6 CAR § 364-112 – Fees

(a) Fees and general information.
1. (1) Fees shall be nonrefundable in accordance with Arkansas Code § 6-51-610(a).
2. (2) The following school licenses shall not be prorated at any time:
  1. (A) Career seminar school license; and
  2. (B) Real estate continuing education license.
3. (3)
  1. (A) For organizations seeking an original license, the licensing fee shall be prorated.
  2. (B) Prorated license fees shall be figured based on the following chart: Number of Months Month Application For Which Fees Shall Submitted to Board Be Submitted: February – April of next year 15 April – April 13 June – April 11 August – April 9 October – April 7 December – April 5

(b) License fees.

(1) Career seminar school license (The fee for this license shall not be prorated). Nine hundred seventy-five dollars ($975) to offer seminars of twenty-four (24) clock hours or less in various locations in the state during the licensure year where student tuition plus registration fees shall be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Or HIGHEST TUITION (TOTAL COST OF PROGRAM) GREATER BUT THAN OR LESS LICENSE EQUAL TO THAN FEE $0 $500 $455 $500 $1,000 $680 to offer seminars of twenty-four (24) clock hours or less in one (1) location (city or town) in the state during the licensure year where students tuition plus registration fees shall be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) Real estate continuing education license (The fee for this license shall not be prorated). Seven hundred dollars ($700) to offer real estate continuing education in designated sites other than the school location. These programs shall be used to meet the six-classroom-hour continuing education and postlicensure requirement for real estate brokers and sales personnel as set forth in Arkansas Code § 17-42-501 et seq.

(3) School, satellite, and traveling school - Original. School and traveling school fees are found using the chart below. If you have a school license and are applying for a satellite license, after you determine the fee for the school license subtract one hundred dollars ($100).

SCHOOLS & TRAVELING SCHOOLS HIGHEST TUITIONGreater But Less Than Than	ORIGINAL FEESFEB - APR 15 MONTHS INCLUDES ONE PROGRAM OF STUDY	ORIGINAL FEESAPR - APR 13 MONTHS INCLUDES ONE PROGRA M OF STUDY	ORIGINAL FEESJUN - APR 11 MONTHS INCLUDES ONE PROGRAM OF STUDY	ORIGINAL FEESAUG - APR 9 MONTHS INCLUDES ONEPROGRAM OF STUDY	ORIGINAL FEESOCT - APR 7 MONTHS INCLUDES ONEPROGRAM OF STUDY	ORIGINAL FEESDEC - APR 5 MONTHS INCLUDES ONEPROGRAM OF STUDY	ORIGINAL FEE FOR EACH PROGRAM OF STUDY IN ADDITION TO THE ONE INCLUDED IN ORIGINAL FEE
$ 0 $ 500	$ 1,000	$ 900	$ 800	$ 700	$ 600	$ 500	$ 50
$ 500 $ 1,000	$ 1,375	$1,225	$ 1,075	$ 925	$ 775	$ 625	$ 75
$ 1,000 $ 2,000	$ 1,750	$ 1,550	$ 1,350	$ 1,150	$ 950	$ 750	$ 100
$ 2,000 $ 4,000	$ 2,125	$ 1,875	$ 1,625	$ 1,375	$ 1,125	$ 875	$ 150
$ 4,000 $ 6,000	$ 2,500	$ 2,200	$ 1,900	$ 1,600	$ 1,300	$ 1,000	$ 175
$ 6,000 $ 8,000	$ 2,875	$ 2,525	$ 2,175	$ 1,825	$ 1,475	$ 1,125	$ 200
$ 8,000 $10,000	$ 3,250	$ 2,850	$ 2,450	$ 2,050	$ 1,650	$ 1,250	$ 225
$10,000 $15,000	$ 3,625	$ 3,175	$ 2,725	$ 2,275	$ 1,825	$ 1,375	$ 250
$15,000 $20,000	$ 4,000	$ 3,500	$ 3,000	$ 2,500	$ 2,000	$ 1,500	$ 250
$20,000 +	$ 4,375	$ 3,825	$ 3,275	$ 2,725	$ 2,175	$ 1,625	$ 250

(4) School, satellite, and traveling school – Renewal. School and traveling school fees are found using the chart below. If you have a school license and are applying for a satellite license subtract one hundred dollars ($100) from the chart below for the fee.

