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Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
                                           Act 82 of the Regular Session
 1   State of Arkansas
 2   93rd General Assembly                        A Bill
 3   Regular Session, 2021                                                             SENATE BILL 131
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 5   By: Senator J. Sturch
 6   By: Representative S. Smith
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 8                                     For An Act To Be Entitled
 9                    AN ACT TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE
10                    CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ARKANSAS CONCURRENT
11                    CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; AND FOR OTHER
12                    PURPOSES.
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16                           TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE
17                           CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ARKANSAS
18                           CONCURRENT CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
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21   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23           SECTION 1.        Arkansas Code  6-85-403(b), concerning eligibility for the
24   Arkansas Concurrent Challenge Scholarship Program, is amended to read as
25   follows:
26           (b)(1)      A student successfully completes an endorsed concurrent
27   enrollment course or a course taken towards the completion of a certificate
28   program under this subchapter if he or she completes the course or program
29   and receives a minimum letter grade of C or the equivalent grade point
30   average of 2.5.
31                    (2)(A)    A student who fails to successfully complete an endorsed
32   concurrent enrollment course or a course taken towards the completion of a
33   certificate program under this subchapter shall:
34                                  (i)    Retain eligibility for a scholarship under this
35   subchapter; and
36                                  (ii)    Enroll in only no more than one (1) endorsed
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 1   concurrent enrollment course or course required for the completion of a
 2   certificate program for the first semester immediately following the semester
 3   in which the student failed to successfully complete an endorsed concurrent
 4   enrollment course or course taken towards the completion of a certificate
 5   program.
 6              (B)   However, if a student fails an endorsed concurrent
 7   enrollment course or a course taken towards the completion of a certificate
 8   program under this subchapter a second time, the student shall be ineligible
 9   to reapply for a scholarship under this subchapter.
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12                                 APPROVED: 2/9/21
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Statutes affected: 
SB 131: 6-85-403(b)
Act 82: 6-85-403(b)