The General Assembly hereby recognizes that taking the proper coursework in high school is essential for success in college. Arkansas high school students who complete the recommended precollegiate or technical preparation core curriculum score significantly higher on standardized preadmission tests and are more likely to be successful in college. Because the State of Arkansas also […]
There is hereby created and established the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program — Part 1.
(a) This subchapter is applicable to students who: (1) Applied for a scholarship under the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, § 6-82-1001 et seq. [repealed], and maintain eligibility under this subchapter; or (2) Apply for a scholarship under this subchapter for the academic year 2009-2010, receive the scholarship, and maintain eligibility thereafter. (b) Except to […]
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Approved institution” means an institution of higher education approved by the Division of Higher Education to participate in the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program that is: (A) A state-supported institution of higher education; (B) A private, nonprofit institution of higher education with its primary headquarters located in Arkansas that […]
(a) The Division of Higher Education is authorized by this subchapter to develop and promulgate rules for the administration of the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, consistent with the purposes and requirements of this subchapter. (b) The rules shall include student eligibility criteria based on the provisions of this subchapter, the method for selecting scholarship […]
(a) Eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program is based on the criteria under this section and rules promulgated under this subchapter by the Division of Higher Education. (b) An applicant is eligible for an award from this program if the applicant meets all of these criteria: (1) The applicant graduated from an Arkansas […]
(a) A recipient who graduated from high school after December 31, 2000, shall receive a scholarship for one (1) academic year renewable for up to three (3) additional academic years if the recipient meets the following continuing eligibility criteria: (1) The recipient earns a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or higher based on a […]
(a) (1) The General Assembly recognizes that the State of Arkansas is experiencing a critical shortage of nurses. (2) It is the intent of this section to allow the Division of Higher Education the opportunity to include associate degree-granting and diploma schools of nursing in the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program under specific circumstances. (b) […]
(a) During times of funding shortages under the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, the Division of Higher Education shall give a priority to awards to applicants meeting all eligibility requirements under the program who agree to accept a forgivable loan, as set forth in this section, in lieu of a scholarship and who agree to […]
(a) (1) At the beginning of the first school year in which a recipient of a forgivable loan under § 6-85-109 is eligible for employment as a licensed teacher, that recipient shall begin to render service as a licensed teacher in a public school district in the state: (A) In a subject matter area designated […]
The Division of Higher Education may recognize a sub-score of nineteen (19) or higher in the applicable subject area on the ACT as meeting the requirements for passing end-of-course assessments under the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program and the Arkansas Governor’s Scholars Program for a student who: (1) Has not had an opportunity to take […]
