Arkansas Code Title 6, Subtitle 5, Chapter 61, Subchapter 5 - Community Colleges Generally
- § 6-61-501 - Definitions.
As used in §§ 6-61-501 -- 6-61-524 and 6-61-601 -- 6-61-603, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Capital outlay expense" means those funds devoted...
- § 6-61-502 - Establishment Authorized.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52, there is authorized the establishment of community college districts to be formed, financed, and...
- § 6-61-503 - Millage Tax.
(a) The tax authorized to be levied under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52, shall not exceed ten (10) mills on the taxable real and personal...
- § 6-61-504 - Division of Community Junior Colleges Created.
The Director of the Department of Higher Education shall establish a separate Division of Community Junior Colleges within the Department of Higher Education.
- § 6-61-505 - State Community College Board.
(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board is authorized to act and shall act as the statewide coordinating board for the community colleges established...
- § 6-61-506 - Administration of Funds.
(a) All federal and other funds provided to the state for support of community colleges and vocational and technical education in community colleges shall...
- § 6-61-507 - Formation of Districts -- Feasibility Study.
Upon request of a citizens' group representing a proposed community college district, the State Community College Board shall assist in the study of the...
- § 6-61-508 - Formation of District -- Minimum Requirements for Establishment.
Prior to the calling of an election for the establishment of a community college district, the State Community College Board must certify that the...
- § 6-61-509 - Formation of District -- Limitation on Number.
(a) (1) No certificate of feasibility for the formation of a community college district in excess of eight (8) locations in Arkansas as authorized...
- § 6-61-510 - Formation of District -- Election -- Petition.
(a) Upon certification of the State Community College Board that the formation of the proposed district is feasible and would conform to the requirements...
- § 6-61-511 - Formation of District -- Election -- Notification to County Board of Election Commissioners.
Within ten (10) days of the receipt and verification by the Secretary of State of the sufficiency of the petitions, he or she shall...
- § 6-61-512 - Formation of District -- Election -- Date.
The date of the election shall be set by the Secretary of State in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.
- § 6-61-513 - Formation of District -- Election -- Ballot.
(a) The State Community College Board shall specify the wording of the ballot to be used for each election to create a community college...
- § 6-61-514 - Formation of District -- Election -- Conduct.
The election shall be conducted by the county board of election commissioners in the manner provided by law for special elections, and the ballots...
- § 6-61-515 - Formation of District -- Election -- Results.
(a) (1) If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed district voting thereon at such election shall vote for the establishment of...
- § 6-61-516 - Formation of District -- Election -- Reconstituted District.
If the election fails because of an adverse vote in one (1) or more counties or cities in a proposed district of multiple counties...
- § 6-61-517 - Formation of District -- Ad Valorem Taxes.
(a) The ad valorem tax levied by a district, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be a continuing levy until reduced...
- § 6-61-518 - Reconstituted Districts.
(a) When it is proposed that a county or city join an existing community college district, an election may be held in the proposed...
- § 6-61-519 - Dissolution of District -- Reduction or Repeal of Tax.
(a) A community college district may be dissolved or the millage tax voted reduced or repealed, with the exception of the millage required to...
- § 6-61-520 - Local Boards -- Establishment -- Members.
(a) The local control of each community college shall be vested in a local board composed of nine (9) members who are residents and...
- § 6-61-521 - Local Boards -- Powers and Duties.
The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows: (1) To select its own chairman and such other officers as it...
- § 6-61-522 - Limitations on Operations.
(a) (1) A community college or technical college formed shall not construct, maintain, or operate a dormitory or barracks to house students or levy...
- § 6-61-523 - Student Fees.
(a) Tuition. (1) The intent of §§ 6-61-101 -- 6-61-103, 6-61-201 -- 6-61-209, 6-61-212 -- 6-61-216, 6-61-301 -- 6-61-305, 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 -- 6-61-524,...
- § 6-61-524 - Agreements for Sharing of Facilities, Personnel, and Services.
(a) Community colleges established under the authority of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52 and the laws enacted pursuant thereto, are authorized, upon application, review, and...
- § 6-61-525 - Housing Allowance.
Upon approval by the appropriate community college or technical college board of trustees, the president or the chancellor of each community college or technical...
- § 6-61-526 - Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas -- Building Trades Construction Program.
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas is authorized to participate in a building trades construction program as may be authorized and under...
- § 6-61-527 - [Repealed.]
- § 6-61-528 - University Center of Arkansas Northeastern College.
(a) In order to provide the residents of northeastern Arkansas with greater access to higher education opportunities beyond those which can be provided by...
- § 6-61-529 - Local Boards -- Appointment or Election of Members.
(a) (1) Within sixty (60) days after April 19, 1995, the local board of each community college shall, by resolution, choose: (A) To continue...
- § 6-61-530 - Local Boards -- School District Representation.
(a) If the members of the local board of a community college are elected at large and if the community college district is composed...
- § 6-61-531 - Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy -- Establishment.
(a) The Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy is established as a satellite center of the University of Arkansas at Monticello.(b) The academy shall...
- § 6-61-532 - Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy -- Operation.
(a) (1) (A) The Director of the Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy shall follow hiring procedures consistent with the policies of the University...
- § 6-61-533 - Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy -- Funding.
(a) (1) All legislatively appropriated funds, tuitions, grant moneys, and donations designated for the Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy shall be specifically used...
- § 6-61-534 - Southeast Arkansas College -- Priorities.
A high priority of the Southeast Arkansas College is to provide: (1) University transfer courses; (2) Industrial training in the work place; and (3)...
Last modified: November 15, 2016