§ 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 […]

§ 6-82-1505. Rules — Administration — Report

(a) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the Division of Higher Education shall jointly promulgate rules necessary for the proper administration of the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program. (b) The university shall be the administering agency of the program. (c) If sufficient funds are not available to fully fund scholarship awards to […]

§ 6-82-1506. Committee

(a) There is established a committee to be known as the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Committee. (b) The committee shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. (c) The appointed committee members shall be: (1) Individuals who have demonstrated a commitment […]