Title 6, Education

(a) (1) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall administer the Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program.(2) (A) Interested rural communities may apply to the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board t…

(a) (1) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board and the qualified rural community shall enter a joint community match income incentive contract with the applicant.(2) The form of the community match income incentive contract shall be approved by …

(a) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to an osteopathic medical school in Arkansas demonstrates a willingness to enter into an osteopathic rural medical practice loan contract and meets the requirements of § 6-81-1807, the applicant shall be moved to the top of t…

(1) An osteopathic medical school in Arkansas shall:(1) Track graduates who were recipients of osteopathic rural medical practice loans under this subchapter for the length of their contractual obligations; and(2) Report to the Legislative Council by October 1 of each even-number…

(a) There is established an Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program Administrator. (b) The administrator shall:(1) Be employed by the Division of Higher Education;(2) Serve as liaison between osteopathic rural medical practice student loan recipien…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Appeals process” means without limitation:(A) The completion and submission of an appeals application as drafted by the Financial Aid Appeals Committee;(B) The confirmation of eligibility to appeal and the intention to retain appeals eligibilit…

There is created the Financial Aid Appeals Committee within the Division of Higher Education with the authority to administer the division's appeals process.

(a) There is established the Financial Aid Appeals Committee, in conjunction with the Governor's administration, to be composed of five (5) representatives of the Division of Higher Education, which shall be responsible for administering the division's appeals process. (b) Member…

(1) The Financial Aid Appeals Committee may make appeals decisions for an applicant, with each appeal being expressly made subject to the provisions of this subchapter and § 6-81-1905, if the committee finds that reinstating the appealed scholarship or grant will benefit the stud…

(a) (1) In the event an applicant submits an appeal on the basis of failure to maintain full-time enrollment or the necessary grade point average during a previous term, the Financial Aid Appeals Committee may approve proportionate financial aid to be awarded within one (1) semes…

There is created the Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing Workforce Scholarship, Stipend, and Incentive Program to be administered by the Arkansas Psychology Board in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.

(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Neuropsychological testing services are necessary services for the citizens of the State of Arkansas in order to provide access to and inform a broad range of clinical services, psychoeducational services, and legal and quasi-legal decision…

(a) Cash funds for the Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing Workforce Scholarship, Stipend, and Incentive Program shall consist of:(1) Funds appropriated for the program;(2) Federal funds;(3) Gifts;(4) Grants;(5) Bequests;(6) Devises;(7) Donations;(8) Interest and other i…

(a) The Arkansas Psychology Board shall:(1) Prescribe forms to be used for the Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing Workforce Scholarship, Stipend, and Incentive Program;(2) Monitor the submission of applications for scholarships, stipends, or incentives;(3) Determine eli…

(1) The Arkansas Psychology Board may award a scholarship, stipend, or incentive under the Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing Workforce Scholarship, Stipend, and Incentive Program available to an applicant who:(1) Is a bona fide resident of Arkansas; and(2) Is:(A) Enrol…

(a) The Arkansas Psychology Board may award a scholarship to cover tuition and the required coursework to an applicant who has been accepted for admission or is enrolled in good standing in a program as a psychology student or trainee who is pursuing a bachelor's degree to obtain…

(a) Subject to the availability of funds, each scholarship, stipend, or incentive awarded to an applicant under this subchapter shall be renewable annually for the number of years required to complete a qualifying program under this subchapter. (b) Each scholarship, stipend, or i…

The Arkansas Psychology Board may adopt rules consistent with this subchapter to effectively and efficiently carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(a) The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas, a private nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purposes, as stated in its articles of incorporation, “to do any and all necessary things to implement the student loan fund program as provided f…

(a) (1) All moneys received by the Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited by the foundation into bank accounts in one (1) or more banks of this state, or the moneys may be placed on deposit into savings and loan as…

