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6-85-212. Scholarship award amounts.
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6-85-212. Scholarship award amounts.
(a) The General Assembly may use net proceeds from the state lottery to fund the scholarships awarded under this subchapter and to supplement the state-supported student financial assistance that the General Assembly determines is necessary to meet the state's objective for broadening and increasing access of Arkansas citizens to higher education.
(b) Net proceeds from the state lottery used to fund scholarships under this subchapter shall:
(1) Be used exclusively for the purposes set out in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 87, and this subchapter; and
(2) Supplement and shall not supplant nonlottery state educational resources.
(c) It is the General Assembly's intent that before increasing award amounts for scholarships under this subchapter, the number of scholarships awarded to nontraditional students under § 6-85-208 be increased.
(d) The scholarships established under this subchapter are subject to available funding and do not create for any student an entitlement to financial assistance to enable the student's attendance at an approved institution of higher education.
(e)(1)(A) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, the scholarship award amount under this subchapter for an academic year for a full-time recipient enrolled in a four-year approved institution of higher education is:
(i) One thousand dollars ($1,000) for a recipient who has earned less than twenty-seven (27) semester credit hours;
(ii) Four thousand dollars ($4,000) for a recipient who has earned at least twenty-seven (27) semester credit hours but less than fifty-seven (57) semester credit hours;
(iii) Four thousand dollars ($4,000) for a recipient who has earned at least fifty-seven (57) semester credit hours but less than eighty-seven (8
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6-85-212. Scholarship award amounts.
(a) The General Assembly may use net proceeds from the state lottery to fund the scholarships awarded under this subchapter and to supplement the state-supported student financial assistance that the General Assembly determines is necessary to meet the state's objective for broadening and increasing access of Arkansas citizens to higher education.
(b) Net proceeds from the state lottery used to fund scholarships under this subchapter shall:
(1) Be used exclusively for the purposes set out in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 87, and this subchapter; and
(2) Supplement and shall not supplant nonlottery state educational resources.
(c) It is the General Assembly's intent that before increasing award amounts for scholarships under this subchapter, the number of scholarships awarded to nontraditional students under § 6-85-208 be increased.
(d) The scholarships established under this subchapter are subject to available funding and do not create for any student an entitlement to financial assistance to enable the student's attendance at an approved institution of higher education.
(e)(1)(A) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, the scholarship award amount under this subchapter for an academic year for a full-time recipient enrolled in a four-year approved institution of higher education is:
(i) One thousand dollars ($1,000) for a recipient who has earned less than twenty-seven (27) semester credit hours;
(ii) Four thousand dollars ($4,000) for a recipient who has earned at least twenty-seven (27) semester credit hours but less than fifty-seven (57) semester credit hours;
(iii) Four thousand dollars ($4,000) for a recipient who has earned at least fifty-seven (57) semester credit hours but less than eighty-seven (87) semester credit hours; and
(iv)(a) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a recipient who has earned at least eighty-seven (87) semester credit hours but no more than one hundred twenty (120) semester credit hours unless the recipient is enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program that requires more than one hundred twenty (120) semester credit hours, but not more than one hundred thirty (130) semester credit hours, as provided under § 6-61-232, then up to the number of credit hours required to complete the baccalaureate program.
(b) A recipient shall receive no more than one (1) year of the scholarship provided under subdivision (e)(1)(A)(iv)(a) of this section unless the recipient is enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program that requires more than one hundred twenty (120) semester credit hours as provided under § 6-61-232.
(c)(1) A recipient who is eligible to receive the scholarship under subdivision (e)(1)(A)(iv)(a) of this section may receive the scholarship while enrolled in a semester as a part-time student.
(2) The scholarship amount for the semester in which a recipient is enrolled as a part-time student under subdivision (e)(1)(A)(iv)(c)(1) of this section shall be prorated by the number of credit hours in which the recipient is enrolled.
(B) The Division of Higher Education shall not accept new applications for scholarships for current achiever students under § 6-85-209 after June 1, 2012.
(C)(i) To determine the correct scholarship award amount based on credit hours, a first-time recipient shall submit a current college or university transcript if the first-time recipient has earned any semester credit hours to the division no later than a date determined by the division prior to the academic year for which the first-time recipient will receive an initial scholarship award.
(ii) A first-time recipient who does not submit a transcript to the division on or before June 1 shall receive the award amount under subdivision (e)(1)(A)(i) of this section.
(D)(i) An applicant may elect for the earned semester credit hours under subdivision (e)(1)(A) of this section to be only those semester credit hours earned after graduating from high school or obtaining a high school equivalency diploma approved by the Adult Education Section.
(ii) If an applicant makes the election under subdivision (e)(1)(D)(i) of this section, any semester credit hours earned through concurrent credit or any other method before graduating high school or obtaining a high school equivalency diploma approved by the Adult Education Section shall not be counted as earned semester credit hours for the purposes of determining a recipient's scholarship award amount under subdivision (e)(1)(A) of this section.
