Title 6 — Education

(a) (1) (A) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt policies developed by the Division of Higher Education necessary to implement a productivity-based funding model for state-supported institutions of higher education.(B) The board shall adopt separate polici…

(1) The Division of Higher Education shall report annually by May 30 to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education the:(1) Budgeted allocation for each financial aid program that is funded through the Higher Education Grants Fund Account for the upcomi…

(a) There is established the Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, which shall be administered by the Division of Higher Education and division staff. (b) The program shall focus on the continued development of undergraduate academic research efforts at state-support…

(a) The Division of Higher Education may recover nonrefundable administrative fees related to the institutional certification and exemption process for out-of-state, nonpublic, and for-profit colleges and universities. (b) Fees in this section eligible for recovery include:(1) No…

(a) (1) (A) An individual shall incorporate under the applicable laws of the state and receive certification from the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board before offering educational coursework leading to a degree or before establishing a postsecondary educational institu…

(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) nonpubli…

(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 an…

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 e…

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…

A.C.A. § 6-61-306Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(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 a…

(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…

(1) 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, …

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 this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, § 6-61-211 [repealed], …

(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 this section,…

The Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education shall establish a separate Division of Community Junior Colleges within the Division of Higher Education.

(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is authorized to act and shall act as the statewide coordinating board for the community colleges established in conformity with this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, §§ 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, §§ 6-61-301 …

(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…

A.C.A. § 6-61-507Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(1) Site: 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 boa…

(a) (1) No certificate of feasibility for the formation of a community college district in excess of eight (8) locations in Arkansas as authorized by Acts 1973, No. 103, § 5(b) [repealed], shall be issued by the State Community College Board.(2) It is the specific intent of this …

(a) Upon certification of the State Community College Board that the formation of the proposed district is feasible and would conform to the requirements 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 — …

Within ten (10) days of the receipt and verification by the Secretary of State of the sufficiency of the petitions, he or she shall notify the county board of election commissioners of each county of which any portion is in the proposed community college district that an election…

The date of the election shall be set by the Secretary of State in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.

(a) The State Community College Board shall specify the wording of the ballot to be used for each election to create a community college district utilizing appropriate language similar to that provided in subdivision (c)(1) of this section. (b) (1) The ballot for the election sha…

The election shall be conducted by the county board of election commissioners in the manner provided by law for special elections, and the ballots shall be marked by each elector, and the returns thereof shall be tabulated, certified, and reported as provided by law.

(a) (1) If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed district voting thereon at such election shall vote for the establishment of the district, the district shall be established in the manner provided in this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, § 6…

If the election fails because of an adverse vote in one (1) or more counties or cities in a proposed district of multiple counties or cities, a proposed reconstituted district eliminating the counties or cities which cast the adverse vote in an election may be called within ninet…

(a) The ad valorem tax levied by a district, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be a continuing levy until reduced in the manner provided in this subchapter. (b) The tax shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of county general taxes and p…

(a) When it is proposed that a county or city join an existing community college district, an election may be held in the proposed city or county to be added to determine whether the proposed reconstituted district shall be established after a petition requesting that the county …

(a) A community college district may be dissolved or the millage tax voted reduced or repealed, with the exception of the millage required to service any outstanding bonds, upon approval thereof by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting on the issue at an ele…

(a) The local control of each community college shall be vested in a local board composed of nine (9) members who are residents and qualified electors of the community college district. (b) (1) All members shall be elected for terms of six (6) years by the qualified electors of t…

(1) The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows:(1) To select its own chair and such other officers as it may deem desirable from among its own membership;(2) To adopt and use a seal;(3) To determine, with the advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating …

(a) Participation of community colleges in intercollegiate athletic programs shall be limited to basketball, volleyball, and spring sports, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b) Community colleges may participate in an intercollegiate football program provided…

(a) Tuition. (1) The intent of this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, §§ 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, §§ 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, § 6-61-401, § 6-61-402, §§ 6-61-501 — 6-61-522, § 6-61-524, and §§ 6-61-601 — 6-61-603 is to make community college programs available to a…

(a) Community colleges established under the authority of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52 and the laws enacted pursuant thereto, are authorized, upon application, review, and approval thereof by the State Community College Board, to enter into agreements with any postsecondar…

Upon approval by the appropriate community college or technical college board of trustees, the president or the chancellor of each community college or technical college may receive a housing allowance in an amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per mont…

A.C.A. § 6-61-526Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A.C.A. § 6-61-527Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) In order to provide the residents of northeastern Arkansas with greater access to higher education opportunities beyond those which can be provided by the Arkansas Northeastern College, there is hereby created the university center at the Arkansas Northeastern College. The pr…

(a) (1) Within sixty (60) days after April 19, 1995, the local board of each community college shall, by resolution, choose:(A) To continue as a board whose members are elected; or(B) To become a newly constituted board whose members are appointed by the Governor under the provis…

(a) If the members of the local board of a community college are elected at large and if the community college district is composed of more than one (1) school district, but not all the school districts in the county, the board may apportion a certain number of positions on the b…

(a) The Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy is established as a satellite center of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. (b) The academy shall be the Arkansas single-source academy offering statewide services and satellite training for the operation of heavy e…

(a) (1) (A) The Director of the Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy shall follow hiring procedures consistent with the policies of the University of Arkansas at Monticello in recommending academy personnel for hire.(B) The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas a…

(a) (1) All legislatively appropriated funds, tuitions, grant moneys, and donations designated for the Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy shall be specifically used for the operation of the academy.(2) If the General Assembly does not provide funding for the acade…

(1) A high priority of the Southeast Arkansas College is to provide:(1) University transfer courses;(2) Industrial training in the work place; and(3) Encouragement for degree acquisition. (1) University transfer courses; (2) Industrial training in the work place; and (3) Encourag…

(a) The Board of Trustees of Southeast Arkansas College may reimburse tuition, fees, and other education-related expenses of current faculty who seek additional education levels that will benefit Southeast Arkansas College in meeting accreditation and professional standards. (b) …

(a) Funds for the general operation of an adequate comprehensive educational program shall be provided by the state. (b) (1) Prior to the beginning of each biennium, the local board of each community college shall develop an estimate of budget requirements for the operation of th…

(a) The local board of a community college may:(1) Spend larger sums of money than the state funds provided for the community college consistent with the state law; and(2) Levy a millage:(A) To provide additional funds to acquire and construct the community college;(B) To retire …

Capital outlay expenses shall be paid from gifts, grants, profits from auxiliary enterprises, tuition, fees, local millages, and other local funds and may be paid from state funds appropriated for such purposes.