Title 6 — Education
62 chapters · 2,849 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-804 Deficits — Assessment of student athletic fee
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(a) Any athletic deficit of an institution shall be funded by a student athletic fee authorized by the board of trustees of each institution. (b) The student athletic fee shall be assessed on the basis of student semester credit hour and shall be clearly defined in all publicatio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-805 Certification by board of trustees
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(1) The board of trustees of each institution shall certify annually by June 15 of each year to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board:(1) That the intercollegiate athletic program will generate sufficient revenue through athletic-generated revenue, other auxiliary prof…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-806 Rules — Nondiscriminatory application
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(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary for the implementation of this subchapter. (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not be implemented in such a way as to discriminate against women's athletic programs.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-807 Reporting expenditures
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In accordance with the uniform reporting and auditing of intercollegiate athletic expenditures of state-supported institutions of higher education, maintenance of facilities expenditures related to all intercollegiate teams and spirit groups, excluding bands, shall be reported as…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-101 Authority for teachers to wear religious clothing
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No person shall be prohibited from teaching in state institutions of higher education for the reason that the person wears the clothing of any established and recognized religion while teaching.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-102 Deductions for group insurance premiums
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For the purpose of payment of group insurance policy premiums, upon the execution by any teacher or other school employee of an appropriate form of authorization and delivery thereof to the fiscal officer of the state college or university wherein that person is employed, the fis…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-103 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-63-103Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-104 Faculty performance review
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(a) (1) The president and chancellor of each state-supported institution of higher education in Arkansas shall work with the campus faculties to develop a framework to review faculty performance, including post-tenure review.(2) (A) The framework should be used to develop process…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-105 Highly Qualified Professor and Teacher Act
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(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Highly Qualified Professor and Teacher Act”. (b) A university professor or an assistant professor may receive a teaching license issued by the State Board of Education upon performing application requirements under § 6-17-4…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-301 Title
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This subchapter shall be cited and referred to as the “Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-302 Applicability of subchapter — Other fiscal laws not superseded
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The provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable to all publicly supported institutions of higher education in this state and shall not supersede the provisions of the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., the Uniform Classification and Compens…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-303 Nine-month and part-time employees — Maximum annual salary
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(a) (1) The maximum annual salary established for any position established as a nine-month educational and general academic position in the regular salaries section of the biennial operations appropriation act of any institution of higher education is declared to be the maximum a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-304 Payroll deductions and promotional items
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(a) (1) (A) The governing board for each institution of higher education may permit deductions from the payrolls of the institution's employees for contributions to the various institutional fundraising, foundations, and capital campaigns of the institutions and its entities when…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-305 New or additional positions
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(a) (1) In the event that additional federal funds, grants, gifts, or collections become available that were not authorized or contemplated at the time of the passage of the fiscal year appropriation act for operations for each institution enumerated in subsection (b) of this sec…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-306 Additional compensation for additional duties
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The state-supported institutions of higher education may pay additional compensation to employees for the performance of additional duties assigned to them at non-job-related institution-sanctioned events, provided that those additional duties are performed at times other than no…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-307 Salary restrictions — Penalties
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(a) An employee drawing a salary or other form of compensation from an institution of higher education shall not be paid an additional salary or receive additional compensation other than reimbursement for actual expenses from that institution or from any other agency or institut…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-308 Overtime for certain positions — Limitations
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(a) (1) The institutions of higher education are authorized to pay overtime, in critical circumstances, to those employees with job responsibilities subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., as existing on January 1, 2023.(2) The payment of overtim…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-309 Academic personnel recruitment — Exceptions to maximum salary levels — Conditions — Reports
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(a) In order that exceptionally well-qualified academic personnel may be recruited and retained, each state-supported institution of higher education may exceed the maximum salary levels by no more than twenty-five percent (25%) for no more than ten percent (10%) of the positions…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-310 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-63-310Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-311 Special authorization and contracts — National Center for Toxicological Research
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(a) The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State University system, after seeking the advice of the Legislative Council, may make a special allowance available, in such amounts as the boards may determine are justified and eq…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-312 Contingency appropriations — Transfers and reports
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(a) Upon approval by the Division of Higher Education and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, institutions of higher education may transfer appropriation from the cash contingency appropriation to any other appropriation made to the institution from cash funds and institutions…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-313 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-63-313Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-314 Extra help restrictions
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No employee of an institution of higher education who is employed as extra help may be employed for a period of time to exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours per fiscal year.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-315 Adjunct and visiting professors
