR Code § 6-61-213 (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|§ 6-61-213. Administration of trusts, endowments, etc

 (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty to provide administrative assistance in accordance with terms agreed upon by both the Department of Higher Education and parties establishing trusts, endowments, or otherwise providing funds in support of scholarships, research, or other educational activities at Arkansas institutions of higher education.  (b) The department is not authorized to be the custodian of, or to in any way participate in, the financial management of trusts, endowments, or other funds established for purposes 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].  (c)  (1) The assistance of the department is limited to administrative support in the allocation or awarding of funds to be disbursed by the donor or a properly authorized trustee.  (2) The department is authorized to supplement administrative costs for such assistance by charging a minimal administrative fee acceptable to the department and the parties establishing the endowments or providing the funds.
AR Code § 6-61-214 (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|§ 6-61-214. Review of existing degree programs — Minimum standards

 (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty to establish minimum standards of quality and cost effectiveness and review each existing academic degree program in the state institutions of higher education at least every ten (10) years but no more frequently than every seven (7) years.  (b)  (1) Such programs shall either be certified as having met established standards or placed on two-year probationary status.  (2) During the probationary period, at the request of the institution, the board shall provide guidance to the institutions in an attempt to qualify the programs to meet the minimum standards for quality and cost effectiveness.    (c) At the end of the two-year period, the board shall make recommendations to the institutions, the Governor, and the General Assembly concerning the continuation, termination, or extended probation of the program.  (d) General revenues shall not be expended for operation of degree programs beyond the deadline set by the board without the specific approval of the General Assembly. The deadline shall coincide with the end of the biennium.
AR Code § 6-61-215 (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|§ 6-61-215. Student tuition and fees — Reporting

 Annually, by July 1, the Division of Higher Education shall report the tuition and mandatory fees charged to students, including all changes to tuition and mandatory fees, for each state-supported institution of higher education to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.
AR Code § 6-61-216 (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|§ 6-61-216. Transfer students

 (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the power and duty to develop, with the assistance of institutional advisory committees, policies for transfer students from community colleges to senior institutions, for transfer of students among institutions of the same type, and for transfer of students from vocational and technical schools to other institutions.  (b) These policies should be a part of the comprehensive master plan and should receive review from appropriate citizens throughout the state prior to adoption by the board for their recommendation to the boards of trustees of institutions.
AR Code § 6-61-217 (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|§ 6-61-217. Minimum core courses for college prep

 (a) In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each state-supported institution of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, after consultation with the State Board of Education, shall identify a minimum core of high school courses recommended for preparation for college.  (b) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall communicate this information at least annually to public school superintendents, who shall make copies available each year to public school students enrolled in grades seven through twelve (7-12).  (c) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board may revise the list of high school courses from time to time, as needed.
AR Code § 6-61-218 (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|§ 6-61-218. Minimum college core — Transferability

 To promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the state-supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall establish in consultation with state-supported institutions of higher education a minimum core of courses which shall apply toward the general education core curriculum requirements for associate and baccalaureate degrees at state-supported institutions of higher education and which shall be fully transferable among all state-supported institutions of higher education.