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AR HB1412
Bill
Status
3/30/2023
Primary Sponsor
Julie Mayberry
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AI Summary
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Division of Higher Education must promulgate or update rules to allow scholarship recipients to use scholarship funds for summer term courses at their enrolled postsecondary institution.
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Rules must include requirements concerning student eligibility and the disbursement and administration of scholarship funds for summer courses.
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"Scholarship" is defined as any scholarship program funded with state funds or lottery proceeds and administered by the division.
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Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program definition of "semester" is amended to allow summer courses to be counted as a semester as defined by the division under the new rules.
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Act becomes effective July 1, 2023, with an emergency declaration to allow the Division of Higher Education to make necessary arrangements for the 2023-2024 school year.
Legislative Description
To Require The Division Of Higher Education To Promulgate Certain Rules Concerning The Administration Of Scholarships Funded With State Funds And Lottery Proceeds; And To Declare An Emergency.
Last Action
Notification that HB1412 is now Act 413
3/30/2023