Ark. Code Ann. § 17-2-101 Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Keep Arkansans Working Act of 2019”.
Keep Arkansans Working Act of 2019
Ark. Code Ann. tit. 17, ch. 2
in effectArk. Code Ann. § 17-2-102 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this chapter to ensure that hard-working Arkansans maintain occupational licenses while trying to maintain debt-free lives and trying not to be impoverished.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-2-103 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Default” means the failure to:
(A) Repay a student loan according to the terms agreed upon in a promissory note; or
(B) Satisfy the requirements and conditions of a work-conditional scholarship for repayment;
(2) “Delinquent” means the failure to:
(A) Make a student loan payment when the payment is due; or
(B) Satisfy the requirements and conditions of a work-conditional scholarship for repayment;
(3) “License” means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by law or rule that is required for an individual to engage in a particular occupation or profession;
(4) “Scholarship” means an award of financial aid to a student for education at a public or private institution of higher education;
(5) “State authority” means an office, board, commission, department, council, bureau, or other agency of state government having authority to license, certify, register, permit, or otherwise authorize an individual to engage in a particular occupation or profession; and
(6) “Student loan” means a loan guaranteed by the United States Government or state government for purposes of education at a public or private institution of higher education.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-2-104 Student loans.
Except as provided for rural medical practice student loans and scholarships under § 6-81-701 et seq., a state authority shall not suspend or revoke a license that has been issued to an individual solely on the basis of that individual's being:
(1) In default on the repayment obligations required by one (1) or more student loans; or
(2) Delinquent in the payment of one (1) or more student loans.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-2-105 Scholarships.
Except as provided for rural medical practice student loans and scholarships under § 6-81-701 et seq., a state authority shall not suspend or revoke a license that has been issued to an individual solely on the basis of that individual's being:
(1) In default on the satisfaction of the requirements and conditions of a scholarship; or
(2) Delinquent in the satisfaction of the requirements and conditions of a scholarship.
Source: Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt, Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (2020) (unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar)URL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar/transforms/ar/ocar/r78/gov.ar.code.title.17.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026