Title 6 — Education
62 chapters · 2,849 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-402 Eligibility
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-403 Board of Trustees to accept or reject applications
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-404 Promissory note — Interest
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-405 Maximum loan amount
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-406 Rules as to repayment
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The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall establish rules regarding the manner and time of the repayment of the note.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-407 Defenses invalid
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-408 Interest added to revolving perpetual fund
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-409 Disbursement of funds
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-601 Purpose
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-602 Establishment
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There is established a program to be known as the “Teacher Opportunity Program”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-603 Administration
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(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)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-604 Conditions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-605 Grants — Priority
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-606 Discrimination prohibited
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This subchapter shall in no way discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or area of teacher education.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-607 Definitions
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-608 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-81-608Current 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. § 6-81-609 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-81-609Current 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. § 6-81-610 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-81-610Current 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. § 6-81-701 Definitions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-702 Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board
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(a) (1) There is established the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board that shall consist of eight (8) members appointed by the Governor for three-year terms.(2) Vacancies shall be filled in a similar manner.(3) The Governor shall consider a range of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-703 Loan applications — Medical students and medical school graduates
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(a) Any student accepted for admission to or enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine who is a bona fide resident of Arkansas may apply for a loan under this subc…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-704 Medical students — Investigation after application
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When a rural medical practice loan application is filed with the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, the board shall examine the application, investigate the ability, character, and qualifications of the applicant, and investigate the financial sta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-705 Medical students — Purpose of loan
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Rural medical practice loans provided for in this subchapter shall be made for the sole purpose of paying the applicant's tuition, maintenance, and educational expenses and the necessary living expenses of his or her dependents while the applicant is enrolled in a program of medi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-706 Medical students — Eligibility for initial and renewal loans
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(a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board may make rural medical practice loans to the applicant, each rural medical practice loan being expressly made subject to the provisions of § 6-81-708(c) and § 6-81-710, if it finds that:(1) The applicant i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-707 Maximum amount of loans
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(a) The maximum amount of each rural practice loan for medical students shall not exceed sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($ 16,500) per academic year or those costs that are reasonable and necessary for the student's attendance as determined by the Arkansas Rural Medical Pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-708 Loan contracts — Rural Medical Practice Loans — Obligations and conditions
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(a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall enter into a loan contract with the applicant to whom a rural medical practice loan is made. (b) The contract shall be approved by the Attorney General and shall be signed by the Chair of the Arkansa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-709 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-81-709Current 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. § 6-81-710 Funding of loans
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(a) (1) All payments for rural practice loans and community match loans under this subchapter shall be made on requisitions signed by the Chair of the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board drawn against the funds held for the purpose of this subchapte…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-711 Annual report
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(a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall make an annual report to the Governor concerning the activities of the board and shall file a copy of its report with the Legislative Council. (b) (1) This report shall include:(A) The names of the r…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-714 Dispute resolution — Determination of breach
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(a) Any applicant for a loan or income incentive issued by the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, any person who has been granted a loan or has been granted income incentives by the board, or any party to a rural medical practice or community matc…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-715 Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Eligibility
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(a) (1) The Arkansas 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 Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board to part…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-716 Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Obligations and conditions
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(a) (1) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board and a qualified rural community shall enter a joint community match contract with the applicant.(2) The form of the community match contract shall be approved by the Attorney General and shall be signe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-717 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-81-717Current 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. § 6-81-718 Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans
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(a) (1) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences demonstrates a willingness to enter into a rural medical practice loan contract and meets the requirements of § 6-81-706, the applicant shall b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-719 Tracking loan contract compliance
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The College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall track graduates who were recipients of rural medical practice loans for the length of their contractual obligations and shall report to the Legislative Council by October 1 of each even-numbered year…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-720 Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator
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(a) There is established a Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator. (b) The administrator shall:(1) Be employed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;(2) Serve as liaison between loan recipients and rural communities by:(A) Working w…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-721 Noninterference with pending litigation
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Nothing in this subchapter is intended to affect pending litigation existing as of April 4, 2007.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-722 Sunset clause
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(a) Loan recipients enrolled in the Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program on or before the day before April 4, 2007, shall not have their loan contracts impaired by the amendments to the community match program. (b) (1) Subject to the availability of funds, the loan…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-101 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-82-101Current 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. § 6-82-102 Annual review of minority scholarship or grant programs
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(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall review annually all minority scholarship or grant programs administered by the Division of Higher Education in order to ensure that the programs are in compliance with federal regulations. (b) The board of trustees of eac…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-103 Out-of-state tuition
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(a) The board of trustees of any institution of higher education may waive the out-of-state portion of any full tuition scholarship for any full-time student which is provided by unrestricted funds of the institution. (b) The part that is waived shall not be considered as an expe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-104 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-82-104Current 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. § 6-82-105 Administration — Authority of Division of Higher Education
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(1) The Division of Higher Education shall administer all state college financial assistance programs provided by legislation or by law and in so doing shall have the following authority and responsibility with respect to state college financial assistance programs provided by le…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-106 Scholarship awards
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(a) The Division of Higher Education is authorized to award scholarships to students who are accepted to a Washington, D.C. public policy academic internship, as determined by the division, if funding is appropriated and available. (b) The division may promulgate rules to adminis…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-107 Criminal history not a disqualifier
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A criminal conviction shall not be used as a basis to disqualify a person from eligibility for a scholarship, grant, loan forgiveness program, or other benefit subsidized by state funds under this chapter unless there is a specific statutory reason for denial that relates to the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-108 Academic Support Scholarship
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(a) The intent of this section is to provide academic support to offset the costs associated with the preparation for college and college readiness assessments to reduce college remediation requirements and increase the number of college graduates in this state. (b) There is esta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-1201 Purpose
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the Arkansas Police Corps Planning Commission [abolished] for the purpose of undertaking the necessary planning and other actions required to enable Arkansas to participate in the federal police corps program.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-1202 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-82-1202Current 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. § 6-82-1203 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-82-1203Current 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. § 6-82-1204 Administration
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(a) The Arkansas Police Corps Planning Commission [abolished] is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for implementing any federal law enforcement scholarship program which may be established. (b) The commission shall have authority to promulgate rules necessary for …