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6-53-209. Interim accreditation and governance.
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6-53-209. Interim accreditation and governance.
(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board may act as the legal entity, governing board, and receiver of all property for any institution not accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education and seeking merger or consolidation with an existing institution of higher education during the interim period when approval of institutional change from an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education is being sought.
(b) Upon approval by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, all records, personnel, property, unexpended balances, and all legal authority shall pass from the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to the legal entity governing the newly merged or consolidated institution.
(c) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board may provide accreditation for a period of up to six (6) years to an institution governed by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(d)(1) Until the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves associate of applied science degrees for the institutions identified in § 6-53-301(a), no change in the educational mission of those institutions is intended or authorized by this chapter.
(2) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall show cause why accreditation of an institution should not be continued and provide twelve (12) months' notice of any action to withdraw accreditation of an institution.
(e) A postsecondary vocational-technical school other than those listed in §§ 6-53-301 and 6-53-404 that receives approval from the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the General Assembly to begin the process of consolidati
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-53-209
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6-53-209. Interim accreditation and governance.
(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board may act as the legal entity, governing board, and receiver of all property for any institution not accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education and seeking merger or consolidation with an existing institution of higher education during the interim period when approval of institutional change from an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education is being sought.
(b) Upon approval by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, all records, personnel, property, unexpended balances, and all legal authority shall pass from the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to the legal entity governing the newly merged or consolidated institution.
(c) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board may provide accreditation for a period of up to six (6) years to an institution governed by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(d)(1) Until the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves associate of applied science degrees for the institutions identified in § 6-53-301(a), no change in the educational mission of those institutions is intended or authorized by this chapter.
(2) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall show cause why accreditation of an institution should not be continued and provide twelve (12) months' notice of any action to withdraw accreditation of an institution.
(e) A postsecondary vocational-technical school other than those listed in §§ 6-53-301 and 6-53-404 that receives approval from the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the General Assembly to begin the process of consolidation or merger with an existing institution of higher education shall be governed by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board under this section and § 6-53-302(f), (h), and (i) pending approval of the merger or consolidation from an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
(f) If a consolidation plan is not approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, § 6-53-301(f) shall apply to the postsecondary vocational-technical school or technical college seeking merger or consolidation with an institution of higher education.
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6-53-301. Arkansas Technical and Community College System.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall designate the following institutions as technical colleges which shall become part of the Arkansas Technical and Community College System under the coordination of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board:
(A) Black River Technical College, Pocahontas;
(B) Arkansas State University Mid-South, West Memphis;
(C) North Arkansas College, Harrison;
(D) Ozarka College, Melbourne;
(E) South Arkansas Community College, El Dorado;
(F) Southeast Arkansas College, Pine Bluff;
(G) Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas, De Queen;
(H) University of Arkansas — Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock;
(I) University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, Batesville;
(J) University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, Hope; and
(K) University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton, Morrilton.
(2) None of these institutions shall have the authority to request the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board's approval for associate degree programs before July 1, 1993.
(b) A technical college may be expanded to offer courses of instruction in technical, vocational, and adult education programs and college transfer programs and may, upon a vote of the electorate, create a community college district and, if necessary, impose a millage to convert to a community college.
(c) Until the institution elects to become a community college, the institution shall be known as a technical college.
(d) Upon the appointment of the local board, all records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical institutions shall be
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-53-301
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6-53-302. Local administration — Technical colleges.
(a) Each technical college established or operated under this chapter shall be governed by a local board of trustees consisting of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Governor and subject to the confirmation of the Senate.
(b) The term of office of local board members shall be seven (7) years.
(c) Members of the local board shall be qualified electors of the service area of the technical college and knowledgeable in business, labor, industry, or economic development.
(d)(1) A person shall not serve as a member of the local board if the person is:
(A) A candidate for public office;
(B) A holder of public office in the state;
(C) A licensed or nonlicensed employee of a public school district;
(D) A classified or nonclassified employee of:
(i) A community college;
(ii) A vocational school;
(iii) A technical school; or
(iv) An institution of higher education; or
(E) A member of a board of trustees of a:
(i) School district;
(ii) Community college; or
(iii) Institution of higher education.
(2) A person shall not serve as a member of the local board if the person's spouse is:
(A) A candidate for public office;
(B) A holder of public office in the state;
(C) A classified or nonclassified employee of the technical college for which the person would serve as a member of the local board; or
(D) A member of the board of trustees of the technical college for which the person would serve as a member of the local board.
(e) When a vacancy occurs in the membership of the local board, the president of the technical college shall notify the Governor, who shall appoint a successor to the person who vacated membership, who will serve the unexpired term of the person succeeded.
(f)
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-53-302
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-53-302. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-53-404. Technical colleges — Acceptance as branch campus of community college.
(a) A board of trustees of a community college may, by resolution or when requested, petition the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to accept a technical college located in the same service area to be a branch campus of the community college.
(b) All records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the above-listed state-supported institutions within the service area of the community college shall be transferred to the local board.
(c) The local board of the community college shall be responsible for the administration and operation of all state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical institutions located within its service area and consolidated by this chapter.
(d)(1) Until such time as territory containing the vocational-technical institution is joined to the community college district, the institution shall be operated as and known as a satellite campus of the community college.
(2) In cases where the vocational-technical institution is located within the community college district, upon consolidation, such institution shall be known as a branch campus of the community college, or if situated in close proximity to an existing community college campus no name distinction need be made for such institution.
(e) No millage tax of the community college district shall be used for capital outlay expense or operating expense of a satellite campus.
(f) The procedures for reconstituting districts under § 6-61-518 shall be followed to join additional territory containing the satellite campus to the existing community college district.
(g) Following the passage of the question to join territory containing the satellit
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-53-404
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-53-404. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.