6 CAR § 530-204 – Eligibility determination and processing

(a) For each National Guard Tuition Waiver applicant and term, the Division of Higher Education will provide the status of division and educational institution verified items in the table in subsection (d) of this section to the Arkansas Army National Guard Education and Incentives Branch.
(b) Upon receipt of verification data from the table in subsection (d) of this section from the division, the Education and Incentives Branch will verify service component criteria and provide a National Guard Tuition Waiver eligibility determination to the division and the soldier or airman.
(c) The request timeline for an exception to policy will commence on the date of the Education and Incentives Branch’s notification to the soldier or airman.

(d) National Guard Tuition Waiver eligibility requirements and verification responsibility table.

Eligibility criteria	Verification responsibility
Arkansas Resident or eligible for in-statetuition	Division of Higher Education
Initial active duty training completion orbasic course qualification	Arkansas National Guard
“Good standing” in accordance with Army Regulation or Air Force Instruction	Arkansas National Guard service component representative:
	Education and Incentives Branch Arkansas Army National Guard or Wing National Guard Tuition Waiver Representative:Arkansas Air National Guard
Does not possess a bachelor’s degree	Educational institution
Enrollment in a degree producing program	Educational institution
Enrolled in a degree postsecondarycredential or certificate program	Educational institution
Applied for institutional grants andscholarships	Educational institution
Date of acceptance as a student	Educational institution
Date of institutional grants and scholarshipapplication period	Educational institution
Satisfactory Academic Progress	Educational institution
Application submitted through FAFSA	Division of Higher Education
Application submitted through the Arkansas Scholarship Application ManagementSystem	Division of Higher Education