(a)
- (1) The Division of Higher Education shall administer The Washington Center Scholarship Program within the policies set by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
- (2) All formal communications shall be addressed to or signed by the Commissioner of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board or his or her designee.
- (b) The Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education has the final responsibility for selecting scholarship recipients pursuant to the provisions of Acts 2007, No. 1046, and subsequent legislation and program rules.
- (c) The division shall follow the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, Arkansas Code § 25-15-201 et seq., when functioning under Acts 2007, No. 1046, and subsequent legislation.