Title 6, Education

(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.

(a) (1) The board of directors of each community college may adopt written policies authorizing the community college to purchase commodities and services from members of the board and employees of the community college.(2) The board may restrict the purchases to competitive bids…

(a) In the passage of this subchapter, the General Assembly is cognizant of the fact that the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, acting under the authority 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…

(a) Whenever the term “Polk County community college district”, “the Polk County community college”, or “the Polk County community college district board” is used in this subchapter, the term is used solely for the purpose of referring to a community college district to be establ…

Title to the following-described lands in Polk County, State of Arkansas, belonging to the State Board of Career Education and Career Opportunities and used for the operation of the Rich Mountain Vocational-Technical School, is transferred to and shall become the property of the …

This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Research Development Act”.

It is the intent of this subchapter to provide a source of funding to established research groups in publicly supported universities in this state in order to secure long-term benefits for such groups so that they may become recognized as leaders in their fields of endeavor and t…

There is created a program to be known as the “Arkansas Research Development Program”, which shall be administered by the Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education.

Funds may be made available for administration of the Arkansas Research Development Program, for purchasing state-of-the-art equipment, for minor renovation of laboratory space, for publication of findings, for employing scientists or research assistants, and for providing any ot…

(a) Application for the funds provided for the Arkansas Research Development Program may be made by any publicly supported university in the State of Arkansas. (b) (1) The Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education shall review the applications and shall approve application…

In order to enhance the public's access to performance indicators and to better measure the dividends paid on the increasing public investment in Arkansas's institutions of higher education, the General Assembly finds that a separate office of accountability should be established…

(a) There is created the Office of Accountability within the Division of Higher Education. (b) The office is authorized and directed to collect and analyze information that may be required to meet any state or federal requirement. (c) Under the direction of the Commissioner of th…

(a) All two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education shall be required to provide workers' compensation coverage for their employees. (b) Coverage shall be provided for losses incurred while performing work for the two-year or four-year public institution of hig…

(a) Claims incurred on and after the effective date that a public institution of higher education elects to provide self-funded coverage under this subchapter shall be the responsibility of the two-year or four-year public institution of higher education. (b) Claims incurred prio…

(a) Two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education may provide workers' compensation coverage through private carriers, municipal self-funding groups, or one (1) or more self-funded entities or groups. (b) Self-funding groups established for this purpose shall mee…

Nothing in this subchapter shall require two-year or four-year public institutions of higher education to provide workers' compensation coverage through one (1) or more self-funded entities or groups, and an institution may elect to provide coverage through the Public Employee Cl…

(a) (1) State-supported institutions of higher education are authorized to perform contracts with private persons, made and entered into prior to June 10, 1965, whereby the institutions have agreed to furnish surplus water to those persons from supplies owned by the institutions.…

(a) The governing board of each state educational institution has authority to:(1) Enter into contracts for the use of property and equipment for military training purposes; and(2) Enter into any mutually agreeable contract incidental thereto as may be required by federal law or …

(a) (1) Private contributors to state-supported colleges and universities frequently designate their gifts for the purpose of endowing academic chairs or attracting personnel with exceptional qualifications.(2) In order to appropriately compensate these individuals from private f…

(a) (1) Upon approval of the board of trustees of a state-supported institution of higher education, the Division of Higher Education, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, a state-supported institution of higher education may borrow funds determined by the board to be neces…

(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, with the assistance of Arkansas Legislative Audit, is authorized and directed to establish uniform reporting and auditing to report athletic costs and revenues of each state-supported institution of higher education. (b) Such …

(a) As a condition for receiving state funds, all public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education shall report the following information by October 1 of each year to the Division of Higher Education in a format developed by the division in consultation with the ins…

The board of trustees of each state-funded, four-year university may approve a housing allowance not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month for the president or the chancellor of the university. The allowance shall be in lieu of any state-owned housing pro…

(a) Annually, the board of trustees and the president or chancellor of each state-supported institution of higher education shall certify to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Legislative Council that as of December 31, sufficient appropriations and funds:(1) Are avail…

(a) (1) In recognition of the extra work involved in the participation of intercollegiate athletic teams in postseason competitions, and to promote exceptional achievement in the total sports program of each state-supported four-year institution of higher education, the chancello…

This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement Act of 2005”.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Expanded availability of higher educational opportunities for families in this state with school-age children has become increasingly necessary in order to preserve and protect the health, welfare, and prosperity of this state and its citiz…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Athletic facilities” means facilities used primarily for intercollegiate or intramural sports;(2) “Bonds” means the State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds as authorized in this subchapter;(3) “Debt service” means all amount…

(a) Before any bonds may be issued during a fiscal biennium, except for refunding purposes, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall submit to the Governor a written plan for technology and facility improvement projects to be funded with the proceeds derived from th…

The Arkansas Development Finance Authority, on behalf of the State of Arkansas, is authorized, subject to the approval of the voters in a statewide election, to issue bonds to be known as “State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds”, in a total principal amount n…

The total principal amount of bonds outstanding under this subchapter and under the Arkansas College Savings Bond Act of 1989, § 6-62-701 et seq., shall not have combined scheduled debt service payments in excess of twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) in any one (1) fiscal …

The proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter for nonrefunding purposes shall be used to finance the development of technology projects and facility improvement projects. However, none of the projects shall be primarily for athletic facilities.

(a) (1) No bonds shall be issued under this subchapter, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, unless the issuance of bonds and the pledge of the full faith and credit of the State of Arkansas have been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of this state voti…

(a) (1) Prior to the issuance of any series of bonds, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority shall adopt a resolution or trust indenture, which may be a general resolution, series resolution, master trust indenture, series indenture, supplemental indenture, or other form of r…

(1) The State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:(1) Whether or not the interest is subject to federal taxation, the bonds shall be issued in series, as set forth in this section, in amounts sufficient to f…

(a) The State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds may be sold in the manner, either at private or public sale, and upon terms as the Arkansas Development Finance Authority shall determine to be reasonable and expedient for effectuating the purposes of this subch…

(a) (1) On or before the commencement of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall:(A) Determine the estimated amount required for payment of all or a part of debt service on the State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds issued under this sub…