{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-82-312","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-82-312","heading":"Scholarship amounts","body":"(a) An Arkansas Governor's Scholarship or Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship awarded to a new recipient who enrolls in an approved institution as a first-time entering freshmen shall be in an amount that equals the lesser of: (1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or (2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled. (b) A student selected as a recipient under § 6-82-306(b)(6)(B)(iii) (b) who enrolls in an approved institution as a first-time entering freshman after July 1, 2017, shall be awarded an amount per year that equals the lesser of: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000); or (2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled. Amended by Act 2017, No. 1008,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 59, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-5904; Acts 1989, No. 951, § 2; 1995, No. 189, § 1; 1995, No. 230, § 1; 1997, No. 489, § 6; 1999, No. 1562, § 4; 2001, No. 1761, § 8.\n\n(a) An Arkansas Governor's Scholarship or Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship awarded to a new recipient who enrolls in an approved institution as a first-time entering freshmen shall be in an amount that equals the lesser of: (1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or (2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled.\n\n(1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or\n\n(2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled.\n\n(b) A student selected as a recipient under § 6-82-306(b)(6)(B)(iii) (b) who enrolls in an approved institution as a first-time entering freshman after July 1, 2017, shall be awarded an amount per year that equals the lesser of: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000); or (2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled.\n\n(1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000); or\n\n(2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 82","Subchapter 3"],"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 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"914bb258eda5717520c49c148ccea4d59a86d7db7a416ab9a5eb9a20d517132b","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-82-311","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-82-313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}