§ 6-82-1105 - Rules and regulations -- Review -- Certified list. - Arkansas Statutes

6-82-1105. Rules and regulations -- Review -- Certified list.

(a) The Department of Higher Education is authorized by this subchapter to develop and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this program, consistent with the purposes and requirements of this subchapter.

(b) The rules and regulations shall include:

(1) Student eligibility criteria based on the provisions of this subchapter;

(2) The method for selecting scholarship recipients;

(3) Rules for determining continuing eligibility;

(4) Procedures for making payment to recipients; and

(5) Such other administrative procedures which may be necessary for the implementation and operation of the program.

(c) The Director of the Department of Higher Education is authorized to review and evaluate the operation of the program to ensure that the program's operation meets the intent of this legislation.

(d) Beginning in 1992, the Adult Education Section of the Department of Workforce Education is directed to provide to the Department of Higher Education by February 1 each year a certified list of the twenty-five (25) top scorers on the General Educational Development Test administered in the previous calendar year.