§ 6-60-703 - Report. - Arkansas Statutes

6-60-703. Report.

(a) (1) The Comprehensive Arkansas Higher Education Annual Report shall be submitted by the Department of Higher Education to the House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor no later than December 1, 2009, and each year thereafter.

(2) The Comprehensive Arkansas Higher Education Annual Report shall be posted on the department website for public inspection no later than December 8, 2009, and each year thereafter.

(b) (1) The Comprehensive Arkansas Higher Education Annual Report shall consist of all higher education reports currently required by the General Assembly, including without limitation reports pertaining to:

(A) Scholarship programs including without limitation the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program and the report required by Acts 2001, No. 1520;

(B) Remediation rates, 6-15-2401 and 6-61-221, updated each even-numbered year;

(C) The Voluntary Universal ACT Assessment Program, 6-18-1608;

(D) Military students and families, 6-61-112;

(E) Budgets, 6-61-209, updated each even-numbered year;

(F) Retention plans, retention rates, and graduation rates, including minority retention, 6-61-1311, 6-61-220, and 6-61-122;

(G) Reporting standards, 6-61-222, updated each even-numbered year;

(H) Athletic expenditures, 6-62-106;

(I) Faculty performance review, 6-63-104;

(J) Coordination of state educational efforts, 6-1-304;

(K) Student enrollment, 6-60-209;

(L) Economic development goals and educational efforts, 6-61-207; and

(M) Affirmative action programs, 6-63-103.

(2) All deadlines for higher education reports currently required by the General Assembly are superseded by subsection (a) of this section unless otherwise specified in this subchapter.

(3) All financial reports provided to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall be included in the report, including the Higher Education Financial Conditions Report.

(c) All future higher education reports required by the General Assembly shall:

(1) Be submitted as part of the Comprehensive Arkansas Higher Education Annual Report; and

(2) Include a fiscal impact on administrative costs to the department.