§ 6-11-119 - Correspondence courses. - Arkansas Statutes

6-11-119. Correspondence courses.

(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate reasonable rules, regulations, and standards for the accreditation of persons, firms, schools, or educational institutions offering correspondence courses to the people of this state and may grant certificates of approval to those persons, firms, schools, or educational institutions offering correspondence courses that meet the approval of its rules, regulations, and standards.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, school, or educational institution to advertise by newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, handbill, or other printed method published in this state or by radio or by television in this state the offering of any correspondence courses unless that person, firm, school, or educational institution shall have first registered with the State Board of Education and shall have been approved by the State Board of Education as an accredited correspondence school.

(c) (1) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all schools or educational institutions offering correspondence courses whether the schools are located in this state or in some other state.

(2) However, these provisions shall not apply to those schools or educational institutions regulated by the State Board of Private Career Education or by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(d) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in the sum of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500).