(2)(A) The division shall award an aggregate amount of scholarship awards to nontraditional students beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year of up to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
(B)(i) The division shall return to the Office of the Arkansas Lottery the excess funding, if any, for scholarship awards under this subchapter the division received under § 23-115-801.
(ii) The office shall deposit any funds received from the division under this subdivision (e)(2)(B) into a trust account established under § 23-115-801(b).
(C) Priority for scholarships awarded to nontraditional students and current achiever students is based on:
(i) The applicant's level of progress toward completion of a certificate, an associate degree, a nursing diploma, a baccalaureate degree, or a graduate-level or professional degree; or
(ii) Other criteria established by the division.
(3) The scholarship award for an academic year for a full-time student enrolled in one (1) of the following institutions of higher education is one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first year and three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the second year:
(A) A two-year approved institution of higher education;
(B) A branch campus of a four-year approved institution of higher education; or
(C) An approved nursing school.
(4) The scholarship award amount for a part-time student recipient shall be:
(A) One-half (½) of the award amount for a full-time student recipient, if the recipient is enrolled in at least six (6) semester hours but less than nine (9) semester hours; or
(B) Three-quarters (¾) of the award amount for a full-time student recipient, if the recipient is enrolled in at least nine (9) semester hours but less than the number of hours required for a full-time student recipient.
(5) A current recipient who maintains eligibility for the scholarship under this subchapter shall continue to receive the scholarship award amount first awarded to the recipient.
(6) The division shall give priority for a scholarship award to a full-time or part-time student:
(A) Who meets the eligibility requirements under this subchapter; and
(B) Whose parent, by birth or legal adoption:
(i) Was a resident of the State of Arkansas at the time that person entered the service of the United States Armed Forces or whose official residence is in Arkansas; and
(ii) Was a member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed while performing military duty:
(a) In a status identified under 32 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. or 10 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. as they existed on January 1, 2011; or
(b) In state active duty status.
(f) Annually by December 15, the Legislative Council shall provide to the General Assembly its recommendations for any changes to the:
(1) Award amounts;
(2) Number or type of scholarships; and
(3) Eligibility requirements.
(g) It is the intent of the General Assembly that in determining award amounts under this subchapter the General Assembly will consider whether sufficient funds will be available to pay for scholarship awards through the anticipated completion of the degree or certificate a recipient is seeking.
(h) All awards under this subchapter are subject to the prohibition under § 6-80-105 against using public funds in a student financial package in excess of the recognized cost of attendance at the institution where the student is enrolled.
(i)(1) If the division has less than a sufficient amount from net proceeds from the state lottery to provide for the scholarship commitments under this subchapter, the division shall give priority for continued financial support under this subchapter to a student with continuing eligibility superior to first-time applicants.
(2) If the funding is insufficient to fully fund the scholarships for students with continuing eligibility created under this subchapter, the division shall award scholarships based upon the following criteria to students with continuing eligibility as follows:
(A) First, to students who have the highest level of progress toward completion of a certificate, an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree, or a graduate-level or professional degree, and who are enrolled in a program of study that is:
(i) In an area of critical workforce need as determined by the division; or
(ii) In a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field;
(B) Second, to students who have the highest level of progress toward completion of a certificate, an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree, or a graduate-level or professional degree, and who are enrolled in a program of study other than those listed in subdivision (i)(2)(A) of this section; and
(C) Last, in the event funding is insufficient to fully fund students under subdivision (i)(2)(A) or subdivision (i)(2)(B) of this section, to students who have the highest postsecondary grade point average.
(3)(A) If, after funding all students with continuing eligibility under this section, funding is insufficient to fund all qualified first-time applicants, the division shall award scholarships to first-time applicants in order of priority based upon the applicants' ACT superscore or ACT-equivalent superscore.
(B) If, after prioritizing first-time applicants based upon the applicants' ACT or ACT equivalent scores, funding is insufficient to fund all applicants with like ACT or ACT equivalent scores, the division shall determine who receives an award by random drawing.
(j) [Repealed.]
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 101
§ 101. Definitions
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The following definitions
apply in this title:
(1) The term ‘‘United States’’, in a geo-
graphic sense, means the States and the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
[(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X,
§ 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term ‘‘possessions’’ includes the Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Guano Islands, so long as they remain posses-
sions, but does not include any Common-
wealth.
(4) The term ‘‘armed forces’’ means the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space
Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term ‘‘uniformed services’’ means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public
Health Service.
(6) The term ‘‘department’’, when used with
respect to a military department, means the
executive part of the department and all field
headquarters, forces, reserve components, in-
stallations, activities, and functions under the
control or supervision of the Secretary of the
department. When used with respect to the De-
partment of Defense, such term means the ex-
ecutive part of the department, including the
executive parts of the military departments,
and all field headquarters, forces, reserve com-
ponents, installations, activities, and func-
tions under the control or supervision of the
Secretary of Defense, including those of the
military departments.
