Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 005 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 29 - Division of Higher Education › Rule 005.29.21-005 - Division of Higher Education Rules Governing the Arkansas Law Enforcement Officers' Dependents Scholarship Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Arkansas Division of Higher Education Rules Governing The
				Law Enforcement Officers' Dependents Scholarship Program
(Effective Date: May 2, 2022)
Organization and Structure
I. The Arkansas Division of Higher Education
			 shall administer the Law Enforcement Officers' Dependents Scholarship Program
			 within the policies set by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
			 All formal communications shall be addressed to or signed by the Director of
			 the Arkansas Division of Higher Education or his/her designee.
II. The final responsibility for determining
			 eligibility of scholarship recipients shall rest with the Director of the
			 Arkansas Division of Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of Act 521 of
			 1973, Act 47 of 1983, Act 190 of 1989, Act 153 of 1993, Act 1034 of 1999, Act
			 113 of 2001, Act 158 of 2001, and Act 172 of 2007, Act 1217 of 2009 and any
			 subsequent legislation.
III. When
			 functioning under Act 521 of 1973, Act 47 of 1983, Act 190 of 1989, Act 153 of
			 1993, Act 1034 of 1999, Act 113 of 2001, Act 158 of 2001, Act 172 of 2007, Act
			 1217 of 2009, and any subsequent legislation, the Arkansas Division of Higher
			 Education shall follow the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
I. In order to be eligible for the Law
			 Enforcement Officers' Dependents Scholarship, the student must be a natural
			 child, adopted child, stepchild, or spouse of an Arkansas law enforcement
			 officer, fireman, state highway employee, state forestry employee, state
			 correction employee, state park employee, teacher, or Department of Community
			 Correction employee who was killed or permanently and totally disabled as a
			 result of injuries or wounds which occurred in the performance of duty or in
			 the course of going to or returning from a location where a hazardous situation
			 existed. Scholarship benefits shall not accrue to the dependents if the wounds
			 or injuries suffered by the law enforcement officer, fireman, state highway
			 employee, state forestry employee, state correction employee, state park
			 employee, teacher, or Department of Community Punishment employee are
			 self-inflicted or if death is self-induced.
A law enforcement officer means:
A. Arkansas state highway patrolman, which
			 includes any law enforcement officer, regardless of department or bureau, of
			 the Division of Arkansas State Police;
B. Arkansas municipal and college or
			 university police officers, which includes all law enforcement officers of any
			 municipality, college, or university who are regular duty personnel on
			 full-time status and does not include auxiliary officers or those serving on a
			 temporary or part-time status;
C.
			 Arkansas sheriff or deputy sheriff, which includes all law enforcement officers
			 of full-time status on a regular basis serving the sheriff's department of any
			 county located in Arkansas, but does not include deputy sheriffs who are
			 engaged in administrative or civil duty or deputy sheriffs serving in a
			 temporary capacity or part-time basis;
D. Arkansas constable, which includes all
			 duly elected constables of any beat of any county within the State of Arkansas
			 while actually engaged in the performance of their duties concerning the
			 criminal laws of the county and state; and,
E. Arkansas game warden, which includes all
			 appointed game wardens employed by the State of Arkansas on a full-time duty
			 status while actually engaged in their duties concerning the game laws of this
			 state.
A fireman means:
A.
			 Any Arkansas fireman employed on a full-time or volunteer duty status while
			 actually engaged in the performance of his or her duties;
A state highway employee means:
A. An Arkansas Department of Transportation
			 employee, which is defined as any employee who actively engages in highway
			 maintenance, construction, or traffic operations on the roadways and bridges of
			 the state highway system while the roadways and bridges are open for use by the
			 traveling public;
A state forestry employee means:
A. An employee of the Arkansas Forestry
			 Commission who is actively engaged in his or her duties of fighting forest
			 fires;
A state correction employee means:
A. Any employee of the Arkansas Division of
			 Correction or the Arkansas Correctional School District who becomes subject to
			 injury through contact with inmates or parolees of the Division of
			 Correction;
A state park employee means:
A. Any employee of the Arkansas Department of
			 Parks, Heritage, and Tourism who is a commissioned law enforcement officer or
			 emergency response employee while actively engaged in the performance of his or
			 her duties;
A teacher means:
A.
			 Any person employed by an Arkansas public school for the purpose of giving
			 instructions and whose employment requires state certification; and
A Department of Community Correction employee means:
A. Any employee of the Arkansas Department of
			 Community Correction who suffers fatal injuries or wounds or becomes
			 permanently and totally disabled as a result of injuries or wounds which
			 occurred through contact with parolees, probationers, or center
			 residents.