AR HB1684

Allows state-supported institutions of higher education to classify certain students as in-state for tuition and fees purposes if the student or their parent holds a Federal Form I-766 Employment Authorization Document (work permit), or is a legally present resident who immigrated from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or has an approved and non-expired Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals exemption.

Requires eligible students to have resided in Arkansas for at least 3 years at the time of admission application and either graduated from a public or private high school in Arkansas or received a high school equivalency diploma in the state.

Directs the Department of Higher Education to promulgate rules necessary to implement the section, with initial rules to be filed with the Secretary of State by January 1, 2020, or as soon as practicable after Legislative Council approval if approval has not occurred by that date.