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Institutions of higher education shall be exempt from the provisions of § 19-4-1707 [repealed] to the extent that they shall be allowed to hire adjunct professors and visiting professors who are currently providing professional and consulting services to the State of Arkansas, pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-316 Reporting of salaries of administrators — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “administrator” means an employee included as executive, administrative, or managerial on the IPEDS/EEO-6 reports. (b) (1) A state-supported institution of higher education shall submit a report listing each administrator at the state-supported instit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-317 Regular salary procedures and restrictions
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(a) Arkansas Constitution, Article 16, § 4, provides: “the General Assembly shall fix the salaries and fees of all officers in the State; and no greater salary or fee than that fixed by law shall be paid to any officer, employee, or other person, or at any rate other than par val…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-318 Extra help positions
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(a) A position authorized as extra help in an institution of higher education shall be assigned a title authorized by an institution's operative appropriation act, and any person hired in an extra help position shall meet the minimum qualifications for the position. (b) Extra hel…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-319 Position pools
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(a) (1) The Division of Higher Education shall establish and maintain a central pool of four hundred (400) positions to be used to establish additional positions in an institution of higher education when an institution does not have sufficient positions available to meet unantic…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-320 Annual career service recognition payments for employees of institutions of higher education
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(a) (1) (A) A nonfaculty member of an institution of higher education shall become eligible for annual career service recognition payments upon completion of ten (10) or more years of service in either an elected position or a classified or nonclassified position with a state age…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-321 Overtime, incentives, and differentials for direct and indirect patient care personnel at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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(a) All positions employed to provide or support patient care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are eligible for overtime at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular hourly rate. (b) In addition to overtime, direct and indirect patient care employ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-322 On-call compensation for patient care employees
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(a) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences may provide on-call duty compensation or standby duty differential compensation for a classified or nonclassified patient care employee whose job requires him or her to provide patient care when there is no regularly scheduled s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-501 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-63-501Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-502 Participation in Education Faculty Involvement Program — Eligibility
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(a) All public school districts shall assist through participation in the Education Faculty Involvement Program when requested. (b) (1) Any certified person employed by a school district who has credentials acceptable to a publicly supported institution of higher education may se…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-601 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Catastrophic illness” means a medical condition, as certified by a physician, of an employee or of the spouse or parent of the employee or of a child of the employee who may be claimed as a dependent under…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-602 Administration
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(a) (1) The Department of Shared Administrative Services shall have administrative responsibility for developing, implementing, and maintaining a catastrophic leave bank program for nonfaculty benefits-eligible, full-time employees of the state institutions of higher education.(2…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1001 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-1001Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1002 Application of funds for specified purposes only
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The General Assembly, in appropriating moneys for the benefit of the University of Arkansas, shall specify the precise amount that it intends to appropriate for each and every purpose, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall apply each sum as thus directed, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1003 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-1003Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1004 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-1004Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-101 Courses of study
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The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall prescribe the course of study for the campuses, divisions, and units of the University of Arkansas system.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1010 Funding of transportation research and education program
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All funds received by the University of Arkansas under the provisions of Acts 1973, No. 200, § 2, and other funds heretofore made available to the university from the Arkansas Transportation Department Fund of the State Highway Commission for the funding of a program of research …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1011 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-1011Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1012 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-1012Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-1013 Diagnostic laboratory services
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(a) The Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas may promulgate rules concerning services performed by its diagnostic laboratories. (b) (1) A fee structure may be designed and maintained by the division for the purpose of defraying the cost of diagnostic services.(2)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-102 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-102Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-103 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-103Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-104 Radio broadcasts of football and basketball games
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(a) Unless otherwise prohibited or limited by Southeastern Conference rules, the University of Arkansas Athletics Department shall make available for radio broadcasts all football and basketball games of the University of Arkansas under uniform arrangements for the right to radio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-105 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-64-105Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-106 Division of Agriculture — Service on boards or commissions
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(a) A person employed by the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas shall not serve as a voting member of any board or commission which regulates activities in areas in which the division has responsibility for conducting research and extension programs. (b) Such p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-64-109 Housing allowance for chaplain
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The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences may designate up to forty-five percent (45%) of the regular gross salary or stipend of a minister or other clergy employed as a chaplain or appointed as a chaplain resident as a housing allowance, to the extent use…