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6-85-209. Additional eligibility requirements for a current achiever student.
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6-85-209. Additional eligibility requirements for a current achiever student.
(a) In addition to the requirements of § 6-85-206, an applicant is eligible as a current achiever student if the applicant:
(1) Entered postsecondary education before the 2010-2011 academic year:
(A) As a full-time first-time freshman student; and
(B) Within twelve (12) months after graduating high school; and
(2) At the time of applying for the scholarship:
(A)(i) Has been continuously enrolled at an institution of higher education as a full-time student.
(ii) In calculating continuous enrollment under this section, the Division of Higher Education may include one (1) or more courses taken during the summer that meet the criteria for a course under subdivision (a)(2)(B)(ii) of this section;
(B)(i) Has successfully completed at least twelve (12) semester hours of courses granting three (3) or more hours of credit per course at an approved institution of higher education.
(ii) A course granting less than three (3) hours of credit may be counted toward the twelve (12) semester hours under this subdivision (2)(B) if it is related to a credit course required for a degree; and
(C) Has achieved a postsecondary grade point average of at least 2.5.
(b) The division may waive the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(B) or subdivision (a)(2) of this section for eligibility under this section if an applicant does not meet those eligibility requirements due to the applicant's full-time duty in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and reserve components of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or state active duty orders.
(c) This section also applies to an applicant who:
(1) Applied for a scholarship as a current achieve
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-209
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6-85-209. Additional eligibility requirements for a current achiever student.
(a) In addition to the requirements of § 6-85-206, an applicant is eligible as a current achiever student if the applicant:
(1) Entered postsecondary education before the 2010-2011 academic year:
(A) As a full-time first-time freshman student; and
(B) Within twelve (12) months after graduating high school; and
(2) At the time of applying for the scholarship:
(A)(i) Has been continuously enrolled at an institution of higher education as a full-time student.
(ii) In calculating continuous enrollment under this section, the Division of Higher Education may include one (1) or more courses taken during the summer that meet the criteria for a course under subdivision (a)(2)(B)(ii) of this section;
(B)(i) Has successfully completed at least twelve (12) semester hours of courses granting three (3) or more hours of credit per course at an approved institution of higher education.
(ii) A course granting less than three (3) hours of credit may be counted toward the twelve (12) semester hours under this subdivision (2)(B) if it is related to a credit course required for a degree; and
(C) Has achieved a postsecondary grade point average of at least 2.5.
(b) The division may waive the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(B) or subdivision (a)(2) of this section for eligibility under this section if an applicant does not meet those eligibility requirements due to the applicant's full-time duty in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and reserve components of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or state active duty orders.
(c) This section also applies to an applicant who:
(1) Applied for a scholarship as a current achiever in the 2010-2011 academic year;
(2) Did not meet the eligibility requirements for a current achiever based on the continuous enrollment requirement of subdivision (a)(2) of this section as it existed on June 1, 2010; and
(3) Either:
(A) Received a scholarship under § 6-85-208 as a nontraditional student; or
(B) Did not receive a scholarship under this subchapter.
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6-85-206. Basic eligibility requirements.
The basic requirements for an applicant to be eligible for an award from the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 2 are:
(1)(A) The applicant has been an Arkansas resident for at least the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date the applicant will enroll in an approved institution of higher education.
(B) If the applicant is less than twenty-one (21) years of age, either the applicant or a parent or guardian of the applicant shall have maintained Arkansas residency for at least the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date the applicant will enroll in an approved institution of higher education.
(C)(i) To be considered an Arkansas resident, an applicant shall demonstrate residency by evidence deemed sufficient to the Division of Higher Education.
(ii) Evidence of residency may include without limitation information provided by the applicant on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a subsequent application required by the United States Department of Education for federal financial aid.
(D) During the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date an applicant will enroll in an approved institution of higher education if the person for whom the twelve-month period is calculated under subdivision (1)(A) or subdivision (1)(B) of this section is deployed outside of Arkansas under military orders, the division shall calculate the twelve (12) months by:
(i) Excluding months of military deployment outside of Arkansas that are within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date the applicant will enroll in an approved institution of higher education; and
(ii) Including months the person maintained Arkansas residency immediately preceding the military deploym
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-206
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 6-85-206. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-85-208. Additional eligibility requirements for a nontraditional student.
An applicant is eligible as a nontraditional student if, in addition to the requirements of § 6-85-206, the applicant meets one (1) of the following requirements:
(1) If the applicant has not been enrolled in an approved institution of higher education, has either:
(A) Graduated from an Arkansas public high school and achieved a 2.5 high school grade point average; or
(B)(i) Graduated from an Arkansas public high school, a private high school, an out-of-state high school, a home school high school, or obtained a high school equivalency diploma approved by the Adult Education Section and had a superscore of nineteen (19) on the ACT or the equivalent score on an ACT equivalent.
(ii) The Division of Higher Education shall promulgate rules in consultation with ACT, Inc. to determine the mechanism for calculating and disseminating an applicant's superscore on the ACT; or
(2) If the applicant has been enrolled in an approved institution of higher education, has earned a postsecondary grade point average of at least 2.5.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-85-208
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 6-85-208. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.