SCHOOLS & TRAVELING SCHOOLSHIGHEST TUITIONGreater than but Less or = than	RENEWAL FEE MAY 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH OF EACH YEAR
$0 $500	$ 500.00
$500 $1,000	$ 750.00
$1,000 $2,000	$ 1,000.00
$2,000 $4,000	$ 1,500.00
$4,000 $6,000	$ 1,750.00
$6,000 $8,000	$ 2,000.00
$8,000 $10,000	$ 2,250.00
$10,000 $15,000	$ 2,500.00
$15,000 $20,000	$ 2,750.00
$20,000 +	$ 3,000.00

Extension course site license one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(c) Operational fees.
1. (1) Administrative late fee. Fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be charged a licensed school for items not returned or submitted by 4:30 p.m. on the due date. Information is considered late if incomplete. Arrangements for additional time shall be made not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the due date. One hundred dollars ($100) additional shall be charged, if requested information is not received after the first request and the same information has to be requested the second time.
2. (2) Administrative late fee — Renewal license. Twenty percent (20%) of the renewal fee shall be paid in addition to the annual renewal fee if the properly completed application for renewal is not submitted by 4:30 p.m. on the scheduled due date. Arrangements for additional time shall be made not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the due date.
3. (3) Admissions representatives. Three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375) for a license at a given school. The license will be for three (3) years.
4. (4) Amendments to license. Highest tuition (Total cost of program) Greater But than or less equal to than Fee $0 $500 $ 60 $500 $1,000 $ 90 $1,000+ $115 Change in clock or credit hours; Change in cost of program; Change in name of program; Change in location of school; Change in mailing address of school; and/or Deletion of a program.
5. (5) Change in name of school. Highest tuition (Total cost of program) Greater But than or less equal to than Fee $0 $500 $250 $500 $1,000 $500 $1,000+ $750
6. (6) Arbitration panel fee. Highest tuition (Total cost of program) Greater But than or Less equal to Than Fee $0 $1,000 $250* for the first hearing of the day $125 for each additional $1,000+ $500* for the first hearing of the day $250 for each additional *Plus appearance fee for the court reporter shall be charged to a school involved in an arbitration panel hearing. Any party requesting a transcript of oral proceedings shall bear the cost of such transcript.
7. (7) Compliant processing fee. Seventy-five dollars ($75.00) shall be submitted to the State Board of Private Career Education by the school with their response to the student complaint.
8. (8) Instructor registration fee. $50.00 per instructor.
9. (9) New programs of study-based on highest tuition of currently licensed programs. Highest tuition (Total cost of program) Greater But Fee than or less per equal to than program $0 $500 $60 $500 $1,000 $90 $1,000 $2,000 $115 $2,000 $4,000 $145 $4,000 $6,000 $175 $6,000 $8,000 $205 $8,000 $10,000 $230 $10,000 $15,000 $260 $15,000 $20,000 $290 $20,000+ $290
10. (10) Real estate continuing education outline approval. $50.00 per six (6) hour outline submitted. $25.00 per three (3) hour outline submitted.
11. (11) Replacement of license. $25.00 for each replacement license of an admissions representative. $25.00 for each replacement license of a school.
12. (12) Returned checks. $25.00 per check.
13. (13) School visit fee. In-state. This fee will be charged to in-state schools after the second visit during a licensure year. Highest tuition (total cost of program) Greater But Fee than or less per equal to than day $0 $1,000 $50 $1,000+ $75 Out-of-state. Actual cost not to exceed state-approved rate.
14. (14) Invoice fee. Ten dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed when the appropriate fee is not submitted at the time forms are received by the State Board of Private Career Education and an invoice has to be issued.
15. (15) Document replacement fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed to provide a replacement for a form sent to the school for completion, i.e. four thousand five hundred ($4,500), renewal application, etc.
16. (16) Traveling school move. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per location change. Notification of change in location of this license shall be made not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the move. The notification shall be considered made upon receipt by the State Board of Private Career Education staff of the forms and appropriate fee.
(d) Miscellaneous fees.
1. (1) Student fee — Records from closed schools. Five dollars ($5.00) per student transcript request. Twenty-five cents (25¢) per page for each additional page of information copied.
2. (2) Copy fee. Twenty-five cents (25¢) per page for copies of information in a school file that is open to the public under Freedom of Information.