§ 6-53-405 - Consolidations.
6-53-405. Consolidations.
(a) (1) As provided in this chapter or upon approval of the State Board of Workforce Education and Career Opportunities, the board of trustees of the receiving institution, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools thereafter, the board may consolidate a state-supported vocational-technical institution with a four-year institution or a two-year branch campus of a four-year institution.
(2) Following approval by the commission, the board, upon approval of the board of trustees of the receiving institution, shall consolidate the following state-supported vocational-technical institutions and four-year institutions or two-year branch campuses of a four-year institution: White River Vocational-Technical School with Arkansas State University-Beebe.
(b) The board of trustees of the four-year institution which receives a state-supported institution shall be responsible for the administration and operation of the state-supported institution.
(c) All records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the state-supported institution shall be transferred to the board of trustees.