{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-25-10-210","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-210","heading":"Comprehensive system of personnel development","body":"(a) Under Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-569, a state vocational rehabilitation agency is required to establish qualified personnel standards for rehabilitation personnel, including vocational rehabilitation counselors, that are consistent with national or state-approved or recognized certification, licensing, or registration that apply to a particular profession. (b) (1) In order to comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2023, and state plan requirements, the Division of State Services for the Blind is granted a general waiver of the Financial Management Guide, R 1-19-4 -522 Continuing Professional Education. (2) The waiver granted under subdivision (b)(1) of this section allows the division to provide college level coursework in a degree program for an eligible employee selected by the division. (c) This section covers any formula and discretionary grants funded by the United States Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration, including without limitation the following: (1) The vocational rehabilitation program; (2) Supported employment; (3) Independent living; and (4) The staff development grant. (d) State general revenue shall not be expended for tuition for a degree authorized under this section. Added by Act 2023, No. 283,§ 15, eff. 7/1/2023.\n\n(a) Under Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-569, a state vocational rehabilitation agency is required to establish qualified personnel standards for rehabilitation personnel, including vocational rehabilitation counselors, that are consistent with national or state-approved or recognized certification, licensing, or registration that apply to a particular profession.\n\n(b) (1) In order to comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2023, and state plan requirements, the Division of State Services for the Blind is granted a general waiver of the Financial Management Guide, R 1-19-4 -522 Continuing Professional Education. (2) The waiver granted under subdivision (b)(1) of this section allows the division to provide college level coursework in a degree program for an eligible employee selected by the division.\n\n(1) In order to comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2023, and state plan requirements, the Division of State Services for the Blind is granted a general waiver of the Financial Management Guide, R 1-19-4 -522 Continuing Professional Education.\n\n(2) The waiver granted under subdivision (b)(1) of this section allows the division to provide college level coursework in a degree program for an eligible employee selected by the division.\n\n(c) This section covers any formula and discretionary grants funded by the United States Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration, including without limitation the following: (1) The vocational rehabilitation program; (2) Supported employment; (3) Independent living; and (4) The staff development grant.\n\n(1) The vocational rehabilitation program;\n\n(2) Supported employment;\n\n(3) Independent living; and\n\n(4) The staff development grant.\n\n(d) State general revenue shall not be expended for tuition for a degree authorized under this section.","path":["AR Code","Title 25","Chapter 10","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"94eaa8a554c3e175ed9f1ddc4b766443d36fa7b4226792d79fdc3dd144b8543c","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-25-10-209","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-25-10-401","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}