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Code Ann. § 6-85-402","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Approved institution of higher education\" means an institution of higher education that: (A) Is approved by the Division of Higher Education to participate in the Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program; (B) Offers at least a fifty-percent discount on the tuition and mandatory fees of an endorsed concurrent enrollment course or certificate program to a student who is enrolled in an endorsed concurrent enrollment course or certificate program, unless other opportunities are provided that lower the tuition and mandatory fees below fifty percent (50%); and (C) Is a: (i) State-supported two-year or four-year college or university; or (ii) Private, nonprofit two-year or four-year college or university that has its primary headquarters located in Arkansas and that is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid funds; (2) (A) \"Certificate program\" means a program that is offered or made available to a student by an approved institution of higher education that leads to the obtainment of a certification or license. (B) \"Certificate program\" does not include a program that is operated or sponsored by a third party; (3) (A) \"Endorsed concurrent enrollment course\" means the same as defined in § 6-16-1202 . (B) \"Endorsed concurrent enrollment course\" does not include a program that is operated or sponsored by a third party; and (4) \"Student\" means a person in grade ten (10), grade eleven (11), or grade twelve (12) who is enrolled at a: (A) Public high school in Arkansas; (B) Private high school in Arkansas; or (C) Home school, as defined in § 6-15-501 . Amended by Act 2023, No. 438,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023. Added by Act 2019, No. 456,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Approved institution of higher education\" means an institution of higher education that: (A) Is approved by the Division of Higher Education to participate in the Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program; (B) Offers at least a fifty-percent discount on the tuition and mandatory fees of an endorsed concurrent enrollment course or certificate program to a student who is enrolled in an endorsed concurrent enrollment course or certificate program, unless other opportunities are provided that lower the tuition and mandatory fees below fifty percent (50%); and (C) Is a: (i) State-supported two-year or four-year college or university; or (ii) Private, nonprofit two-year or four-year college or university that has its primary headquarters located in Arkansas and that is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid funds;\n\n(A) Is approved by the Division of Higher Education to participate in the Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program;\n\n(B) Offers at least a fifty-percent discount on the tuition and mandatory fees of an endorsed concurrent enrollment course or certificate program to a student who is enrolled in an endorsed concurrent enrollment course or certificate program, unless other opportunities are provided that lower the tuition and mandatory fees below fifty percent (50%); and\n\n(C) Is a: (i) State-supported two-year or four-year college or university; or (ii) Private, nonprofit two-year or four-year college or university that has its primary headquarters located in Arkansas and that is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid funds;\nrtificate program, unless other opportunities are provided that lower the tuition and mandatory fees below fifty percent (50%); and\n\n(C) Is a: (i) State-supported two-year or four-year college or university; or (ii) Private, nonprofit two-year or four-year college or university that has its primary headquarters located in Arkansas and that is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid funds;\n\n(i) State-supported two-year or four-year college or university; or\n\n(ii) Private, nonprofit two-year or four-year college or university that has its primary headquarters located in Arkansas and that is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid funds;\n\n(2) (A) \"Certificate program\" means a program that is offered or made available to a student by an approved institution of higher education that leads to the obtainment of a certification or license. (B) \"Certificate program\" does not include a program that is operated or sponsored by a third party;\n\n(A) \"Certificate program\" means a program that is offered or made available to a student by an approved institution of higher education that leads to the obtainment of a certification or license.\n\n(B) \"Certificate program\" does not include a program that is operated or sponsored by a third party;\n\n(3) (A) \"Endorsed concurrent enrollment course\" means the same as defined in § 6-16-1202 . (B) \"Endorsed concurrent enrollment course\" does not include a program that is operated or sponsored by a third party; and\n\n(A) \"Endorsed concurrent enrollment course\" means the same as defined in § 6-16-1202 .\n\n(B) \"Endorsed concurrent enrollment course\" does not include a program that is operated or sponsored by a third party; and\n\n(4) \"Student\" means a person in grade ten (10), grade eleven (11), or grade twelve (12) who is enrolled at a: (A) Public high school in Arkansas; (B) Private high school in Arkansas; or (C) Home school, as defined in § 6-15-501 .\n\n(A) Public high school in Arkansas;\n\n(B) Private high school in Arkansas; or\n\n(C) Home school, as defined in § 6-15-501 .","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 85","Subchapter 4"],"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":"21cb6b2f5f78190758a7453c8f5f35e4bebbb449aa8b63dd605207e1cd81a15d","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-85-401","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-85-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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