(a) (1) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall designate the following institutions as technical colleges which shall become part of the Arkansas Technical and Community College System under the coordination of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board: (A) Black River Technical College, Pocahontas; (B) Arkansas State University Mid-South, West Memphis; (C) North Arkansas College, […]
(a) Each technical college established or operated under this chapter shall be governed by a local board of trustees consisting of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Governor and subject to the confirmation of the Senate. (b) The term of office of local board members shall be seven (7) years. (c) Members […]
(a) The president of the technical or community college shall serve at the pleasure of the local board. (b) A person currently appointed and serving as a president of existing community colleges or a chancellor of a two-year branch of a four-year institution which might transfer to the Arkansas Technical and Community College System shall […]
(a) The intent of this chapter is to make technical and community college programs available to as many citizens of Arkansas as possible. To this end, tuition and fees should be maintained at a reasonable level so as not to exclude citizens because of cost. (b) The local board shall determine the minimum student tuition […]
A technical or community college may establish and operate a transportation system for students within the service area of the institution assigned by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Upon the approval of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the local board may contract with the Division of Career and Technical Education, a nonprofit organization, or a local school district board of directors within its service area to offer secondary-level vocational and technical courses and programs, adult literacy courses, and industry training.
(a) (1) Any county quorum court may designate all or any portion of any undedicated county sales or use tax to be used for capital improvements to or the maintenance and operation of any technical college, two-year college, community college, or satellite campus of a community college. (2) (A) In the alternative, the quorum court […]
(a) The local board of a community college may contract with a municipality for: (1) The transfer of real property, including any buildings or structures thereon from the college to the municipality; (2) Any or all of the following: (A) The construction, repair, and renovation of buildings or structures; (B) The construction of additions to […]
