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6-61-521. Local boards — Powers and duties.
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6-61-521. Local boards — Powers and duties.
The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows:
(1) To select its own chairman and such other officers as it may deem desirable from among its own membership;
(2) To adopt and use a seal;
(3) To determine, with the advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the educational program of the community college;
(4) To appoint and fix the compensation and the term of office of a president or chancellor of the community college;
(5) To appoint, upon the nomination of the president or chancellor, members of the administrative and teaching staffs and to fix their compensation and terms of employment;
(6) Upon the recommendation of the president or chancellor, to appoint or employ such other officers, agents, and employees of the community college as may be required to carry out the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-520, 6-61-522 — 6-61-524, and 6-61-601 — 6-61-603 and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties, compensation, and terms and conditions of employment;
(7) To grant diplomas and certificates;
(8) To enter into contracts;
(9)(A) To accept from any government or governmental agency, from any other public or private body, or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property, which the local board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes.
(B) If acceptance of a grant is conditioned upon the local board's obtaining interim financing from a local financial institution and if the grant makes a provision for the repayment of the interim loan from the grant itself, then the local board is authorized to contract for the required interim fina
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-521
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6-61-521. Local boards — Powers and duties.
The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows:
(1) To select its own chairman and such other officers as it may deem desirable from among its own membership;
(2) To adopt and use a seal;
(3) To determine, with the advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the educational program of the community college;
(4) To appoint and fix the compensation and the term of office of a president or chancellor of the community college;
(5) To appoint, upon the nomination of the president or chancellor, members of the administrative and teaching staffs and to fix their compensation and terms of employment;
(6) Upon the recommendation of the president or chancellor, to appoint or employ such other officers, agents, and employees of the community college as may be required to carry out the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-520, 6-61-522 — 6-61-524, and 6-61-601 — 6-61-603 and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties, compensation, and terms and conditions of employment;
(7) To grant diplomas and certificates;
(8) To enter into contracts;
(9)(A) To accept from any government or governmental agency, from any other public or private body, or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property, which the local board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes.
(B) If acceptance of a grant is conditioned upon the local board's obtaining interim financing from a local financial institution and if the grant makes a provision for the repayment of the interim loan from the grant itself, then the local board is authorized to contract for the required interim financing;
(10) To acquire, own, lease, use, and operate property, whether real, personal, or mixed, which is necessary for purposes of the community college;
(11) To dispose of property owned by the community college which is no longer necessary for purposes of the community college upon such terms and conditions as shall meet the requirements for state agencies;
(12) To exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn property necessary for the use of the community college. The procedure to be followed in the exercise of the right of eminent domain by a local board shall be that prescribed for the boards of trustees of certain state colleges by § 6-62-201;
(13) To make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-520, 6-61-522 — 6-61-524, and 6-61-601 — 6-61-603 or with the rules of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board as are necessary for the proper administration and operation of the community college; and
(14) To exercise all other powers not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-520, 6-61-522 — 6-61-524, and 6-61-601 — 6-61-603 which may be reasonably necessary to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a community college.
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6-61-101. Definition.
As used in §§ 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], unless the context otherwise requires, “data processing” shall mean an automated process for data collection and the conversion of data into usable form or storage, including the planning, development, and implementation thereof, through the use of electronic or analogue data processing equipment, including computer systems, components of computer systems, and other necessary support equipment used in the automated process. This definition may be altered to include or exclude equipment or services in response to changes in data processing technology with the approval of the Arkansas Communications Study Committee as established by § 10-3-1201 et seq. [repealed].
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-101
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6-61-103. Powers and duties of existing governing boards unaffected by §§ 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].
Nothing in §§ 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] shall in any way affect the terms of office or tenure of the governing boards or any of the powers and duties vested in the boards in the internal management of the affairs of their respective institutions.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: repealed. The source passage cites 6-61-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-61-201. Members — Meetings.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall consist of twelve (12) members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(A)(i) Six (6) members who shall be:
(a) Qualified electors of the State of Arkansas; and
(b) Graduates of public two-year or four-year institutions of higher education within the state.
(ii) If an appointee under this subdivision (a)(1)(A) is serving as a member of a board of a two-year or four-year institution of higher education at the time of appointment to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the appointee shall relinquish his or her membership on the board of the two-year or four-year institution of higher education; and
(B)(i) Six (6) members shall be selected from business, industry, education, agriculturally related industry, and medical services and shall not be current members of a board of a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education.
(ii) At least one (1) of the appointees shall have a strong interest in and commitment to economic and workforce development.
(iii) At least one (1) of the appointees shall have experience in the knowledge-based technology field.
(2) No more than four (4) members of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall be appointed from any one (1) congressional district as the districts exist at the time of the appointment.
(b) Vacancies on the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall be filled for the unexpired terms, and the appointments shall be made in the same manner as the positions vacated.
(c)(1) The members of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall serve staggered terms of six (6) years.
(2) The terms of two (2) members shall expire each year.
(d) An intensive orientation progr
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-201
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 6-61-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-61-209. Budgets.
In order to promote a coordinated system of higher education in Arkansas and to assure an orderly and effective development of each of the publicly supported institutions of higher education, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall have the following powers and duties:
(1)(A) To review, evaluate, and coordinate budget requests for the state-supported universities and colleges and present to the General Assembly and to the Governor prior to each regular session of the General Assembly a single budget report containing the recommendations for separate appropriations to each of the respective institutions.
(B) The recommendations will be consistent with a comprehensive master plan of postsecondary education in Arkansas as developed by the board.
(C) The recommendations, insofar as possible, will be based upon standard techniques of objective measurement of need and unit cost figures arrived at through comparative data secured from the several institutions.
(D) Specific needs of institutions based upon existing programs and deficiencies will be given consideration; and
(2)(A) To develop, in conjunction with the institutions of higher learning, the Governor, and the Legislative Council, a single set of budget forms which will be utilized by all parties in making requests and recommendations for the funding of state-supported colleges and universities.
(B) The forms and process will require that the total income and expenditures of each institution must be considered in the request process.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-209
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 6-61-209. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.