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23-115-1101. Duties of Legislative Council.
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23-115-1101. Duties of Legislative Council.
(a) The Legislative Council shall:
(1) Review whether expenditures of lottery proceeds have been in accordance with this chapter;
(2) Review and approve proposed rules of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery under § 10-3-309;
(3)(A) Review proposed contracts of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more before the execution of the contracts.
(B) The office shall provide a list of all contracts less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the Legislative Council on a monthly basis;
(4) Review reports filed with the Legislative Council by the Division of Higher Education, including without limitation reports filed under §§ 6-85-205 and 6-85-220;
(5) Perform its duties under § 6-85-220; and
(6) Study other lottery matters as the Legislative Council considers necessary to fulfill its mandate.
(b)(1) Annually by December 15, the Legislative Council shall provide to the General Assembly:
(A) Any analysis or findings resulting from its activities under this section that the Legislative Council deems relevant; and
(B) Its recommendations for any changes to the:
(i) Scholarship award amounts;
(ii) Number or type of scholarships; and
(iii) Scholarship eligibility requirements.
(2) The Legislative Council may make interim reports to the General Assembly regarding the expenditure of net lottery revenues.
(c)(1) During a regular, fiscal, or extraordinary session of the General Assembly, the Joint Budget Committee shall perform the functions assigned to the Legislative Council under:
(A) This chapter;
(B) Section 6-60-902;
(C) Section 6-60-903;
(D) Section 6-85-205;
(E) Section 6-85-212;
(F) Section 6-85-216;
(G) Section 6-85-219;
(H) Section 6-85-220; and
(I) Section 19-10-212.
(2
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23-115-1101. Duties of Legislative Council.
(a) The Legislative Council shall:
(1) Review whether expenditures of lottery proceeds have been in accordance with this chapter;
(2) Review and approve proposed rules of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery under § 10-3-309;
(3)(A) Review proposed contracts of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more before the execution of the contracts.
(B) The office shall provide a list of all contracts less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the Legislative Council on a monthly basis;
(4) Review reports filed with the Legislative Council by the Division of Higher Education, including without limitation reports filed under §§ 6-85-205 and 6-85-220;
(5) Perform its duties under § 6-85-220; and
(6) Study other lottery matters as the Legislative Council considers necessary to fulfill its mandate.
(b)(1) Annually by December 15, the Legislative Council shall provide to the General Assembly:
(A) Any analysis or findings resulting from its activities under this section that the Legislative Council deems relevant; and
(B) Its recommendations for any changes to the:
(i) Scholarship award amounts;
(ii) Number or type of scholarships; and
(iii) Scholarship eligibility requirements.
(2) The Legislative Council may make interim reports to the General Assembly regarding the expenditure of net lottery revenues.
(c)(1) During a regular, fiscal, or extraordinary session of the General Assembly, the Joint Budget Committee shall perform the functions assigned to the Legislative Council under:
(A) This chapter;
(B) Section 6-60-902;
(C) Section 6-60-903;
(D) Section 6-85-205;
(E) Section 6-85-212;
(F) Section 6-85-216;
(G) Section 6-85-219;
(H) Section 6-85-220; and
(I) Section 19-10-212.
(2) This subsection does not limit the authority of the Legislative Council to meet during a recess as authorized by § 10-2-223 or § 10-3-211.
(d) The Legislative Council and the Joint Budget Committee may:
(1) Establish or utilize one (1) or more subcommittees to assist in their duties under this chapter;
(2) Assign information filed with the Legislative Council under this subchapter to one (1) or more subcommittees of the Legislative Council, including without limitation a subcommittee created under subdivision (d)(1) of this section; and
(3) Delegate their duties under this chapter to one (1) or more subcommittees of the Legislative Council, subject to the final approval of the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee.
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10-3-309. Review and approval of state agency rules — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A) In the passage of this section, the General Assembly is aware of the significant number of laws which have been enacted granting to boards, commissions, departments, and administrative agencies of state government the authority to promulgate and enforce rules.
(B) The General Assembly is further aware that ample safeguards have not been established whereby the General Assembly may be informed of circumstances in which administrative rules do not conform to legislative intent.
