(a) An Arkansas Governor's Scholarship or Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship awarded to a new recipient who enrolls in an approved institution as a first-time entering freshmen shall be in an amount that equals the lesser of: (1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or(2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled.(b) A student selected as a recipient under § 6-82-306(b)(6)(B)(iii)(b) who enrolls in an approved institution as a first-time entering freshman after July 1, 2017, shall be awarded an amount per year that equals the lesser of: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000); or(2) Tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees charged for a regular full-time course load by the approved institution in which the recipient is enrolled.Amended by Act 2017, No. 1008,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.Acts 1983 (Ex. Sess.), No. 59, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-5904; Acts 1989, No. 951, § 2; 1995, No. 189, § 1; 1995, No. 230, § 1; 1997, No. 489, § 6; 1999, No. 1562, § 4; 2001, No. 1761, § 8.
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