Scholarship Undergraduate

Law Enforcement Officers' Dependents Scholarship - Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Higher Education

Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
72
Days
July 1 2024
Application Deadline
Yes
Renewable
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What you'll need:
  • Checkmark Other - Death certificate, Order and Finding of Facts from the Arkansas State Claims Commission, Copy of birth certificate (if dependent child) or Copy of marriage license (if spouse)
  • Checkmark Application Form
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Law Enforcement Officers' Dependents Scholarship - Arkansas
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Description

LEO provides a waiver of tuition, fees, and room at any public college, university, or technical institute in Arkansas for dependents and spouses of Arkansas law enforcement officers, some Highway and Transportation Department employees, and other public employees, who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Applicants must be the biological, stepchild, legally adopted child, OR spouse of an eligible Arkansas law enforcement officer. Dependent children are eligible to receive benefits for eight semesters and must be less than twenty-three (23) years of age on or before the first day of the semester or quarter. The spouse will no longer be eligible if he or she remarries.

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be an undergraduate student
  • CheckmarkMust attend a university, a four-year college, two-year college or a vocational-tech school
  • CheckmarkMust not be attending high school currently
  • CheckmarkRestricted to residents of Arkansas
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying in Arkansas

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - Death certificate, Order and Finding of Facts from the Arkansas State Claims Commission, Copy of birth certificate (if dependent child) or Copy of marriage license (if spouse)
  • Checkmark Application Form
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Contact finaid@adhe.edu
Tel: 501-371-2000 Address 423 Main Street
Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72201