Arkansas SB 457: Expand eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program to include students who are accepted into an approved CTP
This bill died in Senate Committee at adjournment in October, 2021.
This legislation expands eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program to include Arkansas students enrolled in comprehensive transition programs (CTPs) within the state. The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship is the state’s flagship public scholarship program, and the bill would make CTP students eligible to receive a funding award.
The scholarship amounts that students enrolled in CTPs could receive would vary according to whether their programs last 2 or 4 years. The table below shows how much money scholarship recipients would be awarded each year.
|
Year in Program |
2-Year Programs (each recipient) |
4-Year Programs (each recipient) |
|
Year 1 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
|
Year 2 |
$1,000 |
$4,000 |
|
Year 3 |
|
$4,000 |
|
Year 4 |
|
$5,000 |
