6 CAR § 530-103 – Entitlements

(a) The Arkansas National Guard Tuition Waiver, as established by Acts 2017, No. 471, as amended by Acts 2019, No. 535, Acts 2021, Nos. 76 and 133, and Acts 2023, No. 275, Acts 2025, Nos. 14 and 826 located in Arkansas Code § 6-60-214, allows all eligible soldiers and airmen (see 6 CAR § 530-201 et seq.) to attend a state-supported institution of higher education, a private institution of higher education that is a private, non-profit two-year or four-year college or university with its primary headquarters located in Arkansas that is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid funds, or an institution offering postsecondary credential or certificate programs of study, or an institution offering a postsecondary credential or certification program tuition-free.
(b) This benefit will waive tuition for a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) semester credit hours.
(c) The Arkansas National Guard Tuition Waiver:
1. (1) Can only be used to obtain an undergraduate degree, up to a bachelor’s with the exception of subsection (f) of this section; and
2. (2) Cannot be used by soldiers and airmen who have previously been awarded a bachelor's degree.
(d) As funds are available, the cost of a soldier’s or airman’s mandatory fees charged by an institution of higher education or an institution offering a postsecondary credential or certification program that the soldier or airman is attending may be paid for with funds allocated by the Division of Higher Education for the tuition-free program.
(e) Payment of mandatory fees, if any, will not exceed the actual cost of mandatory fees.
(f) This benefit will waive tuition for an institution offering postsecondary credential or certificate programs of study.
(g)
1. (1) A soldier or airman of the Arkansas National Guard attending a private institution of higher education may receive a tuition benefit under this section up to an amount equal to the amount that the soldier or airman of the Arkansas National Guard would have received under this section if he or she were attending a state-supported college or university.
2. (2) All tuition and fees may not be covered at a private institution.