§ 21-3-507. Student eligibility
A student shall be eligible for a cooperative education placement upon: (1) Certification to the state personnel administrator by the student’s cooperative education program director or coordinator that the student: (A) Has completed twenty-four (24) or more college credit hours or their equivalent measure; and (B) Is presently enrolled as a full-time student or has […]
§ 21-3-508. School eligibility
In order for any institution of higher education within the State of Arkansas to participate in the cooperative education program, that institution must meet the following criteria, as determined by the Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee: (1) The institution has appointed a director or coordinator whose primary responsibility is the direction of that institution’s cooperative […]
§ 21-3-509. State personnel administrator
(a) The state personnel administrator shall have the responsibility to administer the cooperative education program. (b) The duties of the administrator include, but are not limited to: (1) Disseminating information on the availability of students through the cooperative education program and collecting requests for employment of cooperative education students; (2) Conveying state job opportunity information […]
§ 21-3-601. Internship program
(a) The Legislative Council and the Department of Finance and Administration are authorized to establish, for their respective agencies, agreements with institutions of higher education to utilize highly qualified graduate level students who are seeking a Master of Arts or Master of Public Administration degree in the departments of political science of such institutions to […]
§ 21-3-801. Title
This subchapter shall be known as the “Exceptional Employee Recruitment Program”.
§ 21-3-802. Recruitment of retired employees
(a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate rules providing for the recruitment of retired members of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System to return to employment for the state. (b) Before a person recruited under the Exceptional Employee Recruitment Program may be rehired by the state, the proposed employment shall be reviewed by […]
§ 21-3-502. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) “Academic credit” means the recognized unit requirements which students attending eligible institutions must accomplish in order to receive a degree for completion of a two-year or four-year course of study; (2) “Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee” means the committee established by this subchapter to: (A) Determine the eligibility […]
§ 21-3-503. Student employment not restricted
Nothing in this subchapter is to be construed as barring or in any way limiting the employment of students within the State of Arkansas governmental system, even though the student is participating in the cooperative education program at an institution of higher education during employment with the State of Arkansas.
§ 21-3-504. Creation and administration
There is established a cooperative education program for hiring qualified students from eligible institutions of higher education within the State of Arkansas to be administered by the state personnel administrator and the Arkansas Cooperative Education Advisory Committee, as provided in this subchapter.
§ 21-3-101. Equal employment hiring program
(a) Every state agency, board, commission, institution of higher education, and every constitutional officer as defined in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 56, § 1, shall adopt and pursue a comprehensive equal employment hiring program designed to achieve a goal of increasing the percentage of minority employees within the agency, board, commission, institution of higher education, or […]