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6-85-108. Nursing school eligibility.
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6-85-108. Nursing school eligibility.
(a)(1) The General Assembly recognizes that the State of Arkansas is experiencing a critical shortage of nurses.
(2) It is the intent of this section to allow the Division of Higher Education the opportunity to include associate degree-granting and diploma schools of nursing in the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program under specific circumstances.
(b) The division shall make awards to applicants attending either an associate degree or diploma school preparing registered nurses that is approved by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and which would not otherwise be an approved institution if:
(1) The nursing school is specifically recognized by the division as a school of nursing eligible to participate in the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program; and
(2) The recipient meets continuing eligibility requirements in § 6-85-106.
(c) The scholarships awarded to recipients under this section shall be subject to § 6-85-105(g).
(d) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the division shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-108
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6-85-108. Nursing school eligibility.
(a)(1) The General Assembly recognizes that the State of Arkansas is experiencing a critical shortage of nurses.
(2) It is the intent of this section to allow the Division of Higher Education the opportunity to include associate degree-granting and diploma schools of nursing in the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program under specific circumstances.
(b) The division shall make awards to applicants attending either an associate degree or diploma school preparing registered nurses that is approved by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and which would not otherwise be an approved institution if:
(1) The nursing school is specifically recognized by the division as a school of nursing eligible to participate in the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program; and
(2) The recipient meets continuing eligibility requirements in § 6-85-106.
(c) The scholarships awarded to recipients under this section shall be subject to § 6-85-105(g).
(d) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the division shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
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6-85-105. Authority of Division of Higher Education.
(a) The Division of Higher Education is authorized by this subchapter to 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 shall include student eligibility criteria based on the provisions of this subchapter, the method for selecting scholarship recipients, rules for determining continuing eligibility, procedures for making payment to recipients, and other administrative procedures that may be necessary for the implementation and operation of the program.
(c) Until the end of fiscal year 2011, the Division of Higher Education is authorized to expend each year for data processing and other administrative costs of this program up to one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) of the amount appropriated for the program.
(d) Applicants must certify that they are drug-free and must pledge in writing on the application form to refrain from the use or abuse of illegal substances in order to maintain eligibility for this program.
(e)(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 their distribution to Arkansas students in grades seven through twelve (7-12) each year as part of the packet of materials on precollegiate preparation distributed by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education as mandated by § 6-61-217.
(2) The distribution of information shall be accomplished through the collaboration of school counselors and other appropriate school personnel.
(f) The Director of the Division of Higher Education
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-105
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6-85-106. Eligibility.
(a) Eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program is based on the criteria under this section and rules promulgated under this subchapter by the Division of Higher Education.
(b) An applicant is eligible for an award from this program if the applicant meets all of these criteria:
(1) The applicant graduated from an Arkansas high school;
(2) The applicant has been a resident of the State of Arkansas for at least twelve (12) months before graduation from an Arkansas high school, and the applicant's parent or guardian has maintained Arkansas residency for the same period of time;
(3) The applicant is a citizen of the United States or is a lawful permanent resident;
(4) The applicant is accepted for admission at an approved institution as a full-time first-time freshman as defined by the Division of Higher Education and enrolls in an approved institution within twelve (12) months of the applicant's high school graduation;
(5)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(5)(B) of this section, the applicant has successfully completed the core curriculum established by the State Board of Education and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board under § 6-61-217.
(ii) An applicant who graduates from an Arkansas high school on or before December 31, 2009, and who meets the provisions of subdivisions (b)(1)-(4) of this section but who has not completed the core curriculum defined in this subdivision (b)(5)(A) by the end of the senior year of high school due to the unavailability of the courses in the applicant's high school shall have a grace period of twelve (12) months from the date of high school graduation in which to make up any course deficiencies required for program eligibility.
(B) An applicant who gradu
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-106
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 6-85-106. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.