- (a) Under the Sustainable Building Maintenance Program for State-Supported Institutions of Higher Education, the Division of Higher Education may authorize money to be loaned from the Sustainable Building Maintenance Program for State-Supported Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Fund, pursuant to Arkansas Code § 19-5-1277, to a state-supported institution of higher education.
(b) A loan from the fund made under subsection (a) of this section shall be:
(1) For:
- (A) Deferred maintenance;
- (B) Critical maintenance; or
- (C) A renovation of state-owned property; and
- (2) In an amount that exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
- (c) The term for repayment of a loan from the fund made under subsection (a) of this section shall not exceed ten (10) years.
(d) An applicant applying for a loan under this part shall meet the following eligibility requirements:
- (1) Applications for loans for construction and/or renovation projects should be accompanied by a copy of the engineer's or architect's project budget guidelines; and
(2) Criteria for loan approval will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- (A) The institution's current debt service requirements:
(i) The total annual debt service, including that for the loan, if approved, may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of annual student tuition and fee revenue; or
(ii) If local millage is pledged against the loan, the millage income must equal no less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of total annual debt service;
- (B) Feasibility of and need for the proposed project in the context of the educational and general mission of the institution; and
- (C) Availability of loan funds.