Title 6 — Education

(a) The Division of Higher Education shall have the sole authority to:(1) Approve all schools offering programs of study leading to or enhancing an occupational objective; and(2) Issue licenses to schools that have met the standards established by the Division of Higher Education…

(a) No persons shall operate, conduct, maintain, or offer to operate in Arkansas a school as defined in this subchapter, or solicit the enrollment of students residing in Arkansas, unless a license is first secured from the Division of Higher Education. (b) An application for a l…

(a) (1) Each school licensed under this subchapter shall pay annually a fee to be set by the Division of Higher Education in consultation with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(2) The fee shall be set at the amount the division deems necessary to establish the Pri…

(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 f…

(a) (1) An admissions representative that solicits or sells a program of study for consideration or remuneration shall first obtain a license from the Division of Higher Education to solicit or sell the program of study.(2) However, subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall not ap…

(a) In consultation with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 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 Protect…

(a) Licenses shall be renewable annually. (b) The licensing period shall be determined by the Division of Higher Education. (c) (1) Application for renewal of a school license is to be provided in the form and manner prescribed by the division.(2) The school and its programs of s…

(a) A person, an admissions representative, each member of an association of persons, or each officer of a corporation who opens and conducts a school, satellite school, or extension course site, as defined in this subchapter, upon conviction is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable…

(a) All contracts entered into with students or prospective students by schools, satellite schools, extension course sites, or admissions representatives as defined in this subchapter, and all promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness taken in lieu of cash payments by su…

(a) The Division of Higher Education shall have the authority to refuse to issue a school license, to place on probation, or to revoke a school license theretofore issued. (b) Any school dissatisfied with the decision to refuse to license, to revoke, or to suspend a license may s…

(a) A person shall not be granted an admissions representative's license if, upon investigation, the applicant is found not to meet the requirements for an admissions representative under this subchapter. (b) The Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education, upon receipt of i…

(a) Any student may file a written complaint with the Division of Higher Education if the student has reason to believe he or she is suffering loss or damage resulting from:(1) The failure of a school to perform agreements made with the student; or(2) An admissions representative…

(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall represent the sole authority to resolve disputes between a student and a school as to grievances relating to:(1) The failure of the school to perform agreements made with the student; or(2) An admissions representative's …

(a) When the Division of Higher Education finds that a school is guilty of a violation of this subchapter or the rules of the division, it shall have the power and authority to impose a penalty on the school. (b) Prior to the imposition of any penalty, the division shall hold an …

(a) The Division of Higher Education shall have the power to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum in connection with both its investigations and hearings. (b) A subpoena duces tecum may require any book, writing, document, or other paper or thing which is germane to an inves…

(a) (1) Each school licensed under this subchapter shall maintain a surety bond during its licensure.(2) The surety bond shall be submitted to the Division of Higher Education on or before the expiration date of the bond.(3) The bond shall be for the period during which the licen…

A.C.A. § 6-51-621Current 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) A person teaching or instructing a person seventeen (17) years of age or younger to drive a noncommercial motor vehicle or a motorcycle shall offer the minimum amount of driver training to the student driver as prescribed by this section. (b) The minimum requirements for clas…

A person shall not be required to obtain a license from the Division of Higher Education as a requirement for teaching or providing a course in defensive driving under a court-mandated defensive driving class.

(1) This subchapter does not apply to a school or training program that offers only avocational or recreational instruction or teacher instruction for the following subjects:(1) Dance;(2) Music;(3) Yoga;(4) Horseback riding; or(5) Sewing, knitting, or other needlecrafts. (1) Danc…

(a) The Division of Higher Education is hereby authorized to establish for the technical institutes or vocational-technical schools of this state an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing Program. (b) (1) A nursing program shall be established by the division. The nursing…

The licensed practical nurse or licensed psychiatric technician nurse to registered nurse program is an upward-mobility program for licensed practical nurses or licensed psychiatric technician nurses who have completed one (1) calendar year, or two thousand (2,000) hours minimum,…

The Career Education and Workforce Development Board is authorized to grant the degree to students who complete the full course of instruction which entitles them to the degree. The diploma is to be signed by such officials as the board shall designate.

