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6-60-102. Consolidations and mergers.
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6-60-102. Consolidations and mergers.
(a) The purpose of this section is to create incentives for more efficient management of the public higher education resources of the State of Arkansas by allowing public higher education institutions and their boards of trustees to merge or consolidate on a voluntary basis and to consolidate administrative functions by transferring them to another institution.
(b)(1) A fund account is hereby established called the Higher Education Consolidation Matching Fund.
(2) Moneys deposited into this account shall be made available to match documented savings at public institutions of higher education that consolidate or merge.
(3) The amount of matching funds to be made available from the fund shall be determined by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(4) Upon review and approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the funds shall be transferred to the newly constituted or merged institution from the fund.
(c) The institutional consolidations and mergers eligible for matching funds under the terms of this section include:
(1) Two (2) or more public universities;
(2) Two (2) or more public two-year colleges;
(3) Community colleges and technical institutes located in the same city or the same county;
(4) New systems of public higher education institutions composed of two-year and four-year institutions under the control of a single board of trustees;
(5) Existing systems of public higher education institutions that add two-year and/or four-year institutions to the system; and
(6) Administrative function consolidation with similar services or operations at another institution.
(d)(1) Consolidations or mergers involving community colleges shall be subject to the provisions of § 6-61-519, where applic
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-60-102
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6-60-102. Consolidations and mergers.
(a) The purpose of this section is to create incentives for more efficient management of the public higher education resources of the State of Arkansas by allowing public higher education institutions and their boards of trustees to merge or consolidate on a voluntary basis and to consolidate administrative functions by transferring them to another institution.
(b)(1) A fund account is hereby established called the Higher Education Consolidation Matching Fund.
(2) Moneys deposited into this account shall be made available to match documented savings at public institutions of higher education that consolidate or merge.
(3) The amount of matching funds to be made available from the fund shall be determined by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(4) Upon review and approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the funds shall be transferred to the newly constituted or merged institution from the fund.
(c) The institutional consolidations and mergers eligible for matching funds under the terms of this section include:
(1) Two (2) or more public universities;
(2) Two (2) or more public two-year colleges;
(3) Community colleges and technical institutes located in the same city or the same county;
(4) New systems of public higher education institutions composed of two-year and four-year institutions under the control of a single board of trustees;
(5) Existing systems of public higher education institutions that add two-year and/or four-year institutions to the system; and
(6) Administrative function consolidation with similar services or operations at another institution.
(d)(1) Consolidations or mergers involving community colleges shall be subject to the provisions of § 6-61-519, where applicable, when the result of a consolidation or a merger requires dissolution of the community college district.
(2) Any agreements made by community colleges with other public colleges or universities to consolidate or merge are declared to be consistent with the provisions of § 6-61-524, which permits the sharing of facilities, personnel, and services by community colleges.
(e) The board, in consultation with the public colleges and universities, is authorized to develop policies and rules to implement the provisions of this section.
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6-61-519. Dissolution of district — Reduction or repeal of tax.
(a) A community college district may be dissolved or the millage tax voted reduced or repealed, with the exception of the millage required to service any outstanding bonds, upon approval thereof by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting on the issue at an election called for such purpose.
(b) The question of dissolving the district or reducing or repealing the millage tax shall be submitted to the electors of the district at a special or general election upon petitions therefor if the initiation of petitions calling for the election and the procedures calling for the election shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth in §§ 6-61-510(b)-(d), 6-61-511, and 6-61-512 for the formation of the district.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-519
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6-61-524. Agreements for sharing of facilities, personnel, and services.
(a) Community colleges established under the authority of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52 and the laws enacted pursuant thereto, are authorized, upon application, review, and approval thereof by the State Community College Board, to enter into agreements with any postsecondary educational institution, or with agencies or institutions of this state, of any city or county, or of the federal government for the sharing of facilities, personnel, or services or the providing and furnishing of services for such duration and under such conditions and financial arrangements therefor as are not inconsistent with the purposes for which the community colleges are established.
(b) In addition to the powers enumerated in this subchapter, it is the specific intention of §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 [repealed], 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-306 [repealed], 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-524, 6-61-601 — 6-61-603, and 6-61-604 — 6-61-612 [repealed] to authorize community colleges, upon application, review, and approval by the State Community College Board, to enter into agreements with the State Board of Career Education for the sharing of facilities, personnel, and services of vocational and technical schools of this state whereby, at a single location, community college instruction, including vocational and technical training, may be offered. The agreements shall include means of financing the sharing of such facilities, personnel, or services, provided, that the community college and the vocational and technical school shall each receive financial support in the manner provided by law.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-524
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 6-61-524. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.