§ 12-62-603 - Established -- Eligibility. - Arkansas Statutes

12-62-603. Established -- Eligibility.

(a) (1) There is established for qualified applicants an Arkansas National Guard Tuition Incentive Program, which shall consist of an annual tuition incentive award of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per eligible service member, payable at two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per semester for two (2) semesters with payments made directly to the approved institution.

(2) The number of tuition incentive awards shall be limited to the fiscal year appropriation for the program.

(3) Tuition incentive awards must be used at an approved institution.

(4) Tuition incentive awards are available only for payment toward undergraduate studies at an approved institution.

(5) Eligible service members shall complete military training and be awarded a military occupation specialty or Air Force skill code before payment of a tuition incentive award is made.

(b) In order to be eligible for a second semester or subsequent semester tuition incentive award, an eligible service member shall continue as a student in good standing at an approved institution and shall continue as a satisfactory participant in the Arkansas National Guard, meeting Good Soldier or Good Airman requirements as certified by his or her unit commander.