(a) The State Board of Education shall review criteria established by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board that must be met by any secondary vocational center requesting permission to become a community-based education center. (b) (1) The board shall periodically …

The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall establish policy for community-based education centers in such areas as fees, operating and capital budgets, allocation of funds, instructional programs and related criteria for the operation of community-based education …

(a) Following publication by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board of criteria required to qualify for designation as a community-based education center, local educational agencies may develop a budget proposal for submission to the board for funding consideration.…

(a) (1) The board which currently owns the property and capital equipment of any existing community-based education center is authorized to retain ownership of such properties.(2) Provided, however, ownership of such properties may, by vote of the board, be restructured. (1) The …

(a) The State Board of Education shall operate as a coordinating board for community-based education centers. (b) (1) Furthermore, the governing board of a community-based education center is encouraged to create a general advisory council. (2) Such general advisory council shall…

(a) The General Assembly designates that the community-based education centers created by this subchapter meet the definition of “local education agencies” by virtue of the fact that each is a public authority legally constituted within this state to perform a service function fo…

(1) It is the purpose of this subchapter to initiate a broad array of legislative authority whose purpose it is to:(1) Upgrade the quality and quantity of postsecondary vocational and technical education;(2) Permit the expansion of programs leading to associate of applied science…

(a) (1) All postsecondary vocational-technical schools, technical institutes, and comprehensive lifelong learning centers within the State of Arkansas shall present to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Division of Higher Education a report reflecting a sati…

(a) All postsecondary vocational-technical schools, including those which expand their services under § 6-51-217 or under § 6-51-906 shall be governed by a local board of directors. (b) (1) (A) The Governor shall appoint a five-member local board of directors composed of resident…

(a) The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows:(1) To acquire, hold, and transfer real and personal property, to enter into contracts, to institute and defend legal actions and suits, and to exercise such other rights and privileges as may be necessary for the m…

(a) A technical institute may offer programs which lead to an Associate of Applied Science degree. (b) Each technical institute shall operate within a service area assigned by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (c) (1) The board of directors of the technical instit…

(a) Schools not converting to technical institutes as provided by other sections of this subchapter, or community colleges under existing law, shall expand program offerings and become a comprehensive lifelong learning center. (b) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board …

(a) Any Arkansas technical institute or comprehensive lifelong learning center desiring to offer college transfer courses or to increase the number of associate of applied science degrees being offered may initiate such college transfer courses or occupational degree programs und…

(a) There is created Arkansas Rehabilitation Services as an entity within the Division of Workforce Services. (b) The policy and scope of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall be to provide increased employment of individuals with disabilities through the provision of individual…

(a) All authorities and responsibilities defined in the Rehabilitation Act of Arkansas, § 20-79-201 et seq., shall be administered by Arkansas Rehabilitation Services under the direction of the Division of Workforce Services, except those transferred to the Division of State Serv…

(1) The Arkansas Workforce Development Board, through Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, shall provide the rehabilitation services authorized by this subchapter to eligible individuals with disabilities and those who can benefit from independent living services, determined by the …

All employees of the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services as of July 1, 1993, shall be eligible for membership in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, or alternate retirement systems. Any such employee who desires to change retirement …

The Building Authority Division shall ensure that all offices of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services are exemplary models of accessibility and conform to the ADA Standards for Accessible Design under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “State Apprenticeship Agency Act”.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Apprentice” means a worker who is:(A) At least sixteen (16) years of age; and(B) Employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation or trade as defined in 29 C.F.R. § 29.4;(2) “Apprenticeship” means a program for the recruitment, selection, employm…

(a) There is created the State Apprenticeship Agency within the Office of Skills Development in accordance with 29 U.S.C. § 50 and 29 C.F.R. §§ 29 and 30 to:(1) Serve as the state registration agency for apprenticeship programs;(2) Establish rules regarding the registration of pr…

(a) The Office of Skills Development shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this subchapter, including without limitation rules addressing the registration, deregistration, cancellation, and reinstatement of pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and apprentices. (b) A rule…

(a) The State Apprenticeship Agency shall develop a nationally recognized state apprenticeship completion credential, as described in 29 C.F.R. § 29.5, for completing a registered apprenticeship program. (b) The agency may register apprenticeship programs that are mandated by sta…

(a) A sponsor may apply to register an apprenticeship program with the State Apprenticeship Agency. (b) A registered apprenticeship program shall include without limitation:(1) On-the-job training from an employer;(2) Related technical instruction; and(3) The opportunity for an a…

(a) There is established the Arkansas Apprenticeship Council to be an advisory council composed of individuals representing employer organizations and employee organizations who:(1) Have operational experience of registered apprenticeship programs; or(2) Employ registered apprent…

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Two-Year Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act of 1991”.

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to serve as a legislative charter under the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52, for the establishment, organization, and administration of a system of educational institutions throughout the state offering courses of instru…