(7) The term ‘‘executive part of the depart-
ment’’ means the executive part of the Depart-
ment of Defense, Department of the Army, De-
partment of the Navy, or Department of the
Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of
government.
(8) The term ‘‘military departments’’ means
t
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In addition to the definitions in sections 1–5 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title:
(1) For purposes of other laws relating to the militia, the National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States, the term “Territory” includes Guam and the Virgin Islands.
(2) “Armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
(3) “National Guard” means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
(4) “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that—
(A) is a land force;
(B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I, of the Constitution;
(C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and
(D) is federally recognized.
(5) “Army National Guard of the United States” means the reserve component of the Army all of whose members are members of the Army National Guard.
(6) “Air National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that—
(A) is an air force;
(B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I of the Constitution;
(C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and
(D) is federally recognized.
(7) “Air National Guard of the United States” means the reserve component of the Air Force all of whose members are members of the Air National Guard.
(8) “Officer” means commissioned or warrant officer.
(9) “Enlisted member” means a person enlisted in, or inducted, call
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TITLE 32—NATIONAL GUARD
§ 101
in part that: ‘‘Title 32 of the United States Code, enti-
tled ‘National Guard’, is revised, codified, and enacted
into law, and may be cited as ‘Title 32, United States
Code, § —.’ ’’
REPEALS
Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641, repealed
the sections or parts of sections of the Revised Statutes
or Statutes at Large covering provisions codified in
this act, ‘‘except with respect to rights and duties that
matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings
that were begun, before the effective date of this act
[Aug. 10, 1956] and except as provided in section 49’’.
SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY PROVISIONS
Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 49, 70A Stat. 640, provided
that:
‘‘(a) In sections 1–48 of this Act, it is the legislative
purpose to restate, without substantive change, the law
replaced by those sections on the effective date of this
Act. However, laws effective after March 31, 1955, that
are inconsistent with this Act shall be considered as su-
perseding it to the extent of the inconsistency.
‘‘(b) References that other laws, regulations, and or-
ders make to the replaced law shall be considered to be
made to the corresponding provisions of sections 1–48.
‘‘(c) Actions taken and offenses committed under the
replaced law shall be considered to have been taken or
committed under the corresponding provisions of sec-
tions 1–48.
‘‘(d) If a part of this Act is invalid, all valid parts
that are severable from the invalid part remain in ef-
fect. If a part of this Act is invalid in one or more of
its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid
applications that are severable from the invalid appli-
cations.
‘‘(e) In chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, en-
acted by section 1 of this
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23-115-801. Lottery proceeds.
(a)(1) Lottery proceeds are the property of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery.
(2)(A) The office shall pay its operating expenses from its lottery proceeds.
(B)(i) An amount of lottery proceeds determined by the office to maximize net proceeds for scholarships shall be made available as prize money.
(ii)(a) Subdivision (a)(2)(B)(i) of this section does not create any lien, entitlement, cause of action, or other private right.
(b) In setting the terms of a lottery, the office shall determine any rights of holders of tickets or shares.
(3) The percentage of lottery proceeds determined by the office to be net proceeds shall equal an amount determined by the office to maximize net proceeds for scholarships.
(b)(1)(A) On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the office shall deposit the net proceeds from the lottery into one (1) or more trust accounts at one (1) or more financial institutions.
(B)(i) The office shall establish trust accounts for both the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship Program, § 6-85-301 et seq., and the Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program, § 6-85-401 et seq., in a financial institution into which the office shall transfer:
(a) Excess funding returned to the office under § 6-85-212(e)(2)(B)(i) from the previous academic year; and
(b) Net proceeds remaining from the previous academic year after the office:
(1) Transfers under subdivision (c)(2) of this section the funds requested by the Division of Higher Education; and
(2) Deposits the amount necessary into the Scholarship Shortfall Reserve Trust Account under § 23-115-802 to maintain an amount equal to twenty million dollars ($20,000,000).
(ii) The funds transferred by the office into trust accounts for the Arkansas Workfo
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-115-801
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6-61-232. Maximum semester hours required for a degree program.
(a)(1) An associate degree program shall require no more than sixty (60) semester hours of lower-division college credit, which may be satisfied by completing the state minimum core curriculum under § 6-61-231.
(2) An associate degree program may require more than sixty (60) semester hours of lower-division college credit if prior approval has been granted by the board of trustees of the state-supported institution of higher education and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(b)(1) A baccalaureate degree program shall require no more than one hundred twenty (120) semester hours of college credit, which shall include the state minimum core curriculum under § 6-61-231.
(2) A baccalaureate degree program may require more than one hundred twenty (120) semester hours of college credit if:
(A) Prior approval has been granted by the board of trustees of the state-supported four-year institution of higher education and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board; or
(B) It is a requirement of an independent licensing or accrediting body.
(c) All required coursework shall count toward the associate of arts degree, associate of science degree, associate of arts in teaching degree, or selected baccalaureate degrees.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-232
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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
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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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