§ 6-85-207. Additional eligibility requirements for traditional students
In addition to the requirements of § 6-85-206, an applicant is eligible as a traditional student if the applicant: (1) (A) Graduated from an Arkansas public high school and has a minimum superscore of nineteen (19) on the ACT or the equivalent score on an ACT equivalent. (B) The Division of Higher Education shall promulgate […]
§ 6-85-304. Eligibility
(a) A student is eligible to receive an Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship for an academic year if the student applies to the Division of Higher Education by a date determined by the Division of Higher Education preceding the academic year and: (1) Is an Arkansas resident or, if the student is less than twenty-one (21) […]
§ 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 […]
§ 6-85-305. Distribution — Award amounts
(a) If funds are available, the Division of Higher Education shall distribute Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarships to all students who meet the requirements under § 6-85-304. (b) (1) The division shall distribute scholarships from the funds available in an equal amount to every student eligible to receive a scholarship under this subchapter. (2) Except as […]
§ 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 […]
§ 6-85-306. Agreements between institutions
An approved institution of higher education may enter into agreements with other institutions of higher education, including without limitation technical institutes, to allow students enrolled in the approved institution of higher education under this subchapter to take courses at the other institutions of higher education.
§ 6-85-210. Continuing eligibility
(a) (1) (A) A recipient who meets continuing eligibility criteria under this subchapter shall receive a scholarship for one (1) academic year renewable annually until the recipient has earned one hundred twenty (120) semester credit hours. (B) A recipient may continue to receive a scholarship after he or she has earned one hundred twenty (120) […]
§ 6-85-307. Rules
The Division of Higher Education shall promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.
§ 6-85-211. Literacy tutoring
(a) As an additional component to the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program: (1) Each applicant for the scholarship shall agree that for each year the scholarship is awarded he or she may volunteer to serve as a literacy tutor for a minimum of twenty (20) clock hours each semester in a public school or a […]
§ 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 […]