§ 6-82-1901. Scholarships for teachers in high-need subject areas
(a) (1) A recipient of a scholarship under this subchapter who meets the requirements under subsection (b) of this section is eligible for a scholarship award of: (A) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the academic year in which the recipient either: (i) Has earned at least fifty-seven (57) semester credit hours but less than eighty-seven […]
§ 6-84-111. Funds exempt from tax — Definitions
(a) (1) Except as otherwise indicated in this chapter, interest, dividends, and capital gains from funds invested in the Arkansas Tax-Deferred Tuition Savings Program or a tax-deferred tuition savings program established by another state under 26 U.S.C. § 529, as in effect on January 1, 2018, shall be exempt from Arkansas income taxes. (2) For […]
§ 6-82-2001. Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board
(a) There is established the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board, which shall administer the program under this subchapter and shall be composed of: (1) One (1) representative from each medical school in Arkansas; (2) Two (2) physician members appointed by the Arkansas State Medical Board, giving preference to physicians who have received rural medical […]
§ 6-82-2002. Planning grants — Definition
(a) As used in this subchapter, a “planning grant” is a grant awarded by the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board to eligible entities and individuals under this subchapter. (b) The board shall: (1) Allocate funds appropriated for purposes of this subchapter; (2) Award a one-time planning grant under this section to an entity in […]
§ 6-82-2003. Planning grants for program expansion or new programs
(a) The Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board shall award planning grants to enable entities with existing graduate medical education programs to: (1) Increase the number of first-year residency positions; and (2) Provide for the establishment of new graduate medical education programs with first-year residency positions. (b) The board shall determine the number of planning […]
§ 6-82-2004. Priority of planning grants — Adjustment of amounts
(a) If the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board determines that the number of first-year residency positions proposed by eligible applicants under § 6-82-2003 exceeds the amount of funding appropriated for the planning grants under this subchapter, the board: (1) May give priority for up to fifty percent (50%) of the funded first-year residency positions […]
§ 6-82-1501. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Act of 2001”.
§ 6-82-1502. Program established — Purpose
(a) There is established the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program. (b) The purpose of the program is to attract qualified minority teachers to the Delta and those geographical areas of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers by awarding scholarships to minorities declaring an intention to serve in the teaching field […]
§ 6-82-1503. Eligibility for scholarship — Amount
(a) (1) The term “minority” when used in this subchapter shall refer to Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. (2) The Native American group includes all persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintain cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. (b) Any individual […]
§ 6-82-1504. Service requirement for scholarship recipients
(a) Except in those cases where employment positions may not be available upon completion of licensure requirements, at the beginning of the first school year in which a recipient of a Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship is eligible for employment as a licensed teacher, that person shall begin to render service as a licensed teacher […]