AR HB1902

Adds a new subchapter to Arkansas Code Title 21, Chapter 5 governing voluntary contributions by state employees to tuition savings programs.

Requires state agencies to notify employees at the beginning of employment that tuition savings programs are available and that employees may request regular salary deductions for contributions.

Allows state employees to request that their employer withhold a designated amount from each paycheck and deposit it directly into the employee's tuition savings program account as defined under § 6-84-103(1).

Requires agencies charged with distributing employee salaries to deposit withheld funds into the employee's tuition savings program at the time of salary distribution.

Mandates that agencies adopting salary withholding agreements must establish formal policies and guidelines to implement these provisions, effective January 1, 2016.