(a) The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas shall designate a disbursing officer who shall administer the trust funds made available to the foundation under the provisions of this subchapter. (b) (1) The disbursing officer shall file a surety bond of a corporate surety …

All of the funds, securities, equities, and assets received by the Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas under the provisions of this subchapter shall be used exclusively for the purposes of providing the state's matching reserves requirements or other obligations under P…

(a) Whenever moneys made available to the Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas under the provisions of this subchapter are insufficient to meet cash obligations of the foundation pursuant to applicable federal laws, the foundation is authorized to sell for cash any secur…

The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas is not subject to audit by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee but, at least annually, shall contract for an audit by a certified public accountant and transmit a copy of the audit to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Behaviorally underserved community” means a given geographical area in this state that the Secretary of the Department of Human Services determines has unmet needs for behavioral health services caused by factors, including without limitation:(…

(a) There is created the Behavioral Health Loan Forgiveness Program to be administered by the Department of Human Services in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. (b) The program shall promote mental health professionals serving in behaviorally underserved communiti…

(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall:(1) Determine the behaviorally underserved communities in this state;(2) Prescribe forms for and regulate the submission of applications for possible participants in the Behavioral Health Loan Forgiveness Program;(3) Det…

(a) To be eligible to be a participant, an individual shall:(1) Either:(A) Be a mental health professional or a licensed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor; or(B) Be enrolled in a training or education program to become a mental health professional or a licensed alcoholism …

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall distribute available funds from the Arkansas Behavioral Health Professional Student Loan Repayment Fund to participants proportionally among the eligible professions according to the vacancy rate for mental health pr…

A revolving loan fund of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is provided for making loans to the students of the University of Arkansas in order to assist worthy young men and women who are residents of Arkansas to pursue their studies at the university.

Any person who is a student in the University of Arkansas and who is a bona fide resident of this state shall be eligible to participate under the provisions of this subchapter.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall annually review and approve a procedure to accept or reject applications for loans from the revolving loan fund.

The person securing a loan shall give his or her promissory note with interest to be established by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas which shall be not less than four percent (4%) nor more than eight percent (8%) per annum.

Not more than the full cost of tuition shall be loaned to any one (1) person in any one (1) academic year under the provisions of this subchapter.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall establish rules regarding the manner and time of the repayment of the note.

The statute of limitations shall not run against notes made pursuant to this subchapter, nor shall the fact that the maker of the note may be a minor when the note is executed impair its validity.

The interest on the notes when paid in shall be added to the revolving loan fund and the whole sum shall be used as a revolving perpetual fund to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

The disbursing agent of the University of Arkansas is authorized to draw the sums referred to in this subchapter in cash from the State Treasury as they may be needed, but not exceeding forty thousand dollars ($40,000) at any one (1) time.

There is an existing need in the state to enhance the academic expertise of employed teachers in Arkansas by providing opportunities for them to pursue additional college instruction related to their employment.

There is established a program to be known as the “Teacher Opportunity Program”.

(a) The Teacher Opportunity Program shall be administered by the Division of Higher Education, which shall have the authority to establish necessary rules, procedures, and selection criteria for the administration of the program and to designate necessary forms and schedules. (b)…

(1) The Division of Higher Education may make initial and continuing grants to students under the following conditions:(1) Grant recipients shall be bona fide residents of the State of Arkansas, as defined by the Division of Higher Education;(2) Grant recipients shall maintain cu…

(a) (1) The first priority for the award of funds under the Teacher Opportunity Program is the award for additional education in:(A) Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields;(B) Computer science;(C) Literacy or reading;(D) Prekindergarten education; or(E) Special e…

This subchapter shall in no way discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or area of teacher education.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Classroom teacher” means an individual who is required to hold a teaching license from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and who is:(A) Engaged directly in instruction with students in a classroom setting for more than seventy …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Medically underserved” means an area in Arkansas that the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board determines has unmet needs for medical services due to factors, including without limitation:(A) The ratio of primary c…