(2) It is the purpose of this section to establish a method for continuing legislative review and approval of such rules to correct abuses of rulemaking authority or clarify legislative intent with respect to the rulemaking authority granted the administrative boards, commissions, departments, or agencies.
(b) As used in this section:
(1)(A) “Rule” means a state agency statement of general applicability and future effect that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy or describes the organization, procedure, or practice of a state agency and includes without limitation the amendment or repeal of a prior rule.
(B) “Rule” does not mean:
(i) A statement that concerns the internal management of a state agency and that does not affect the private rights or procedures available to the public;
(ii) A declaratory order or ruling issued under § 25-15-206 or other provision of law applicable to the state agency issuing the declaratory order or ruling;
(iii) Intraagency memoranda; or
(iv) A medical code within the Arkansas Medicaid Program that is issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including without limitation:
(a) Current Procedural Terminology codes;
(b) Healthcare Common Pro
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-309
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6-60-902. Arkansas Higher Education Information System.
(a) The Division of Higher Education shall develop and maintain the Arkansas Higher Education Information System.
(b)(1) The Division of Higher Education shall provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with direct read-and-report-only access to the data warehouse of the system concerning student academic data, financial aid data, and related records.
(2)(A) In providing the bureau with the direct read-and-report-only access required under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the Division of Higher Education shall take reasonable precautions, including electronic blocking or redacting, to prevent the disclosure of:
(i) Personally identifiable information of a student, unless the parent or guardian of a minor student or a student who is no longer a minor consents in writing to the disclosure of personally identifiable information about that student; or
(ii) Information that would cause the Division of Higher Education to lose funding under 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, as it existed on January 1, 2011.
(B) The Division of Higher Education shall:
(i) Work with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop the method of redaction to be used with the system based on the standards used by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; and
(ii) Disclose to the bureau and to the Legislative Council the method of electronic blocking or redaction the Division of Higher Education will use under this subsection.
(3)(A) The Division of Higher Education shall make its staff reasonably accessible for consultation with bureau staff in developing and responding appropriately to bureau requests under this section.
(B)(i) The bureau staff shall inform the Division of Higher Education of any warehouse dat
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-60-902
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6-85-205. Authority and duties of the Division of Higher Education.
(a) The Division of Higher Education shall develop and promulgate rules for the administration of the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program consistent with the purposes and requirements of this subchapter.
(b) The rules developed and promulgated by the Division of Higher Education under this section shall pertain to:
(1) Student eligibility criteria based on this subchapter;
(2) The method for selecting scholarship recipients and for determining continuing eligibility;
(3) The procedures for making payment to an approved institution of higher education where the recipient is enrolled; and
(4) Other administrative procedures that may be necessary for the implementation and operation of the program.
(c) The Division of Higher Education shall implement a complete financial aid management system that uses a single application form that may be accessed as a web-based application for all Arkansas state-supported student financial assistance administered by the Division of Higher Education, including:
(1) Scholarships awarded under this subchapter or other state law that are funded with net proceeds from the state lottery; and
(2) Scholarships, grants, or other financial assistance for higher education students funded with nonlottery state educational resources.
(d)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Higher Education are directed to develop appropriate informational materials on the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program and to ensure distribution of the materials to Arkansas students in grade seven through grade twelve (7-12) each year as a part of the packet of materials on precollegiate preparation distributed by the Arkansas High
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-205
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6-85-220. Legislative Council — Annual report.
(a) The Legislative Council shall:
(1) Oversee the development and implementation of Arkansas Code requirements with regard to the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program;
(2) Review whether and how the use of net state lottery proceeds helps to accomplish state objectives for higher education;
(3) Review the ongoing data collection, research, and evaluation of the program;
(4) Review the annual report of the Director of the Division of Higher Education under § 6-85-219;
(5) Review and recommend changes to the:
(A) Number of awards for each scholarship and grant;
(B) Award levels;
(C) Eligibility requirements; and
(D) Overall administration of the program; and
(6) Review and recommend policies for scholarships and grants funded with nonlottery state educational resources, including without limitation ways to ensure that net proceeds from the state lottery are used to supplement and not supplant nonlottery state educational resources.
(b) Annually by December 15, the Legislative Council shall report its findings and recommendations to the Office of the Arkansas Lottery, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-220
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